Ready For An Appliance Break

With our water heater safely replaced, I started to tally up the appliance damage.

Within the space of a year, we have had to replace our HVAC system (including air conditioner), our refrigerator, our drier, and our dishwasher along with our now water heater.  This essentially leaves or dishwasher and our range/oven as the remaining major pieces appliances that are original to either the house or when we moved in.

It is okay - we have somehow managed to weather the replacement storm, along with the various car repairs (I quite believe we could have bought another one for the repairs last year) and assisting with Nighean Gheal's college.  Still, the whole thing makes me the slightest bit grumpy.

I mean, good heavens - for once, can we not catch a break?  A year without something going wrong or an unexpected expense?  That old adage about having the salary means that it gets absorbed seems to keep coming up again and again.

Houses, as much good as they provide us are, I think, much like the description my father once gave me about cars:  "Son, it is a money pit.  A new one just means you do not have to spend the money right up front."  And that seems to be holding up well enough - to be frank, at this point I am almost waiting for the next thing to go wrong.

Still, I suppose it all adds value to the house - and all maintained, one less thing to go wrong - next time.

Let us just hope the stove continues to light...