The Replacements

So, if my life were a mini-drama right now, it would be called the replacements. So many things are breaking down I don't know what's coming next.

First, the mouse stopped working. One night I stayed up late into the evening working on checking account stuff and it worked fine all night. Well, okay, so it didn't actually work fine. It had been sort of wonky for several days which I contributed to battery issues and replaced them. However, I did notice there was some battery leakage, but hey it still worked so it was all good, right?

Apparently, it wasn't. When dh tried to use the computer the next morning it was a no go unless you happen to know all the keyboard shortcuts. Which we don't.

So we hurried up and got a new mouse. Can't run a home without a functioning computer in my view!

I think that was a Sunday or so. Fast forward to Friday. At 5:30 am the alarm starts to sound. DH does his usual snooze thing. After a while I open my eyes as it looks rather bright and it's about 7a. DH usually has the kids out the door on the way to school about 8a so this was not good. I do believe they made it on time.

The big problem was that the power went out sometime after the alarm started sounding. It's like the coldest day of the year and we have absolutely NO power. BGE claimed it would be back around 10:30. So I trucked off to the LLL Breastfeeding cafe with the little girls. After spending 45 minutes trying to find it, I give up and head to the mall. I stopped at home quickly first to see if the lights were on. No and the BGE truck didn't appear to have any activity around it.

Long story short, the electricity came back around 2ish however, the computer monitor didn't come on. Oy! Again, computer problems. This time I had a typing job that was due so this was not good news at all. This was also the reason I couldn't find the breastfeeding cafe which was at a new location. I couldn't remember the name of it and I couldn't look it up on line or check my email LOL! That'll show me to wait until the last minute.

A lovely friend has loaned us her old monitor. We went from a nice, streamlined flat screen model to the old honking huge style. I have NO room on my desk to work which is *really* irritating but it's really nice having a monitor at all. We'll probably just end up replacing the computer soon. Perhaps when we get our surplus from the government. Sometimes it's a real benefit to have four children.

Next the following weekend the dishwasher wouldn't turn on. So we did an extensive search for a new dishwasher. Several days later we had one all picked out and then the oven went out. So I revamped my search for two new appliances.

Now this was very exciting because other than a new washer several years ago we have not had any new appliances. Who knew you could get so excited over appliances? It will be so nice to cook a meal properly without under or over cooking it. It will be just as nice to open the dishwasher and take out clean dishes rather than dirty ones.

Those should arrive next Wednesday.

The van's been in the shop as well. I was stuck without it for two days last week. That was a real joy. Hopefully that will be in good repair for a while. In the meantime, DH's interior driver-side door handle snapped off a couple weeks ago. You either have to climb over to the passenger side to get out or you can lower the window and open from the outside. However, this means you have to keep the car running. I find it a complete pain the rear and try to avoid using it at this time. I don't know how he stands it LOL!

So, now I just wait for another shoe to fall. Between stuff breaking down and all the doctor visits it's a wonder we're not in the poor house right now. Awfully close but still hanging by a string.