The joys of home ownership

No one ever told me before I got married that owning a home is so much work. I always that that owning a home is a lot cheaper because in the end its yours. What I didn't realize is that there is a lot of maintenence and keepup a long the way. Okay so tallies of fix-ups for the last month. This is ONE month mind you. AC broke, had it fixed, two days later ac broke again. It was a different component that broke so a totally different charge. Sitting in our bedroom and we can hear buzzing. Realized we have a beehive in our attic and noticed a hole in the wall outside with honey dripping out of it. Then a few days later the pipe got clogged that carried the condensation for the ac to the outside. Water is dripping through the kids ceiling. Hard to fix because we have a beehive in our attic and Eric can hear the bees when he goes up there. Hot water heater broke and water leaked all over and got into the dry wall in our garage. Hot water heater must be replaced, but also the stand for the hot water heater had to be torn out and the dry wall around it because of water damage. Dry wall must also be torn out upstairs where the pipe got clogged. Because of the water damage, they think we have mold. One of our bathtubs will not drain no matter how much draino we pour down it. Oh and to top it all my vacuum broke.

Seriously, who knew a house was so much work and money to maintain?! My poor husband has really had his work cut out for him this month. Its been impressive to see his handyman skills at work. I have also learned to appreciate a hot water heater. We have a warentty and they said that they are not able to put in a new hot water heater for a week (crazy, huh?). So this last week I have had the fun of taking cold showers, boiling water to warm the kids baths, boiling water to do dishes by hand and mop. I seriously do not know how those pioneers did it! Okay so its not that bad, but I really never thought about how nice it is to have a hot water heater until now that I have been without one the last couple days.

Also, funny story. We had a water damage restoration company come look at our water damage to give us a quote and check for mold. The guy was really nice and was asking the guys some questions to see if he could take care of it himself. That is when Eric asked the guy if he knew where or if he could buy some 'spermicide' that would be strong enough the kill the mold and take care of it. The guys started laughing and said that he didn't think Eric would be able to find any spermicide that would be able to take care of mold. Hahahahaha.... I was laughing so hard! Spermicide?! Really? What I think he meant to say is sporicide. The chemical that kills the spores from mold. Whoops! Love you hon!