You know that saying โwhen it rains, it pours?โ Well, it looks like weโre getting all kinds of drenched over here for yet a 3rd time this month, ughโฆ First we had our water heater debacle where we needed to replace the whole dang thing, then our main bathroom needed to be gutted of its mold and redone (pictures coming soon!), and NOW bathroom #2 is acting like a fool up in here :(
I feel like someone is trying to tell us something? Like, โGET OUT NOW!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING???โ Jeezโฆ right when I started thinking maybe I could do this home ownership thingโฆ
And you know what the sad part is?? This โnewโ problem has probably been masked for years and years and years! Only we had never known about it because we rarely take showers in our own guest bathroom (and rarely have any overnight visitors for that matter too, sad face :(). So when we started using it while our main bathroom was getting its entire makeover, you can imagine our surprise when we realized it was leaking puddles all over our downstairs floor!! I couldnโt believe it. Two bathrooms broken at the exact same time, what a messโฆ
What makes it even worse was that my very first thought was โ as always โ that Mr. Bob was acting up again :( Which only re-lived memories of his passing all over again in my state of deflatedness. I wasnโt a happy person that day.
But at the same time, what are you gonna do right?? You can wallow all day and night for as long as you want, but it never ever changes the circumstances at all (which of course, obviously sucks), and at some point you just have to suck it all up and deal with it. So after a few hours of mumbling curse words to myself and taking long, sun-soaked, walks to help clear my head, we called back up our handyman and asked for (yet) another bathroom estimate. This time to the tune of about $700 (the pipes AND drywall needs to be fixed).
We have yet to schedule it all in as yet, but I reckon in a few days weโll just rip the bandaid off and hopefully be done with it all once and for all. And maybe weโll sneak in another estimate or two this time around as well โ which we didnโt do much of last time.
In the meantime, Iโm staying away from all other showers in this house :( Weโve got one more left on the โun-brokenโ list in my blogger basement (although maybe I should check up on that one too while Iโm at it?) and if that one went to $hit I think Iโd just about lose it over hereโฆ Which wouldnโt be good as our babyโs coming in 5 weeks! Can you imagine how miserable it could have gotten if it was all happening at the same time? Ouch.
But how awesome is that?!! Our baby boy comes out in 5 more weeks!! Yayyyy!!!!! This house can crumble down as long as it wants, but itโll never take away the joy of our soon to come newborn. Just gotta keep focusing on that :) And I have a feeling that little boogerโs gonna put a lot more things in perspective too โ Iโm ready for it.
โโโโโ
(Sad clown by Mel B)
Get blog posts automatically emailed to you!
It sucks when you are constantly dishing out money to fix things. But like you said on the brighter side, youโre little one is on his way.
That really stinks! We had something similar happen with our kitchen pipes. Hopefully your house repairs end with this one!
All those worries will fall away (at least for a little while) when you see him for the first time! Keep it in perspective.
Only 5 weeks! Do you have the babyโs room all ready?
We are pretty close. We painted the bassinet over the weekend (it was my dadโs; pretty cool my grandmother kept it). We have everything major done, now it is the โboringโ stuff to get ready!
5 weeks will come really quick! Go see a movie or something before doing that will be much harder
Awww sorry J$! I know itโs stressful but hang in there! Baby boy is coming soon and you will forget about everything once you see your sonโs face :) Who needs to shower these days anyway??
Thanks guys :) I hate to always be putting out negative stuff out there, but man โ what a crazy last few weeksโฆ thanks for always trying to cheer me up and put things in perspective! It def. helps.
@Brian โ YUP! Weโre getting there! All we have left is some decorations to put up, and I think weโre setโฆ probably missing a lot of stuff, but weโll manage ;) Hope you get to sneak in some downtime too, my friend! Weโre about to go on the adventure of our lives! Woo!
Sorry to hear that! Hope this one will be the end of your plumbing problems.
5 weeks to go. Are your bags packed? Itโll be such a crazy memorable time. Iโm sure you will have a great time with your son. My kidโs last day at daycare is tomorrow and weโll see how I survive with him at home after that. :)
If it makes you feel any better we are going to have to replace our hot water heater soon. Although I will probably do the work myself to save a little bit of money, plus Iโll get help from my brother-in-law who works for a heating/cooling/plumbing company. Hopefully itโs not that expensive. Hopefully this is the last thing that you have to deal with before your baby is born, you will have your hands full after that.
Did you check with your insurance company on this one? If a plumber determines it is a burst pipe rather than a leak your insurance might cover the repairs and any damage.
I feel the same about my car quite a bit. There are the good times and the bad times. Just keep paying down that mortgage so it isnโt that big of a deal! Keep it up man!
These kinds of things do tend to happen all at the same time. I laughed when I read about โripping the bandaid off.โ Unavoidable (and painful) expenses can feel that way, but likewise are only a temporary setback with good planning and time to heal.
Even with the bit of financial hurt and teeth-gritting, at least youโre not completely stopped in your tracks. The budget will swallow up those expenses over time and you have the joy of your new baby boy ahead. This was a good personal perspective for me.
