Love it? Or list it? House Woes

 We're not talking about shopping here. Today everything stopped working. Quit. Defunct. Warranty is up so what the heck? Might as well just stop functioning and, or, break. Makes my mood muy dark.

Well, not everything.

My home is 9 years old. I moved in as its first owner. We've grown old together but man, this baby is outstripping me now! I look around and see that it badly needs painting. The cats have done a number on several walls (Please, could you just ask nicely to go outside and scratch the fence instead? I mean, really!) and baseboards are looking grungy too. How did that happen?

 When I retired I realized I would no longer be able to afford biweekly house cleaners so the job fell to me. Of course. One of us actually notices these things. But I digress. The house needs painting in every room except for one bedroom. The cats never used to venture there but just to conjure up another feline mystery, they both are loving that room lately and I know that by the time I can hire a painter that last bedroom will have claw marks on the lower walls also.

It's a litany of excuses. Predicated on timelessness while I was working and an attitude of seeing what I wanted to see, all of a sudden the following repairs need doing before my housie's 10th anniversary next year.

Aforementioned interior painting Bedroom horizontal blinds: adjustment-string is toast (ie the lift cord is frayed)
Two sinks need new drain hardware because they have rotted and gone who knows where, leaving an  unsightly hole where the stopper used to be
Cupboard, media room, garage and laundry room (ha ha--don't you love it? actually it's just extra space on the ground floor that is majorly UNfinished) need drywall specialists to finish them off, to love them, to suck out all that allergenic drywall dust and paint them
Washer and dryer are on their last legs--to be fair they both still function, sort of, but I noticed some of my neighbours are replacing theirs lately so I figure I'm next on that list
Upstairs toilet runs like a sieve. Noisily. I can barely sleep so it needs new guts
Kitchen counter needs new grout
Kitchen cabinets need new handles (thanks to Ex, that will probably happen soon)
Kitchen chairs and table need to be constructed. This living without a table nonsense is getting me down (since January)
Pergola crossbeam needs replacing (painters hired by complex wrecked it last year: geez, I thought I'd be nice and just wait for them to fix it but nooooooooooooooooooooo---I need to make a huge fuss to strata about it I guess)

And even small appliances are beginning to die!
toaster
flatiron for hair (I call it Smoking Joe but not affectionately)
fax/printer

Already replaced this year:

document scanner
laser printer
dishwasher
table and chairs (Ok, ok, the new ones will get built sometime. YOLO)

At the end of the day, this is a really nice community and I'm happy to be living here. I am merely flummoxed that so much and so many need repairs all of a sudden. Is the earth spinning more quickly this year or something?