But I DON'T want to; therefore, I shouldn't have to!

I hear the above phrase from my children multiple times during the day. I always remind them that wanting to has NOTHING to do with it! Well, now I don't want to....

What do I NOT want to do????? I DON'T WANT TO FIX ANOTHER BROKEN THING IN THIS HOUSE!!!! I am sick and tired of having to fix things!!

Last summer was the worst---the finished basement flooded because the violent summer storms wrecked havoc with the back-up sump pump and frazzeled it. Matthew was gone to China and so I lugged all the wet, soaking carpet pieces that were in our storage room up and out of the house. Then I called our neighborhood carpet cleaner and had them remove all the excess water in the 1200 sq. feet of carpet in the finished area and clean, deodorize, and santize the carpet. I was told that that would elimate the funky, semi-moldy smell that accumulated. They came back twice and deodorized but to no avail. So after spending all the time and money on that we ended up replacing the carpet anyway.

Within a few days of this glorious event, our outside refridgerator/freezer broke down. Of course it happened the day after garbage collection and it was in the middle of a heat wave in July. That was a dandy mess to clean up and try to live with the nasty smell for a week until the garbage was collected. Luckily, Matthew arrived home from China just in time to clean out the refridge/freezer crap and take it out to the curbside for garbage collection. I gladly let him handle it.

The positive part of it was I replaced that refridgerator with a "CHILLERATOR." This is a refridgerator made to work in the garage with all the wide fluctutaing temperatures (like HOT summers and FREEZING winters). Anyway, I LOVE it because it works year round here!


Then the dishwasher broke down (it breaks at least once every 9 to 12 months) and then the computer crashed and then something was wrong with the shower and then something else and then something else.

I thought I FINALLY had everything fixed and working and then the kitchen faucet head broke off in my hand and proceeded to spew water all across the kitchen. I have replaced a kitchen faucet before, but I HAD HAD IT and hired my neighborhood fix-it man to come over and replace it. I watched him in peace and gladly handed over a check.


Today I found the dishwasher is broken AGAIN. I just DON'T want to deal with another fix-it job. I don't want to have to hunt around for a replacement. I just want it to work. NOW. PLEASE. This puts me in a VERY GRUMPY MOOD!!! But wanting to has NOTHING to do with it!


I know.....I HAVE 4 free dishwashers at home.....named Michael, Taylor, Kristen and Ryan. I'll just use them.......and remind them that wanting to has NOTHING to do with it.....
and then I think we'll all move back in with my parents and let them deal with all this stuff just like when I was young. :)