Today my daughter broke a window in our sunroom. She also lied about it and blamed her little brother, which is a whole 'nother story. I wish I could say this was an unusual occurrence, but my children always seem to be flinging things around the house that invariably hit a window. While it annoys me, the windows in most of our house are single pane divided lights in wood frames. The glass is easy, and inexpensive, to replace. And their allowances have always covered the cost.

The windows in our sunroom, however, are new. They have that "fancy" double layered glass with the special gas in between for energy efficiency. I question how well it actually works because it is cold in that room. But, I now need to remove the window and bring it to the glass repair shop and have it professionally fixed. I have zero idea how much it will cost, but I am willing to bet that it will be more that the $10 I spent on a pane of glass at the hardware store last time.

And like I say to my kids, do they have to break things faster than we can fix them?

House on the Red Hill installs some gorgeous new windows.

The Healy House fixes their old windows.

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When she isn't blogging about her life at Notes from the Trenches or taking a year off from spending money at A Year Off, Chris is working at rescuing her house from a century of neglect and bad taste. She can also be found writing about home improvement and design at DIY This N' That.