Dealing with my insurance company has (*knock on wood*) been a breeze. The lady that I filed my claim with was super nice and she remembered when I had taken my then brand-new car to the office to fill out insurance paperwork almost nine years ago. The billings adjuster was great and got me a same day rental - I have no idea what I'm driving, it' ( Read more... )

Just spent the weekend knitting a hat. I'm still not done with it. The good news is that I'm on Round #6 of forming it and I haven't messed up the ssk or the k2tog stitches like I thought I would (I have odd fears of stitches slipping off needles and hours of work being reduced to a big pile of pulled out yarn. Yes, I'm weird.) If this ( Read more... )

My car, he be borked. I think it's just a minor fix, but when I was backing out of Mom's driveway, it sounded like something was dragging on the road. Pulled up, took out a flashlight, and saw that a portion of the underbelly was hanging off of the car. It looks like it's a piece of metal that's protecting other important pieces from getting hit ( Read more... )