First the Bad News
The air conditioning went out on Chris' truck and it appears that my Focus' ignition is toast. Not quite sure what is wrong with Greenie, but apparently the ignition switch is a known problem with the years surrounding the Focus.
We went to head home from church and put the key in, but it wouldn't budge. I've had it do that before, but usually it just takes a little wiggling and it unlocks, but today was a different story. After finally getting it to turn I drove it home (Chris following in the Lil'rig as we'd gone home with Marty and came back in our regular clothes). It turned once after I shut it off and then was stuck again. We'll call the local shop tomorrow morning to see if they're open. It sounds like I should be able to get the part and do it myself, no need to get new keys or anything, but Chris wants to take it in rather than spending possible hours wrestling with it ourselves.
From my researching online it sounds like they used cheap metal that flakes off and causes blockages in the lock in the original ignition, you have to buy a new one (pretty inexpensive from what I've seen) that doesn't have the issue and you're good to go. So long as you can get the key to rotate the dumb thing doesn't have to be drilled out. Let's hope it's a simple, inexpensive fix as we're pretty sure Greenie's air conditioning probably won't be!
In good news I have my first art lessons starting this week! I need to go and gather up supplies (will probably borrow Marty's car or something) Tuesday and we should be off and rolling! I'm kind of excited and also a little nervous. I'm going to try and keep it relaxed and fun and hope that the kids enjoy themselves and are fairly well-behaved.
Riding lessons are holding fairly steady. We have an EHV-1/Rhinopneumenitis (sp?) scare going on in the West so my horses aren't going anywhere for at least two weeks. The scary part is that it's the neurological strain and there's no vaccine for it yet. No strange horses on my property either!
Mom's going to keep Moab so I'll have money coming in from the three boarders (yay!). If I can stabilize my finances all the feed for the horses will be taken care of and then some from board alone (so long as hay prices don't go up much more...). Of course I have my equine insurance due this coming month plus aforementioned vehicle stuff ans still trying to beat back the stupid credit card (not as scary as it was, fortunately!).
Here's to hoping for some stability to come!
There's other stuff going on that I'm not going to/can't/won't get into at the moment, for another day.
We went to head home from church and put the key in, but it wouldn't budge. I've had it do that before, but usually it just takes a little wiggling and it unlocks, but today was a different story. After finally getting it to turn I drove it home (Chris following in the Lil'rig as we'd gone home with Marty and came back in our regular clothes). It turned once after I shut it off and then was stuck again. We'll call the local shop tomorrow morning to see if they're open. It sounds like I should be able to get the part and do it myself, no need to get new keys or anything, but Chris wants to take it in rather than spending possible hours wrestling with it ourselves.
From my researching online it sounds like they used cheap metal that flakes off and causes blockages in the lock in the original ignition, you have to buy a new one (pretty inexpensive from what I've seen) that doesn't have the issue and you're good to go. So long as you can get the key to rotate the dumb thing doesn't have to be drilled out. Let's hope it's a simple, inexpensive fix as we're pretty sure Greenie's air conditioning probably won't be!
In good news I have my first art lessons starting this week! I need to go and gather up supplies (will probably borrow Marty's car or something) Tuesday and we should be off and rolling! I'm kind of excited and also a little nervous. I'm going to try and keep it relaxed and fun and hope that the kids enjoy themselves and are fairly well-behaved.
Riding lessons are holding fairly steady. We have an EHV-1/Rhinopneumenitis (sp?) scare going on in the West so my horses aren't going anywhere for at least two weeks. The scary part is that it's the neurological strain and there's no vaccine for it yet. No strange horses on my property either!
Mom's going to keep Moab so I'll have money coming in from the three boarders (yay!). If I can stabilize my finances all the feed for the horses will be taken care of and then some from board alone (so long as hay prices don't go up much more...). Of course I have my equine insurance due this coming month plus aforementioned vehicle stuff ans still trying to beat back the stupid credit card (not as scary as it was, fortunately!).
Here's to hoping for some stability to come!
There's other stuff going on that I'm not going to/can't/won't get into at the moment, for another day.