Random happenings

So lots of weird stuff has been going on and some of it we have taken care of and some of it needs investigating.

First off the thing we took care of was the Freezer. We have a GE side by side refrigerator/freezer and every since we bought it (about 4 years ago) it made this kind of weird howling noise. Well after some investigation it turns out the make/model we have was known to have a defective control board and howl as a result of this defect. Wow. It was so annoying to listen to. We called GE one night to inquire as we had read online that the problem could be fixed and GE was only charging people for the labor costs and not the replacement part. Well after being on the phone for 30 minutes most of it on hold, we hung up. Dave called back in the morning and the service guy was here today. It is fixed! YEAH!! We did have to pay for the visit and the labor but not the part. So hopefully that is the end of the howling....

Second, we have a Roomba (robot vacuum) and it has decided to make an unusual thumping sound and stop every few minutes telling me to clean the brushes. Well, the brushes were clean so I restarted it and then a few minutes later it stopped again. I kept restarting it and it kept stopping. By this point, I was very frustrated. I decided to take the thing apart and look for a problem. Well behind one of the wheels, I found a TON of dog hair. So I cleaned that all out and anything else that I could and put it back together. By this point I was pretty proud of myself thinking I had fixed the problem. Boy was I wrong....it still won't run properly. Sometimes technology is so frustrating....

Next, the cord on one of my blinds on the front window broke. This is now 2 cords that are broken out of 3. The only way to get it fixed is to call the company we bought the blinds from. We are hoping to purchase blinds for the remaining windows at the same time. We are budgeting for that right now. When we first purchased the blinds we only did the blinds on the windows on the front of the house. The windows in the back of the house got some cheap tab curtains from Target. One of the rooms in the back is the nursery so we want to have real window covers on those windows before baby comes home.

Lastly, I think we have wasps/hornets. I don't really know what either one looks as I HATE bees of any kind. I was reading my book today and there was like 2 or 3 of these creatures crawling and flying around on the screen door. I am hoping we don't have a nest somewhere but I am WAY too chicken to go outside and look. I will wait until Dave gets home...

I hope there aren't any more surprises (unless it is a referral of course) in the near future.