Way to focus on the positive! Hopefully everything will be taken care of by the time your new addition arrives so you can just focus on that!
How terrible! I donโt know how Iโd react if in my very-pregnant-canโt wait-to-deliver state I had 2 bathroom reno projects going on. Just gettin the nursery ready was stressful enought for me. Good luck with the renos and with your baby boy!!
Oh no! It sounds financially AND emotionally draining, what with the dear pet reminder and everything. Those are the worst, it just all piles on top of one another in a (momentarily) unbearable heap. But I guess that is what EFs and virtual hugs are for?
I wouldnโt worry about putting the negative stuff out there if it is very sporadic like this, plus itโs YOUR blog. And honestly, it is sometimes good to hear that even the seemingly most together and popular PF bloggers can relate to other peoplesโ woes. Iโm glad you were honest about the house troubles AND your state of mind.
Congrats on the dwindling countdownโฆ5 weeks, holy smokes, where did the time go?! Iโm very excited to see the posts afterward, although Iโm sure none of us would fault you if you took some time off. ;)
Good news is you canโt have too many more bathrooms to fix up. Hopefully the basement one is fine. Home ownership definitely comes with a lot of problems that renting didnโt. Luckily mine were mostly things I wanted to change not things I had to change so far.
You may have mentioned this before but WHY OH WHY do you not have a home warranty?!?!?!? Seriously, I know some people think they are wastes of money, but how can you debate the relief you feel to know that somethingโs gone awry in your home and all you have to do is call the home warranty company and pay a $60 copy for someone to come fix it?? Itโs a no brainier to me, honestly, because things WILL breakโฆ. They WILL leakโฆ. And it makes sense to pay a yearly cost of about $450 to cover ANY of those repairs: plumbing, electrical, stove, dish washer, disposal, AC, heaterโฆ Need I go on? Weโve had our butts covered on more than one occasion from something thatโs broken and we just call them to replace or fix it. Bottom line: piece of mind.
Thatโs *co-pay, not โcopyโโฆ. Damn auto correctโฆ.
Peace, not piece. Ugh!!!! Lol I am really a better speller than thisโฆโฆโฆ
@Joe @ Retire By 40 โ Woah! Youโre gonna have loads of fun! hahaโฆ my wife thinks Iโll end up being best friends with my boy, and will never want to do work again ;) That would certainly be an interesting thing if it happened, but weโll see! All I know is Iโm ready for him to finally make an entrance into this world โ itโs taking forever!
@DebtsnTaxes โ Well thatโs awesome you have so much help over there to keep costs down โ good thinking for sure :) I hope we both stay away from more things breaking!
@Chris โ We have not checked witn insurance yet, but I know our duductible is around $400-$500 if I recall correctly, and if the repairs will be around the same anyways, figured better to not even mess with it so it stays away from insurance raising later too โ ya know? I hate thinking like that, but itโs sad when you do cuz youโre afraid of then needing to pay mor down the roadโฆ oh well, such is life I guess.
@Craig @Daddysbroke โ Iโm trying to! Havenโt given up yet! :)
@Mac โ Thanks my friend โ always gotta do our best to stay positive even though this $hit sucks sometimes ;) Weโre gonna have a lot of ups and downs in these lives!
@Shannon-ReadyForZero โ I hope so! The timing of it all is the only thing that makes me smile here, so thank goodness for that :)
@Christa โ Thanks Christa!! Iโm doing my best to keep my wife calm and collected, thatโs for sure :) Really glad we got our nursury all set up too before most of this started happening โ whew!
@Sense โ Thanks so much :) I love your virtual hugs! heheโฆ and appreciate the honest feedback too w/ this blog and everythingโฆ the old me starting out would just gush out whatever it is that was in my head โ the good, the bad, and the ugly โ but nowadays I try to stick w/ the positive cuz thereโs so much junk out there in the world right nowโฆ so when I get in these types of moods itโs always hard for me to put it out there on the site :( But as you said, I do like letting people know that we ALL go through tough spots no matter what our backgrounds or budgets are at/etc. We really are all in this thing together, ya know? So thanks again for putting me at ease :)
@Lance@MoneyLife&More โ Thatโs def. nice :) I remember once I needed a new muffler system for my car, and then someone rearended me and ended up paying for the whole back side โ including muffler โ to get it all back to normal. That was perfect! Hahaโฆ
@Serena@ThriftDiving โ Hahaโฆ youโre funny ;) And I agree with you actually โ just not sure if you can pick one up after youโve lived in a home for so long? I can def. check on that โ we used to have one and I loved it! โ but I alaways assumed it was for when you first moved into a home only? Def. a good idea though, thx for the reminder :)
You have three showers in your house! Then you donโt get to complain. I have 1 shower plus two additional half bathrooms and there are TWELVE people living here! (yes I have a whole lot of kids.) I wish I had even two showers!
Wowwwww, thatโs a lot of people sharing! You guys must have a great rhythm down :) But donโt wish for things unless you want the bigger mortgage payments too! hahaโฆ we def. bought too much house than we should have back thenโฆ lesson learned.