For those of you out there that know my mother there’s one thing that she does that bugs me.  She will never get rid of a partially broken item as long as it still sort of works.  A good example of this would be her potato fork that has two tines that are broken that she will not replace.

I try to make a point of replacing any half broken items that I find in her house.  I bought her new spoons, new cookie sheets, and even a new toaster oven.  She always asks me why I bother replacing her "perfectly good" stuff with something new instead of being thankful for what she does have.  No matter what answer I give her, she always just rolls her eyes at me.

Last time I was at her house, I made sure to check the gardening tools to make sure that none of them needed to be replaced.  As it turns out, I am going to buy her a new shovel and a new lawnmower(it seems to be missing a wheel).  I’ll give them to her as a gift for her birthday.  That way, she won’t be able to say no.