Argh!!! What a rotten 30th birthday :(

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Registered: 05-19-2004
Argh!!! What a rotten 30th birthday :(
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Wed, 04-13-2005 - 3:40pm

Well, the gas company has unexpectedly been working on our street for the past week or so tearing up our yards replacing a main gas line. A few of us decided to sign up for their warranty program($4/month) because if anything happens to the line that runs to our houses, we are liable. Of course as fate would have it, our line is corroded and flunked some test, now we need to replace it. So we called the gas company and guess what~~the warranty is not yet in effect because it has not been 30 days!!! Let me remind you we are trying to save to get out of this place by next Spring.

So we had to call someone to come do the job and after a few quotes, the best we got was to the tune of $1200!!!!!! Due by tomorrow~ which is when it will be done. Lovely. So now I have to go and raid my daughter's savings account.

This upsets me so much because we were finally ready to start piling money in savings for our new house. I hate this house so bad and to think I have to spend $1200 for it instead of toward our home we are going to build makes me sick. Just needed to vent big time!!

Happy Birthday to me...I get a new gas pipe as a present!! Yipee
~Nicki

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 04-14-2005 - 11:00am

HUGS!!!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 04-14-2005 - 2:37pm

Aww Nicki - that really stinks!

All my best,
Danni