What will it be this year?

My "money pit" has suffered most of its functional and financially crippling events the week between Christmas and New Year's. Often on December 31.

The last few years have seen a broken garage door spring (cars stuck inside), a burned out ejector pump for the basement bathroom (due to a valve failure), and a broken furnace (with temps at about zero).

We have been fortunate to receive timely and good quality service in each case, but not at discount prices.

The dishwasher has had intermittent electrical problems lately, but even if that fails it would hardly be crippling to the household.

I can only wonder what awaits me these last few hours of 2010....