Monday, July 17, 2006

I need to own this for a few days then I'll let it go...

A spring hail storm damaged our roof. We got an insurance check, but still need to get a new roof put on.

At the begining of summer, the lawn mower hit the skids. Instead of spending $400 on a mower I decided to spend $1400 on a John Deer riding mower (came with a free dump cart). This did make me realize that its not the big yard I hate, its chasing a lawn mower around the yard.

The bottom board fell off of our delapidated garage door. I now have to keep a 2x4 against it to block the gap. We need to get it replaced before it falls right off the tracks.

We need a new kitchen counter.

We need a new kitchen floor - other than the linolium remnent that is there now.

We need new gutters preferably some that drain.

We need a new front door. Currently it is a very weathered hollow core door.

We went to Colorado last week and spent a small fortune.

We need to paint the outside of the house, or at least glue the existing flaps of paint back onto the house.

We are going to Portland, OR next week. Plane tickets were $1500. Its going to cost so much when I'm there, that I won't be able to enjoy myself.

The air conditioner on the car had a leak - $350 to fix it.

The battery went out on the van - $100

When I'm in Oregon, we're going to the beech for two days. Its going to be so nice that I'm going to cry when I have to come back to this arm pit of the nation.

The van got vadelized and we had to replace a tire.

The spare tire crane under the van broke.

We bought a new van - $3K

Crystal threw a bottle of water in her purse. It leaked all over the new cell phone and her PDA. Both are shot to hell.

I've caught 6 rats in a trap by my trash can.

My dog is dyslexic.

Our promotional rate ran out on the cable and internet. It went from $50 to $120.

My steering wheel shakes bad when I slow down to a stop. Needs fixin' in a big way.

I owe my kids $900.

I think I need hip replacement surgery. Xtal thinks I'm going to be a Tracy Chapmen song (His bodies to young to look like this so mama went off and left him.)

My kids broke all of my sprinklers using them as a pick-ax and shovels.

I left three twelve packs of pop in my car when it was 101 degrees. Big frickin' mess.

We have a leak in the A-coil of our central AC. It can't be patched. we have to have it replaced - $500. The whole system is only 7 years old. It should last a LOT longer than that.

My children are in the Kansas City, MO school district.

I let Merkin use Crystal's lap top to watch a movie yesterday. When Crystal opened it up this morning, four of the keys fell out. Of course Merkin didn't do it and she doesn't know what happened.

2 Comments:

At 17/7/06 10:15 PM , Blogger She who just needs a nap said...

LOL....holy crap Joel....is this the like anti-Xtal post? or just the extended version with four part harmony?
you had me rolling. especially the dog...you must explain, Merk...of course she didn't do it...and the pick axes....nice visual

 
At 21/7/06 6:09 PM , Blogger karrlot said...

okay - I've owned it, now I'm letting it go.

 

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