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Yay only 1 ½ months since my last post.
December
I finished up most of my Christmas shopping then went to go get my tires replaced on my car another one was starting to go flat to often so I ended up replacing all 4 tires this time. The tires on the car were the factory originals and where coming up on 60k so they badly needed replaced. The car rides a lot smoother now and my gas mileage has improved slightly as well.
On the last day of work of the year (December 21st) I went to leave work and my car wouldn’t start the ignition, steering wheel, and gear shift were all locked. I called the dealership and they said to try to wiggle the key and move the steering wheel left to right to try to unlock it. No luck so I had to call a tow truck to tow it to the dealership it took about 1 hour for them to get there and another hour to get to my place to drop me off ( the traffic was horrible that day being a Friday and a lot of peoples last day off work for the year. The dealership said they would not get to it till the 26th because they were going to be closed over the holidays. So I was with out a car till then.
I called my mom to come and pick me up the next day because I had to get some groceries and needed help picking up a twin mattress for my small bedroom. It is almost complete now I just need to get my bed frame from grandmas and I can call that room done. Luckily I had all my Christmas shopping done except for 2 people and finished that up while I was out with my mom. I did the driving since she wasn’t familiar with the area. It is really odd trying to drive a Ford Expedition those SUV’s are huge and parking took some time to get used to it is defiantly not my first choice for a vehicle.
I got a call from my step mom and told her and my dad about my car problems and need someone to pick me up if I was going to make the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day parties. Luckily my brother in law Paul works up in Fort Wayne he had to work the whole week except for Christmas day. So we arranged for him to pick me up on the 24th and drop me off on the 26th. My mom would come and pick me up on Christmas day to take me over to Grandma’s and bring me back to my sisters afterwards so all that worked out. On the 24th I went with the family to the new church they are going to it was interesting really modern and not preachy at all. The place is set up more like a Community Center then a Church they have projector screens, speakers, drum sets, pianos, guitars, and various other musical instruments and that was just in the main room.
On the 24th I had a VM saying they had looked at my car and the ignition switch (which is very common problem with the Ford Focus) had gone out and it needed replaced and the parts would be in on the 26th and have it done by then. They also said it was covered under my Warranty and I would not have to pay for it. When I returned home on the 26th I called the dealership and they said the car was finished and I could pick it up when ever I wanted. Luckily my mom was coming up to Fort Wayne that day and would be able to drop me off at the dealership to pick up my car. I was worried that I would not have my car on the 27th to pick up Rich for the gathering I was having for him. So I was pretty relieved that it was fixed in time.
The party/gathering for Rich went pretty well not as many people showed up but it was in the middle of the week and around the holidays so was expecting it. Went to go pick Rich up and forgot about the 1 hour time difference so ended up an hour early at his place luckily knowing how things usually turn out I gave my self a few hours leeway just in case for the trip back. Got back to my place and waited around for a bit then decided to go get something to eat at the nearby Fazolis. Just when we ordered our food CM called up seeing where we were and he met up with us. We ate and talked and Rich called up Rob on my phone and we talked to him for awhile which was nice since I haven’t talked to Rob in long time we caught up with what he was doing and things going on with me. After lunch we headed back to my place as soon as we got into the house Laura pulled up in the drive way. I showed everyone around the house and we ended up in the basement the rest of the night chatting until Laura had to leave because her daughter was getting pretty sick at home. After she left CM brought in his gaming equipment. We set up his 360 and pretty much played that on my projector the rest of the night (mostly Rock Band). We went out to grab something to eat for supper somewhere in there and as per usual when we get together it seems most of the places we chose were either packed or just closing we finally ended up at an Applebees. Over all it was good night and I got to see CM, Rich, and Laura again which was nice.
Not to much happened till the 29th when we had my Dad’s side of the family Christmas party (the original day we had it scheduled on was the day we had the bad snow storm). That went well but later that day I started catching very bad cold and that pretty much put me out till January 3rd. I ended up missing my cousins wedding that was on New Years Eve which kind of sucked I was looking forward to going but was feeling to sick and drained to make the drive down and stay up the whole night till New Years Day.
January
Not too much going on so far this New Year. I was swamped at work when I came back I had to take the 1st day back off due to being sick. Things are steadily slowing down but we are ramping up and going to be very busy here soon. Almost need another vacation (LOL) but for now the weekends are barely holding off that temptation.
I think that is the majority of what has been going on with me. I’ll try to post more, but things tend to get pretty busy and it is hard to find the time to do so. As always you can give me a call or catch me on an IM during the evenings. Hope everyone else survived the holidays and are doing well.
