Bye-bye money

Today was a VERY expensive day.

First off, we are having some electrical work done, including an exhaust fan installed in the bathroom and arc sensor circuit breakers installed.  The arc sensors will trip the entire circuit if there is an arc of electricity anywhere in the line or in anything plugged into an outlet.

Well, we discovered our stove is faulty.  Our electrician said we are very lucky the stove didn't arc when the gas was running....or I might not be here to type this!  The electrician tried to repair it for two full hours with no luck.  We can use the stove top but no oven.  NO OVEN!?!?  YIKES!  No baking.  So we have to buy a new stove.

And our washer and dryer are two steps from the light.  Translation: you basically have to kick them in the right spot in order for them to work. 

And finally, I went to start the van this morning and it cranked and groaned and smelled something terrible!  I tried backing out to see what would happen and it died.  The engine wouldn't turn over but the windshield wipers were going at full blast...despite the fact that the windshield wipers were turned off...as was the car.

So I called the local repair place and they drove out.  Of course the van started up immediately for them.  They handed me the keys with a look like, "Sure it wouldn't start blondie...do you even know how to drive!"  But they took it in anyway and it turns out the serpetine (spelling?) belt fell off. 

Weird. 

So we had that fixed too.

Whew!!  What a day!

This may all sound like a bummer of a day but...

We are getting a new washer, dryer, exhaust fan, AND a new stove.

It's like a mini-makeover!!