The Strife of Life

 Well, the major malfunction was the furnace, which caused 3 days of dank misery. But minor niggling malfunctions arose within a month's time. The battery in the Honda key fob died, so the car door had to be unlocked manually. O, the Horror. Solution from Boston area resolved it.  The door to the Krups toaster oven snapped at the juncture, but it works fine, propped by wooden ice cream spoons. The cover of the outside electrical outlet broke off, one too many celebratory Christmas lightings. The vintage General Electric wall clock in the kitchen moaned and then lost time. And most startling, the lever on the sink spray spigot broke off in use. Once that stream starts, there is no stopping it. Lastly, so far, yesterday the computer slot will not accept the camera's SanDisc. But the printer will. So far anyway...