Just kidding, people make good neighbors. Duh!
So, a month ago a lot of things in my house broke all at once. I had a mini breakdown of epic proportions. The dishwasher, my car and then the kid's ears, ALL BEFORE NOON!
The kid's ears righted themselves with rest thankfully. The dishwasher ended up being covered by the home warranty, it took about 2 weeks to fix but we didn't have to buy a new one!
I was quoted over $600 to fix my car. This made me cry, like a lot, a lot, a lot! I didn't have $600 to fix my car, and I honestly didn't want to put more money into a car I had just spent $1200 on the month before. But, I love that car, it's an old Buick. My insurance is cheap, it's a land yacht so I feel safer cruising around town in it. Since my husband was between shows we decided to just let it sit until we saved up the money to have it fixed. So, there she sat in the driveway collecting dust and bird poop.
Then for some reason, my husband asked our neighbor who is always working on cars if he could help us, he said yes! Just to order the part. Well, the fuel pump for my land yacht was $200 from the auto supply shops, we didn't have that. Back to just waiting. Then the neighbor called us and asked when we were going to fix the car. We explained we didn't have the part yet because we were low on funds. He said to check eBay, eBay is not what I think of when I think auto parts.
FIFTY-NINE BUCKS! That's how much I paid for a fuel pump on eBay. It took 6 days to get the part after I ordered it when the fuel pump came in we all went to the driveway to fix the land yacht. We took apart the trunk and removed the back seat. I'm short enough I fit perfectly in my truck in a squatting position. Which made replacing the fuel pump even easier. I FIXED MY CAR for under 10% of what a mechanic quoted me. Do you know how Super Hero like that made me feel?
I'm going to bake so much stuff for my neighbor. I have my car back because he's awesome.
Robert Frost said fences make good neighbors, but I'm pretty sure it's people that make good neighbors and I happen to have the best.
So, a month ago a lot of things in my house broke all at once. I had a mini breakdown of epic proportions. The dishwasher, my car and then the kid's ears, ALL BEFORE NOON!
The kid's ears righted themselves with rest thankfully. The dishwasher ended up being covered by the home warranty, it took about 2 weeks to fix but we didn't have to buy a new one!
I was quoted over $600 to fix my car. This made me cry, like a lot, a lot, a lot! I didn't have $600 to fix my car, and I honestly didn't want to put more money into a car I had just spent $1200 on the month before. But, I love that car, it's an old Buick. My insurance is cheap, it's a land yacht so I feel safer cruising around town in it. Since my husband was between shows we decided to just let it sit until we saved up the money to have it fixed. So, there she sat in the driveway collecting dust and bird poop.
Then for some reason, my husband asked our neighbor who is always working on cars if he could help us, he said yes! Just to order the part. Well, the fuel pump for my land yacht was $200 from the auto supply shops, we didn't have that. Back to just waiting. Then the neighbor called us and asked when we were going to fix the car. We explained we didn't have the part yet because we were low on funds. He said to check eBay, eBay is not what I think of when I think auto parts.
FIFTY-NINE BUCKS! That's how much I paid for a fuel pump on eBay. It took 6 days to get the part after I ordered it when the fuel pump came in we all went to the driveway to fix the land yacht. We took apart the trunk and removed the back seat. I'm short enough I fit perfectly in my truck in a squatting position. Which made replacing the fuel pump even easier. I FIXED MY CAR for under 10% of what a mechanic quoted me. Do you know how Super Hero like that made me feel?
I'm going to bake so much stuff for my neighbor. I have my car back because he's awesome.
Robert Frost said fences make good neighbors, but I'm pretty sure it's people that make good neighbors and I happen to have the best.
