Not my oven!!!

house_cat · ‎03-09-2010

One week ago today, things started falling apart. It seemed as if everything I touched, broke. My car that has only 5,000 miles on it, broke down several times. The dealer can't figure out what's wrong with it. Our a/c broke down and we managed to find a repairman, despite the extreme temps. The next day, I dropped my eyeglasses while walking the dog and when I found them, they were smashed. That afternoon, our cable t.v., internet and phone stopped working. It turns out that the installer for our neighbor cut our connection, so we were without phone, internet and t.v. for 24 hours. At the grocery store t, I heard something clinking. When I looked down, the clasp of my new Dooney bag had completely come apart and pieces were rolling all over the floor. I dealt with all of these little problems gracefully. After all, it's only stuff. Right? Then, yesterday, my oven stopped working. THAT'S WHEN I FREAKED OUT! My oven?! I can't live without my oven! I got a repairman here today, and $160 later, the oven is fixed. He replaced the ignitor and said that he'd also replace the oven light if I had an appliance bulb. I was delighted to find that I had a brand new one in the garage. I thought my clumsy streak had ended, until I went into the garage later to find that the entire basket of bulbs had fallen off the shelf and there was broken glass everywhere. Sigh.

~ house cat ~

pggoody · ‎10-09-2010

AND I thought I had it bad😰. Sorry you are having a run of bad luck. One almost can't help but laugh... No ill will intended... But laughing is better than crying! I thought bad luck was suppose to come in 3's!! My oven is out too, but in my case something is haywire with the self cleaning operation and a message to shut oven door continues to flash, preventing any use of the oven! Meanwhile I am using a countertop oven . It is hot here in So. CA. thus I hesitate using the oven anyway. Best of luck to you. 🌺

Tigriss · ‎03-12-2010

Wow! I can't help buy quote The Little Couple's Jen, "sometimes all you can do is laugh."

i totally feel your pain. Hopefully your bad luck has ended for the entire year! That is worth looking forward to!

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

When it rains, it pours.

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Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

What a string of bad luck! Hopefully that is over for awhile.

When I have similar experiences, and I think they happen to all of us from time to time, I try to find comfort in knowing that, just as you stated, it is just 'things'. They may be important things, and they may cost money (more than we can/want to afford) to get back or working again, but I'm ever so grateful that it isn't a death, followed by a terrible health related diagnosis, followed by a big loss (like a house fire) followed by..... as that is how some folks get hit.

Hopefully things will subside and life can get back to normal. I do feel your pain!

Vickiv · ‎06-15-2015

Oh my what a time you had. It would have been better if you went back to bed. Your luck the bed probably would have fell through and I thought I had a bad day. Should have played the lottery maybe your luck would have changed and with the winnings you could have fixed everthing that broke.

ChynnaBlue · ‎05-22-2012

@Kachina624 wrote:
When it rains, it pours.

So true! Sorry, House_Cat. Hope your luck reverses soon!

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kitty60 · ‎03-13-2010

Housecat, so sorry for your misfortunes. It seems like when your on a streak like that it never stops. Best to laugh and roll with it. One thing I've learned to say is "nothing else could possibly go wrong." It seems like out of spite somethin will! Kitty60