I was freaking out a few days ago because the check engine light was on in my car and we have little funds to spare given I’m supposed to be saving up to get her a replacement radiator (ha!) and she needs an oil change and the brakes looked at given I realized around the [...]

I realize I still need to schedule an appointment for Gemma to go into one of the car lifts at our local mechanic’s shop and get an oil change; and my husband’s car needs a look-over as well.
Despite that we’ve been working on things we can’t fix. I started white-washing the front of the house [...]

I remember when I bought my first car my step-father congratulated me. He also warned me that it was a hole in the ground I was going to sink money into…and this week I can see his point. Last week my car’s brakes started doing weird things, which is not good, because brakes are really [...]

It’s been great having K here. I think it’s done me a great deal of good. Although I still need to talk to the psych about changing the meds…but anyway, Friday we get to take her back home boo! I wish we could keep her forever, but she has things she has to do in [...]

I did something really stupid the other night. We got home pretty late and hubbie realized he still hadn’t added salt to our water filtration system so elected to do it right then and there so he didn’t forget again.
I turned the car head lights on high beams so that he could see what he [...]

When we were going to the immigration interview we must have seen four Hummers on the road, one was an H2 actually, but it reminded me of going to the car show while I was pregnant.
There was a show at Epcot where several car manufacturers showcased their “top of the line” cars and let you [...]

Eeesh. You may remember me saying a while ago how my horn had gone crazy one day and my husband had to disable it. Well, the car, despite being fixed the other day the check engine light kept flickering on and off while I was driving. At first I thought it was the gas cap [...]

I spent yesterday dealing with two extremes in insurance. Let me tell you that I’m very glad that our car insurance people are so much more competent and helpful than the health insurance place. I wish Blue Cross Blue Shield would take a leaf from State Farm’s book!
Yesterday morning I called the EMT department who [...]

My car is at the shop again today for the second time in two days. This isn’t some horrendous on the part of the mechanic it was actually a compromise with him. Yesterday I took her in to have an oil change (which was overdue because of the move) but because I figured it was [...]

Both our cars are on the fritz. Not the sort of fritz that billet grilles would fix either. My husband’s car is lacking power steering at the moment, and mine needs an oil change and has some issues with the brakes.
It’s a fun time, seriously. It seems like any time that something can go wrong [...]