Every Rose has its Thorn...

...And every apartment has its issues. 

Unfortunately for me, my cozy little nest I've rented, is not immune to this rule of thumb.

So, I've only called my landlord twice in the last eight months since I moved in {holy long-time Batman! I didn't realize how long it's been!} and I believe he is about due for another ring-a-ding-ding.  The first time I called was absolutely necessary.  I mean seriously, scary necessary.

My brand new oven broke. When I saw this apartment for the first time, it wasn't even there.  I'm not kidding... brand.new.and.broken. Broken in the sense that when I turned the oven off, it didn't turn off. Yes, that's right. The OVEN DIDN'T TURN OFF.  I had baked something or other one night and the morning after I was strolling through the kitchen and the little "ON" red light. I opened the oven and low and behold, it was warm.  Not hot, but definitely warm and on, as it had been all night.  I called him and he was in my apartment within 20 minutes fixing it. Thank GAHD!

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The second time I called, I woke up and went to the little girls room.  When I lifted the toilet seat, the water was all brown and gross. I flushed and flushed and flushed and it wasn't going away!!  If the fresh water coming in is brown, that means I can't shower, brush my teeth, wash dishes... nothing.  Turns out the town was doing work on the pipes dredging up all kinds of grossness into the pipes. I flushed the toilet probably 15 more time until it was crystal clear, and ran all the faucets for like 20 minutes until I could tell they were also nice and clean and clear.  Crisis averted. 

**And now for the issues at hand that need to be solved yet.**

First, a simple issue that I figured I'd throw in with the mix, since he'd be here already. One of my two kitchen bulbs is out.  The "vintage" lighting fixture is so high and I am so short, I can't reach it -even on a step stool.  *le sigh*  I guess that's why we have tall people in the world... and ladders.

Hello messy fridge!

Next stop, the bedroom. Now get your mind out of the gutter! It's all about my closet. Aside that I need to reorganize it, one door is broken.  I tried to fix it.  Even my brother tried to fix it over the holidays.  Our conclusion? I need a new door.  It's bent out of shape from overactive use. {Oh as if you don't try on 5 different outfits per day too... and 12 on the weekends.}  So now my closet permanently looks like this...

Pretty rough, right? It pains me every time I look at it.

And now the WORST part.... {WARNING! If you are squeamish with bugs DO NOT scroll down.}  

 I have house centipedes. 

I could have enlarged this image but I'm not going to because its just too gross.

I have killed probably 8 or 9 on the floor since I've lived here.  But the most epic, was when Matt and I were snuggled up on the couch about 15 minutes into watching a movie when Matt felt what he thought was his t-shirt tickling his arm.  When he reached and looked for it he found it was one of these centipedes!! As he yelled and slapped his arm, I leaped across the room screaming, even though I didn't know what was going on yet. The bug exploded somehow and the legs ended up stuck to the front of the couch cushion and the body was half under the couch three feet away.  After snapping a few shots of the bugger and using paint stirrers in a two-handed-chopstick fashion, we flushed him down the toilet with a single fingered goodbye.

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So needless to say, this needs to be resolved. Like now yesterday.  Even though, I do know they are a spiders worst enemy.  I'm not a big fan of spiders but I am less of a fan of house centipedes. So he needs to come in for that first and foremost. 

So there you have it, Nesters.  The big issues that need to be resolved in my home.  I hope you don't think I'm complaining.  I'm just telling you that my house, like yours is not perfect.  Like people its got flaws and foibles and they all have their own personalities.  What are those little things in your house that you need to resolve... like now yesterday.  Anyone else have problems with house centipedes or know how to fix a broken closet door? If you do, I'd love to hear it! So dish Nesters!