Yay Amigo!
Remember when I mentioned that our only car (the poor amigo) was getting a new soft top? Well, the soft top arrived yesterday and N got it installed today. Hurray for keeping the cold air out of the moving vehicle!
This is a huge deal for us considering it has been about 4 years since we started talking about getting a new top for the thing. It is amazing what a difference it makes to. The car is actually not uncomfortable to ride in anymore. Before the wind would whistle through the car blowing dust, leaves and other debris in to your face. Also, people riding in the back were not protected from the rain or snow.
They day we dropped my mom and brother off at the airport after the road trip this was how the ride went:
Also, N had coworkers who would gawk and comment about the torn top, in general it was an eye sore and a pain but being our only car we dealt with it until recently! Here are some before and after photos for comparison:
We are so pleased to have the new top on the Amigo, it looks so much better!
Now I am off to take a bath, I have a killer hair headache that I can’t take motrin for thanks to Tater Tot so I am going to soak the pain away.
My reader has been acting up and I am just going through manually clicking through my blog roll now, if I haven’t commented on your blog lately don’t be mad… I am getting there, I promise!
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Good morning all, got a flood? We do!
Look what we had the pleasure of waking up to in the basement of our rental… It rained most of the night and thank goodness our neighbors warned us about the leaky basement as we were moving it. Apparently our basement has some major leaking issues and today we get to witness them first hand.
Here is a video I tried to make of the madness. You can hear the water squishing in the carpet when someone walks over 9 or 10 foot wide drenched area. The cats and dog are quite concerned about the wetness as are we.
The water is coming from under the storage rack we have in the corner, it is flowing across the floor and right under the wooden bar/ wall and is under the tile behind the bar. No water is going down the drain yet…
The landlords never mentioned it to us but thankfully the next door neighbor did so we have nothing that can really be damaged down there. All the stuff in the flood path is in plastic bins so I am thankful about that but I just can’t believe this is an on-going issue with the house that is yet to be fixed.
Will there be standing water in the basement by tomorrow morning? Should we turn fans on down there to dry it all up or what?
We are just glad none of our stuff is destroyed. We are worried about toxic mold growing in the walls as a result of this insane flooding issue.
So how is the weather in your neck of the woods? Got rain or floods?
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Pregnancy has caused this birthmark looking thing to appear on my back, it was never there before but my brother has a birthmark that is the exact same shape on his side. It is probably hyperpigmentation caused by the pregnancy huh? Well I thought it was strange…- Can everyone see on my new baby widget that I am almost 9 weeks along? My other widget was only displaying correctly in Mozilla, other browsers were showing jacked up due dates and such. I am hoping that the due date discrepancy is fixed now. Let me know if you are still seeing something odd.
- When did Trix cereal stop being fruit shaped?
I swear they used to be shapes of fruit, you know grape shaped and citrus slice shaped… Now they are just round balls of color with various flavors… Not nearly as fun in my opinion! Also, I think they taste different now that they aren’t fruit shaped and it is not for the best. It is kind of like how people only eat certain colored m&m’s… Now Trix aren’t as good in my eyes. Sad. - Thanks to http://spookiez.blogspot.com/ for participating in the Comment Luv contest. I won a 2GB Memory Card on her site today thanks to the contest and am pleased. I never win anything so finally winning is nice!
We splurged and spent $300 on a new soft top for our Amigo that should arrive in about a week. The Amigo is our only car right now since the Nissan engine died back in early June 2008 and we had to leave it at The Ranch and move 1500 miles away. We still intend on getting a new engine for it and driving it out to Indiana but in the meantime we had to replace this thrashed old soft top. Especially since the frigid winter is here!
As you can see the current soft top is practically useless with all it’s holes and tears. N has been freezing driving it back and fourth around town lately so getting a new, hole free top is going to be a great treat.- Oh last thought for you. I love cinnamon scented pine cones this time of year. They make me happy!
Could it snow today? Weather man says it might!
N and I are headed out for a day of getting stuff done. We have a mystery shop all sorts of things to do today. We are going to the book swap place with some of my old, already read books, we might do some holiday shopping and we have grocery shopping to do. Plus we still haven’t returned our crappy mattress topper that we spent $130.00 on.
It is going to be a cool day for this since snow is in the forecast, yay! I’ll need to bundle up in multiple layers to keep me and Tater Tot warm. Here is a thought that should hopefully keep us toasty!
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Updates and water drops…
I have been staring at this blank post page for several minutes and am drawing no inspiration. Thanks to everyone for the good thoughts and well wishes. Being able to relate to others who are going through or have been through the same stuff is more helpful than you know.
I honestly don’t know what is going on with my body. I’ll be happy to go in and see a doctor for the first time, I think it will put me at ease. I expect to see a doctor sometime in November, preferably early November if insurance permits.
The spotting has stopped since yesterday morning. I am feeling particularly achy, it is my entire midsection that aches which is normal apparently. Thanks to Hyphen Mama for the helpful link and info and to everyone else for for sharing their experiences and advice on the issue. Also thanks to everyone who contacted me privately and shared info.
You have no idea how helpful and comforting it is to be able to relate to others who have been through similar stuff!
In other news I am sucking less and less at taking water shots thanks to Lotus! Check out what I did…
Yay for my new found water drop photography skills! Now go enter the my baby weight contest, guess my weight before and after I give birth so you have a chance to win some money. Yay for free money!
