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September 12, 2012

Just a Bit of a RANT!!!!

So our little VW Bug has cost us LOTS of bucks
in the last few months.. We have a place in B.R.
where the guys are great and I think VERY trustworthy...
and every problem that came up with our little car that has
over 180,000 miles on it, was taken care of...
until it started to stall - they couldn't figure it out
and suggested we take it to a dealer...
I am going to make a lonnggg story a bit shorter...
we drove the car to the dealer - about an hour and a half away...
they told us what was probably wrong with it
800.00 dollars worth of probably....
we took it to our guys and they said
well, never heard of that before,
but we've heard of stranger things with diesels
so they did the work for half the price....
BUT that  didn't fix the problem -
we went back....
STILL didn't fix it...
we would have to come back a 3rd time...
BUT they were sure it would be fine to take to Canada
over the Labor Day Weekend....
 
We went home---
Bob started mowing -
I needed to run to the store...
and on the way home....
my little bug died.....
Thankfully I was only a mile and a half from home
no way to reach Bob ...
so - I started walking
and thinking....
and saying - in my head -
well, maybe even out LOUD since no one was around...
some BAD words
to that Volkswagen dealer...
(we were about to order a Pssaatt (sp??)
I wanted someone CLOSE to be available for service!!!
 
Bob and I drove back up to the car- called "our guys"
who called the wrecker...
that came and took our little Bug away...
 
WELL - the next day Bob headed out...
to our buddies...where we had the car towed
he called and  told me that the engine BLEW!!?!
and said he was at  the Chevrolet dealer...
and said come on up here....
(which I did PRONTO....)
 
SOOOOOO
what only happens in a blue moon...
we bought a new car....

2 days ago....
we picked up our Chevy Malibu....
the VW was a great car...
we just kept it too long
(the guys at the repair shop in B.R.
bought it from us and already have a new engine in it)
My daddy worked at Chevrolet ~
General Motors pretty much
fed me, clothed me and kept a roof over my head
for the first 40 years of my life....
and it feels good to look out the window
and see that Chevrolet insignia on my car....
 
 
 
 


September 10, 2012

Labor Day Weekend

Well let's see
"LOTS has been happenin"
I guess I will start with Labor Day Weekend
(already a week and a half ago)
then go backwards from there.
So on Friday Aug. 31st
I went to the book sale in Big Rapids -
they have a VERY good sale at the library
every Labor Day weekend.
Our plans to go to Wawa were cancelled...
need to save the money.....
more on that later -
BUT
Bob went to the tire store to see 
 if one of the tires on the Envoy had a leak
well, sir look at this...
the tires were cracked --
too many years sitting in that HOT Georgia sun....
2 new tires = $300.00
well I guess we aren't saving anything after all....:-0
 
Anyway--- we proceeded with our revised
Labor Day Weekend Plans...
 
Sat. morning we headed north -
to find a lavender farm that we had read about.
We know it is too late to see the flowers,
we just wanted to check out the farm.
Very cool indeed.....
we plan on going back next July...
THEN, we went to Boyne City
and discovered they were having a car show
this was a car that gave rides on the dunes -
 I rode in one of these cars (maybe THIS car !?!)
when I was a little girl !!
After the car show we grabbed out lunch
and headed to a lakeside picnic table.
 
We headed home to get some rest before we headed out on Sunday.
Sunday we went to Hart
to the POW WOW!!
Not very big this year, Gust & Stella were not there -
but I still enjoyed it -
SOMEDAY I might just step into that circle myself...
When we left the pow wow - we continued west
to the water ---PENTWATER
where we had ANOTHER picnic in the park
On Monday we stayed close to home -
went to the annual craft show in the park in Big Rapids.
Where I bought a nice WARM sweater
and a Hippie purse...
 
A very very nice Labor Day weekend -
even with the last minute change of plans.