As if I needed more to worry about. I went to Target tonight to pick up a few things and when I got back to my car it wouldn't start. I had my son go in to ask Target if someone could help but they sited liability issues and refused. I had him then call Ingrid who came right out with a friend of her's (Joel ( Read more... )

The plan for today was to get my car back from the shop and then head down to Portland to visit with friends for a Christmas gathering. Unfortunately the weather wasn't going to cooperate. We all knew that it was snowing and going to snow, it just got worse by today ( Read more... )

My car is still in the shop. They promised to have it to me yesterday before 5 and then again before they closed at 9pm. It's been a series of problems one after the other that has kept them working on it ( Read more... )

I got up this morning and dressed for my run knowing full well that I wouldn't actually be able to run…or walk the lake. Instead I planned to drive around and test out the roads to see how good or bad they were given all the snow. I also thought it might be a good time to get some pictures of the lake as I see it in the morning. Well that was a ( Read more... )

We got our first snow of the year today. I was excited to walk the lake and walk in the snow. Well it turned out to be more like freezing rain and when I finished I looked more like I had walked into a beanbag storm (those who have dealt with a broken beanbag know exactly what I mean!). As amused as I was by this I was disappointed that it wasn' ( Read more... )

Middle of the week is supposed to be mellow, mundane and uneventful. They didn't used to even have good shows on Wednesday (it's hard to say that now with show like Knight Rider on Wednesdays). Well my day was far from it.

AM TroubleIt all started at around 4:30am when I was just heading out to go running. I usually drive to the lake and run ( Read more... )

Like I said in the previous post I picked up my car at lunch today. They did a great job on the replacement strip and it opens smoothly now. It did end up being $20 more than originally quoted because the part cost more than they thought. They called me before going ahead with the work ( Read more... )

I took my car in to the shop today to have it fixed and thought nothing of it. Today is payday and I could afford it. So just to be overly cautious I checked my bank account around 9am. Guess what!? No check. -_ ( Read more... )

I really hate when things don't go the way I plan them but some days there is just nothing that can be done about them. My plan for today was to head to Vancouver to visit with Kari. I also had planned to stop by a cola store that Tom told me about and stop by to help out a co-worker who lives in the area with some work stuff ( Read more... )

Well the prognosis is that the car needs a new water pump. Better yet to get at it with a car like mine the timing belt needs to be removed. The guy suggested replacing that while it was off. I told him that it needed to be done anyway (about 20,000 miles ago!). So I gave him the go a head. The estimated cost is $550 which is steep but not as ( Read more... )