He was very nice and not only replaced the heating element, but fixed a lint guard problem that has been plaguing us for years. Now our outdoor flower beds won't be littered with unsightly lint any more.
The final amount was $196.42, and on the memo line in our check book I wrote "Dryer Extortion". The good thing is that tomorrow is pay day, the bad thing is that was $196.42! Any chance I had of getting my hair done is gone. Oh the humanity!
**Any unforeseen set backs in your finances?
Would you have cried?
Please take a moment to love
your functioning appliances.**
Would you have cried?
Please take a moment to love
your functioning appliances.**
Comment Window Tidbit: I'm in really good form considering it's Shmalentine's Day...no doubt this is a tender mercy from above.
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Ugh, we are currently in the process of replacing an over-the-range microwave. Not cheap, not fun at all. Oh, and new brakes! I may have cried, depending on my hormonal state of they day. It's true--functioning appliances deserve gratitude. Good for you for saving $20 though. At least there's that.
I literally burst into tears when our boxer ate luci's eyeglasses a few moths ago. we have vision insurance but it doesn't cover dog chewing apparently. it set me back close to $400 i think.
i spent $150 on the camry earlier this month for "minor" repairs. while i didn't cry i was definitely upset!
Glad to hear about the tender mercy for today!...thought of you and your shmalentine's day!
When we first moved into the house we had two major things break that was NOT covered by our magical insurance that we had for the house. I about died.
My fridge that is 11 months old is currently making odd noises and I am more than worried...
Glad you have a working lint free dryer!! -
Tender mercy, indeed!
$196.00??!--Whatever happened to the barter system? :(
How is it that you've never documented your flower beds covered in lint?
After many years of living in NYC, and having to go to laundromats to do my laundry (finding my underwear laying crotch up in a laundry basket after someone took it upon themselves to remove my clothes from the machine when I didn't get to it fast enough; having my detergent stolen once, and finding that some bozo man ran a load of darks in a washer that already had a load of my clean clothes in it....) I NEVER take for granted having a washer in my own house....(It sure made for some funny stories, though....)In your honor, I will take another moment to love my functioning appliances....being that it's valentines day, and all....
Unexpected expenses are not welcome; but a working dryer is.
Would I have cried? No, but I'd have been overwhelmed and wondered how we were going to do it . . . and then we'd have made it through it and I would remember that the Lord is mindful of the little things and I'd have said, "Oh yeah, I forget I'm not alone . . ."
Isn't it just dandy to have Shannon back?!
Oh, yea, this is your blog. Sorry.
Appliance woes are the worst, for sure. It's kind of like computers...they are supposed to work! That's what they do, work. So what's with them when they don't. Ugh.
I'm really sad with the thought of putting off needed hair cuts and color. You could always do what I have done...go natural! (The color, that is...).
Love your washer!
I am giggling over the "dryer extortion" in the memo line...you're too funny! I can't stand spending money on things like that. Car repairs are the ones that really make my blood boil.
Good luck...
Hope your Shmalentine's Day was good! :)
Yes, we've had to take a HUGE hit to sell our house in this market. So, all of our savings, our christmas and birthday money, its all going toward paying the bank since we had to lower the price so much. AND our house is on the edge of a cliff, so we have to have a fence put in before we move in and its going to cost (gasp) 5 thousand dollars. We had no debt, and now we are going to be walking right back in...Yes,I have cried about this. A lot.
In answer to your first question: yes, yes, YES. I hate it. I might have cried. We had to pay $160 to get our dryer serviced, and all they did was clean out the lint vents (twice)! We had a plumber tell us that the only way to solve our plumbing problem is to buy a new toilet ($300). And of course, there's the extra $1000 we have to pay for my knee treatments. I hate finances. So much. But I do love my functioning appliances.
I love that you had your sense of humor intact and wrote "dryer extortion" on the check. I hate that you have to put off getting your hair done! Say it isn't so. That's just a form of mental health preservation, isn't it?
Thank heavens for tender mercies.
oof... i would cry. :( i'm going to go hug my dryer now.
Oh, so sorry about the unexpected dryer bill! We have to replace our water softener to the tune of $2000, does that make you feel any better? I hope there aren't any more unexpected appliance extortioning in your future!!
UGH! That's so rough--who knew tiny appliance parts could be so pricey?!?! You did make me giggle though at your "dryer extortion" memo.
We had car repair last month and a surprise letter from the IRS about our taxes from last year (and not in the refund sense).
Oh I feel your pain! Last month I had an $831.00 water leak. And I am still recovering....
chin up!
We have had a few of the unforeseen fiances this month. Or I should say I have. I do the money and Jason knew about them and forgot to tell me. Not a fun talk. I have cried many times in this department.
I do love my appliances. I am amazed they are still going since I tend to be a little hard on them but I will soften up.
I cried yesterday when the car dealership called to give us our transmission replacement quote, $5,000!!!! It is only 8 years old with 78K miles on it.. Ridiculous.
Hope your day was better today.
I did cry, last week when I had to pay $569 to the appliance repair guy! I waited until he left because I was too busy trying to pull the money together while he was here.
Other welcomes to the new year... several thousand dollars behind thanks to a car accident that wasn't our fault and a large sum of money stolen... "it's only money" mmm hmmmm
I agree with Susan, appliances (and cars) are just supposed to work. I am grateful when they do so why do they have to teach me the money lesson too? Anyway, I'm glad you got the dryer fixed, I don't consider it optional... and I still feel a little responsible for it needing repairs.
A $170 ticket (for "careless driving" on black ice, what the?) and a $180 towing fee set us back a bit last month. In trying to save money by driving, we ended up breaking about even. Oh the humanity.
And yes, I would have cried. Over the summer I cried when picking up my engagement photos at Costco, because they weren't going to let me pay for them, because I was using my mom's card. I felt pathetic, but I did get the photos.
$200?! Oy. That's nearly as much as a what my machine cost me. I'm pretty sure Murphy's Law knows when tax season is about, and pay days are close. Here's to dry clothes you didn't have to hang.
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