When It Rains, It Pours

Oh, money, you are my arch nemesis.

Last year, our dishwasher was recalled (about a week after it broke down). We were sent the fine sum of $50.00 from the appliance company to purchase our new $400.00 dishwasher. Seems like a fair trade to me!!

So today, Chris comes home and the garage door won't open. Long story short (well, never mind, I don't tell short stories) there's this bar that runs above the garage door that has this huge spring on it. It apparently helps to lift the door. The spring is approximately four feet long, and it's broken. I have no idea how to go about fixing that ourselves. I'll probably end up calling Poppy to give us a hand.

Then, to top it off, a ton of refrigerators were recalled. Our fridge is roughly 350 years old, and it came with the house, so we did not get a recall letter. My mom saw the recall on the news and told me about it and I looked it up on the Internet, and of course, ours in included. Now, granted, we were having problems with our stinkin' fridge and were debating getting a new one, but there's a big difference between "Hey, maybe we should think about replacing the fridge." and "Your fridge is a death trap, run now!!". I would imagine that had we purchased the fridge, instead of it being a hand-me-down, that we would have received a recall letter, and I would also imagine that it would go a little something like this:

Dear Mrs. You-Have-No-Money:

Our records indicate you purchased an XXX brand refrigerator, Model XXX, and unfortunately there have been numerous reports of this fridge blowing up/catching fire/melting faces/decapitating people (and animals). It is our duty to inform you, the woman with no job and no money, that you will need to immediately discard your refrigerator. Unless of course you wish to blow yourself to smithereens.

As your refrigerator was purchased in the year of 1472, it is worth roughly 25 cents. Unfortunately, it would cost us more to print a check than what it is worth, so we will reimburse you nothing. In fact, you owe us money.

Please have fun shopping for a new appliance with your husband, and we sincerely hope that you and your husband don't divorce over the purchase, as we all know that you cannot agree on the style or size or even color of appliance to purchase.

Sincerely,
XXX Appliance Company

PS-You've just been screwed. Happy shopping.