Today'a household disaster

[wickedwords]

For those that are keeping track, in the past month, we have:

1) Discovered that saying 'please take taxes out of my UI checks' means 'please take much less than you need to out of my UI checks, so I can pay a significant lump sum to the government next year'.

2) Had my car fail the emissions test, and spend much money trying to repair it so it can pass--yet does not. Car license paid after the 'wow, they paid a lot to a certified mechanic and it still didn't fix the darn thing' waiver secured.

3) Leak in upstairs bathroom estimated at $1500; husband freaks, goes to home depot, and pays $60 to get the parts and repairs it himself. Yay, shower in 2nd bathroom works!

4) Hot water heater dies.

5) More money shelled out. Permits secured. New water heater installed. Bath taken. Life is good.

6) Wake up this morning, and find a puddle of water on the kitchen floor. Water filtration containment system cracked when water heater installed (husband calls this the 'water hammer effect'.) New trip to home depot in his immediate future, so that the dishes can be done and tea made without having to go upstairs to fill the kettle.

Just...ugh. These little paper cuts can stop anytime soon. I am tired of bleeding money.

Comments

[blueraccoon.livejournal.com]

I sent you a message on twitter but posting again here as I have more room to talk :) *hugs* for everything going wrong lately.

with all the money woes, I'm thinking maybe we downsize our normal dinner plans and do tea/coffee some night? followed by either a writing date or wii or tv or some such?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds good! Maybe next Wednesday? Cofee, Tea, and Wii. (or writing or TV. I just had to go with the rhyme.)

[blueraccoon.livejournal.com]

Wednesday is the first night of Passover, but it's not like I'm doing anything for it, so. How would you feel about a Borders night? Coffee/tea and either writing or books?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

borders sounds great tonight, if you want. We could also postpone if something comes up. Either way is good, say 7:00 pm?

[blueraccoon.livejournal.com]

Can we postpone til, maybe, tomorrow? Macy's is having a huge one day sale and they're doing a "buy two get two free" bra sale, and *none* of mine fit. So unless you have any interest in bra shopping, can we push?

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

tomorrow is great! see you then.

[montanaharper]

*hugs*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon. It's okay. I just feel nibbled to death by ducks.

[barkley.livejournal.com]

Ugh. That is not very cool of the universe to have that all happen in one month. Not good at all!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Not, it really wasn't. But it did make the water on the floor this morning just a tiny practical joke.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Oh, FFS. *hugs you*

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Annoying to no small end, that's for sure. Thanks, hon.

[sherrold.livejournal.com]

Oh honey -- sounds like a steady drip, drip, drip. (And I hear you -- we're really only had the one thing happen -- B's hospitalization -- but it's amazing all of the little expenditures that have come up.)

I'm crossing my fingers for both of us!

[wickedwords.livejournal.com]

Here's hoping it slows down soon! And hey, next week! You wanna try and vid? I hear there's a con coming up.