Have any of you seen The Money Pit? I remember the first time I saw it, I had never laughed soo hard in my entire life!!! I specifically remember this part as being the reason:
Unfortunately, Rob and I have been experiencing a little "Money Pit" of our very own. Within the last year (+1 month), we have had to replace our washer and dryer, our microwave, and most recently, our fridge and our dishwasher (Rob just installed the new dishwasher on Saturday night). So, a few thousand dollars later, we were just crossing our fingers that nothing else would happen. Sadly, we didn't get much of a break. Last night, I had put in a load of towels and I was getting ready for bed when I heard loud thrashing, banging sounds out by the kitchen. I came running out, to see the wall outside the laundry room/pantry shaking and when I tried to open the door, the door knob wouldn't even budge and I couldn't open the door. I grabbed my phone and took a video of my exciting experience. So, as if the loud, thrashing, banging noises weren't enough, imagine my horror when I started hearing GLASS shattering!!! (you can hear it on the video). Ya, it was totally freaky. I didn't know what the H- E double hockey sticks was going on inside my pantry and there was no way to find out. So I called Rob, (it was 12:30) and he had me turn off the power to the washer and dryer. Then I found his crowbar and took off the trim of the door, to try and take the door off its hinges. But that's as far as I got. So, this morning, Dan-the-handy-man-Tenney came and took down the door for me. I was sooo scared to see what had happened. I had envisioned the pantry shelving falling off the wall, jars and glass bottles of food and apple cider all over the place, or the dryer that was on top of the washer, falling off, face down and shattered. I had NO idea. We found that the washer and dryer was still stacked, but it had "walked about a foot and a half" and that's how it was blocking the door. Then found that the inside of the washer door made of glass had shattered into a billion pieces. So, yay, it was a "contained mess". Not yay that: a) I don't have a working washing machine, b) an entire load of towels and washcloths and my awesome VS robe has to be thrown away, and c) when I pulled out my receipt, I found out that we bought the washer/dryer 1 year and 1 month ago... and we only had a 1 year warranty on it. Can you say FABULOUS!?!?!?! So, I called the place we bought it from and they told me to call their service department. Then THEY told me to call BOSCH. Then, after several disconnected calls, they gave me a list of local places to call that service Bosch appliances, one of which happened to be the place that we bought them from. By the time I received this information, it was after 5:00 this afternoon and of course they closed at 5. Tomorrow should be fun! Wish me luck that I don't go postal on someone!!!!
Oh, and can't forget this: This happened a couple weeks ago when I had asked Logan to bring in the ladder for me so I could put up my regular decor after taking down the Christmas stuff. He had brought it in for me and leaned it up against the wall. Well, I got busy and wasn't able to get to it right away and all of a sudden we hear this loud CRASH! Berkley had knocked the ladder over (thankfully not onto herself) and it landed right on the wall, so now there's a huge gash right by the front door. It's so lovely.
