10 Things In My House That Need Fixin'

Instead of following along with this week's Monday Listicles suggestion by Wendy at Stamping Rules of 10 tiny things that bring me joy, I'm going to share 10 Things In My House That Need Fixin'. I thought about doing the things that bring me joy, but I wasn't in the mood for sappy and not feeling creative enough to make it funny.

And as you'll see, this list created itself.

1.   Mysterious hole in our wall

Mulan looks so mischievous.

I don’t even remember how we got this hole.

We blame Mulan.
We'll let her fix it. Someday.

Note: Steve told me after I wrote this that he knows how the hole got there. He fell down the steps, sprained his ankle and jammed his elbow into the wall. So it wasn't Mulan after all. All this time I've been blaming her when it was Steve.

2.     Half-broke dryer

It squeals like a fire alarm for the first five minutes of use. I should be thankful it’s not for the first 45 minutes.  I am thankful. If it were doing that for 45 minutes then I’d probably get it fixed. Someday.

3.   Celebrity Hot Tub

There’s nothing celebrity about this stupid thing unless you count the rodents that are most likely inhabiting it. It came with our house when we moved in. We used it six times before it broke. An electrician gave us an estimate that made it unsalvageable. That was 2009.

Now my homemade compost bin holds the side of it up. It’s high on my list of things to be hauled away. Someday.

4.   My son’s orthodontic expander

This lovely thing fell out of my son's mouth today. (Glad I made him brush it before taking the photo.) So, I’ll take him to the orthodontist to get that put back in tomorrow. Sooner than someday.

5.   The door our cat ate

We used to have a cat, Fuzzy-Kitty, that rained pee on our entire house. She especially loved to mark anything that didn’t move. When we left the house, we locked her in our laundry room. She didn’t have any front claws, so we know she tried to chew her way out. She was carted off by a coyote in August 2011. We plan to get this door replaced. Someday.

 

6. Molding at the base of the wall
We replaced the carpet the day after the coyote took Fuzzy-Kitty away. But we still haven't replaced the molding. 

Fuzzy-Kitty (pre-coyote)

7-8. Two light fixtures

Our outdoor light fixture and the overhead light in our kitchen were both attacked by mice.  The mice ate through the wires of both light fixtures and electrocuted themselves. We have a quarterly service plan with a pest company, but our traps seem to be working better than theirs. We caught two mice.

Here's the outdoor fixture. Steve removed the dangling light completely last summer. But it still needs to be fixed. Someday.

Click to enlarge. You know you want to.

9.    Half-dead bamboo plant
Steve hates this plant. I have no idea why. 

10.     Mocha-colored paint on wall

We had a mysterious oily black spot appear on our wall. Steve pulled out the paint labeled “living room”, left by the previous owners. It was pretty dark, but we thought it would dry to a lighter color.

It didn’t.

That was nine months ago. I hear there’s an app where you can take a picture of the color you want and a paint company will match it. Maybe we’ll try that. Someday.

Models seen in photos: Seal, Little Seal, Mulan, Sheehan.

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What kinds of things in your house need fixin'? Tell me in the comments.

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