Bad Things Happen in Three's??

It all started last Sunday - Gary and I were out Christmas shopping and came home only to find out our computer was locked up with what we assumed was a virus. We took it to Circuit City to find out what was wrong. After two days there we learned that it would cost us $230 to get our computer fixed but it still wasn't a guarantee that it would work then. We had already paid the initial diagnostic fee - so we decided we would just buy a new tower. Then the hunt was on. It is definitely obvious that desktops are becoming a thing of the past. Not nearly as many to choose from as there once was. Gary went back(we have been several times) to Best Buy after work Wed. and picked up a computer. In the middle of all this we realized how dependent we have become on our computer and to top it off Adrian has a report due on Monday. So we bring home the new computer and Gary is down here hooking it up, Anthony is on the xbox, and Adrian & I are working on the report. Suddenly I hear "Oh no it is the ring of death!" and Gary doing some muttering. Turns out the new computer wasn't working and about the tme Gary realized this our xbox had quit working. The screen was warbled and in Chinese and needless to say Anthony was all distraught. So we load up the new computer and head back to Best Buy. The computer we want is out of stock and they look up our receipt for the xbox (it has a year warranty) and would you believe that we bought it 12-2-07. A little over a week to late. So now we are in need of a new xbox. We come home laughing thinking surely all this has to be a joke.
Last night just before Gary and Anthony are headed back out to Best Buy to see if the computer came in, Caitlin comes up and is bummed out because the Christmas lights went out. Now they aren't suppose to go off until about 11 and it is only 7:30. Gary brings the plug inside and it still won't work. We figure it has either come unplugged on the roof or we just need to hit the reset button on one of our outlets. They head off to Best Buy and I go out on the roof to see if the lights are plugged in. Here is one picture of what I found:


This is the remains of the plug of the lights that were plugged into our extension cord. The strand had burnt off and we now have a black section on our eaves. So I begin unplugging everything & checking the side of the house to make sure it isn't still hot. Thinking this whole time just how lucky we were that it only did little damage but at the same time thinking you have got to be kidding me! This is just getting to be ridiculous.

They say bad things come in three's so hopefully our run of bad luck is over. It has been quite the week. Tonight's project is the xbox and to see if the rest of the lights on the house work or if we lost all of them. Two strands are ruined as of now.

Needless to say, I will need everyone's email address again since we lost everything and are starting fresh once again. Hopefully each of you have had a better week than what we have had here!