December
I finished up most of my Christmas shopping then went to go get my tires replaced on my car another one was starting to go flat to often so I ended up replacing all 4 tires this time. The tires on the car were the factory originals and where coming up on 60k so they badly needed replaced. The car rides a lot smoother now and my gas mileage has improved slightly as well.
On the last day of work of the year (December 21st) I went to leave work and my car wouldn’t start the ignition, steering wheel, and gear shift were all locked. I called the dealership and they said to try to wiggle the key and move the steering wheel left to right to try to unlock it. No luck so I had to call a tow truck to tow it to the dealership it took about 1 hour for them to get there and another hour to get to my place to drop me off ( the traffic was horrible that day being a Friday and a lot of peoples last day off work for the year. The dealership said they would not get to it till the 26th because they were going to be closed over the holidays. So I was with out a car till then.
I called my mom to come and pick me up the next day because I had to get some groceries and needed help picking up a twin mattress for my small bedroom. It is almost complete now I just need to get my bed frame from grandmas and I can call that room done. Luckily I had all my Christmas shopping done except for 2 people and finished that up while I was out with my mom. I did the driving since she wasn’t familiar with the area. It is really odd trying to drive a Ford Expedition those SUV’s are huge and parking took some time to get used to it is defiantly not my first choice for a vehicle.
I got a call from my step mom and told her and my dad about my car problems and need someone to pick me up if I was going to make the Christmas Eve and Christmas Day parties. Luckily my brother in law Paul works up in Fort Wayne he had to work the whole week except for Christmas day. So we arranged for him to pick me up on the 24th and drop me off on the 26th. My mom would come and pick me up on Christmas day to take me over to Grandma’s and bring me back to my sisters afterwards so all that worked out. On the 24th I went with the family to the new church they are going to it was interesting really modern and not preachy at all. The place is set up more like a Community Center then a Church they have projector screens, speakers, drum sets, pianos, guitars, and various other musical instruments and that was just in the main room.
On the 24th I had a VM saying they had looked at my car and the ignition switch (which is very common problem with the Ford Focus) had gone out and it needed replaced and the parts would be in on the 26th and have it done by then. They also said it was covered under my Warranty and I would not have to pay for it. When I returned home on the 26th I called the dealership and they said the car was finished and I could pick it up when ever I wanted. Luckily my mom was coming up to Fort Wayne that day and would be able to drop me off at the dealership to pick up my car. I was worried that I would not have my car on the 27th to pick up Rich for the gathering I was having for him. So I was pretty relieved that it was fixed in time.
The party/gathering for Rich went pretty well not as many people showed up but it was in the middle of the week and around the holidays so was expecting it. Went to go pick Rich up and forgot about the 1 hour time difference so ended up an hour early at his place luckily knowing how things usually turn out I gave my self a few hours leeway just in case for the trip back. Got back to my place and waited around for a bit then decided to go get something to eat at the nearby Fazolis. Just when we ordered our food CM called up seeing where we were and he met up with us. We ate and talked and Rich called up Rob on my phone and we talked to him for awhile which was nice since I haven’t talked to Rob in long time we caught up with what he was doing and things going on with me. After lunch we headed back to my place as soon as we got into the house Laura pulled up in the drive way. I showed everyone around the house and we ended up in the basement the rest of the night chatting until Laura had to leave because her daughter was getting pretty sick at home. After she left CM brought in his gaming equipment. We set up his 360 and pretty much played that on my projector the rest of the night (mostly Rock Band). We went out to grab something to eat for supper somewhere in there and as per usual when we get together it seems most of the places we chose were either packed or just closing we finally ended up at an Applebees. Over all it was good night and I got to see CM, Rich, and Laura again which was nice.
Not to much happened till the 29th when we had my Dad’s side of the family Christmas party (the original day we had it scheduled on was the day we had the bad snow storm). That went well but later that day I started catching very bad cold and that pretty much put me out till January 3rd. I ended up missing my cousins wedding that was on New Years Eve which kind of sucked I was looking forward to going but was feeling to sick and drained to make the drive down and stay up the whole night till New Years Day.
January
Not too much going on so far this New Year. I was swamped at work when I came back I had to take the 1st day back off due to being sick. Things are steadily slowing down but we are ramping up and going to be very busy here soon. Almost need another vacation (LOL) but for now the weekends are barely holding off that temptation.
I think that is the majority of what has been going on with me. I’ll try to post more, but things tend to get pretty busy and it is hard to find the time to do so. As always you can give me a call or catch me on an IM during the evenings. Hope everyone else survived the holidays and are doing well.