In the meantime, our kitchen faucet has started a slow leak. I believe the problem is the connection with the hot water hose, but I've had difficulties locating one large enough with the correct fittings. I certainly hope that it's just an issue with the hose so that I don't have to replace the entire faucet again.
And then today our refrigerator stopped cooling. The appliance is less than two years old. We have an extended warranty ... somewhere. Thankfully, we still have our old refrigerator and enough open freezer space so that we will not lose any food due to this, but this again brings up the issue of when are we going to call, let alone set up a time for a repair person to come by.
I'm not even going to mention the light fixtures and bulbs that have needed replacement.
There are many delights to being a homeowner, and I love my house. Certainly, there are frustrations when things do not go right. Still, there's more that I like than what needs to be fixed.