But I've wanted one for soooo long!

The last couple of years Jr. has been harassing me to buy a flat screen T.V. It's never been in our budget and still isn't but 2 days ago I agreed. R.C. Willey was having a sale on them and we paid off our account a couple months back. I said sure, why not? I guess we can make minimum payments on it and get it paid off in the next 5 years or so. I'm only exaggerating by a year or so. So he bought it. He set it up Tuesday night and has been pretty excited about it the last 2 nights.

Let's jump to another subject that will soon tie this whole story together. We have a little 3 year old monster that lives in our home and pretty much runs this house. He also has what's known as the "Lavea Temper". The Lavea temper has been handed down from my Grandpa to my Dad to me and on to Leka. It basically is uncontrollable and when we lose it, it's hard to gain control. Leka is so cute most of the time that we usually let it slide. Tonight was not one of those nights.

Back to the T.V., as I'm washing dishes and Jr. is registering for classes online for next semester Leka runs into the kitchen and says-

Leka:Mom, Ray wont let me be the Rhino!

Me: That's okay be something else. (I have no idea what he's talking about)

Leka: NO! (runs back to the family room)

Ray: (runs in about 25 seconds later) MOM AND DAD, LEKA THREW THE REMOTE AT THE T.V. AND IT'S NOT WORKING NOW!

Jr: What the ..... (you fill in the blanks, but it wasn't too bad)

This is what we found when we walked into the family room.

He threw it so hard at the screen that it cracked at the top and made several lines down the middle of it. So after Leka got punished and believe me he did, Ray as well b/c they were fighting for sometime about who was going to be the Rhino. Jr. and I were just naturally trying to make each other feel better...then Jr. let out a moan..But I've wanted one for soooo long! Poor guy. Maybe Heavenly Father is trying to teach us to live within our means?

I called around to the warranty and to RC Willey, T.V. repair stores and asked how much that kind of damage would cost and they pretty much said we might as well buy a new T.V. b/c it's the same price to get it fixed. Oh Leka why are you so crazy? What are we going to do with you?

After the yelling stopped, Jr. and I both realized, it's just a T.V. it's just money. We don't have a lot of it but it is just money. Our family is what's most important, they may be crazy at times but they are what matters most in life.