The Money Pit

Today Josh and I wanted to take care of some of the stuff around out house, and all we could think about was that old movie with Tom Hanks, "Money Pit."   He and his wife bought this big nice house, and it turns out that everything kept falling apart and needed repair.  It's a really funny movie.  

Josh and I were just joking about that a few minutes ago.  Being the wonderful little handy-man that he is, Josh grabbed his wrenches and other tools and set out to fix the guest bathroom sink.  We had noticed some corrosion on the pipe underneath, and we would like to repair the leaky valves.  As soon as Josh put pressure to loosen the pipe, it just crumbled fell apart.  It was corroded all the way through!  Now, we'll have to have new pipe run under the house.  I wonder how the rest of our pipes look.  We might as well replace it all in the older part of the house.  Sheesh!  

Since we'll have to call a plumber for that, we decided to trouble shoot our air conditioner instead; also in the older part of the house.  It hasn't been working for a while.  We had called someone to come look at it, but that was almost a month ago and they haven't even called us or come by.  The blower comes on just to re-circ the air that's already in the house, but the compressor kicks on for a few seconds only to turn right back off.  No cool air.  We worked on that for a while to no avail.  I guess we'll have to call Villards back and tell them we need them pronto.  It's been kinda hard to sleep in the heat.  At least it's not summer yet.  It could be way worse.  

To top it off, my bathroom and our living room are still sitting halfway done.  We planed to have that finished by now, but funds had to be re-routed to pay for a leaky new roof that had just been replaced before we moved in, and we had to pay good ol' Uncle Sam.  

Lets see.  We had to replace the dish washer, and have our entire house re-plumbed for gas due to a huge gas leak.  At least we got those things repaired.  We are now saving money due to gas not escaping into the back yard anymore.  Come to think of it, we're saving money by not being able to run the air conditioner too.  We need to have Josh's sink valves fixed also due to leakage.  The list just goes on.  

Oh, we had to have the ancient wiring re-done, so that we could plug in cords with a ground.  None of the older part of the house was grounded at all.   That's safe!  We also still need to have our drooping eves and gutters repaired.  My, my, how it all adds up.  

I always heard that as a homeowner, the repairs would never stop.  There would always be something, but we really had no idea the extent of it.  We're just a little frustrated today. Everything that has needed to be done, seems to be just out of the reach of mine or Josh's expertise which is sad, since we both spent the last 8-10 years as maintenance technicians.  We just fixed different kinds of equipment.  

Now that all my frustrations have been laid out, I think that I should say that I'm not a bit sorry that we bought this house.  I love it.  I'm trying to keep in mind how it will be when we get it where most everything works.  In fact, I love to see how far we've already come with it!  I'd just like to have air, running water, and my two rooms where you can walk in them and not get hurt.  Is it too much to ask?  I know there are so many out there who do not have any of those things.  Man I'm spoiled.  God's really taken care of us.  Even if this house falls in around us, we'll be okay.  We're still blessed beyond measure.