Look Ma I fixed it!

So from my last post you know I knocked off my mirror. The one place I got ahold of said the mirror would be $74. Amy's husband Jared was willing to try to put it on for me to save me money on labor, such a good guy. I called the auto part place that told me that price and when I asked them to order it she said they couldn't it was out of stock. I asked her what my options were and she gave me the number of a junk yard who might have it. I called them thinking I'd get a used one from a junker car and he said they only had one and it was a new one.......for $50! I went down that night and got it.
I googled how to put a new one on and it didn't seem that hard so I figured I'd give it a shot.

As you can see from the pic I did it! All I had to do was remove a panel in side the car and a few screws then put them back. I figure the fact that I got a deal on the mirror and fixed it all by myself negates the stupidity of breaking it off. Right?

I'm glad Jared was so willing to help me but I'm kinda glad I fixed it on my own, gives me a weird sense of accomplishment. I'm so grateful to my girlfriends for marrying such wonderful men. Amy's Jared, Kelsey's Ben, Ruth's Tim, Michelle's Michael (he's still amazing even though he's not with us anymore) plus all the others I don't have room for. They have all at one time or another given me a blessing or just been there for me. I never thought I'd still be single at this point in my life and having them there for me makes it just a little bit easier.

Smart people do stupid things

So sometimes the garage moves when I'm pulling out....I swear it got skinnier. Unfortunately I did this this morning and it happens to be Pioneer day here in Utah so no body shops are open to give me an estimate. I called an auto part store and the mirror unit itself is only $74 so hopefully the labor to put a new one back on will only be maybe a couple hundred. We shall see.

Home for a bit

I got to go home to my parents for a week last week, I love that!! It's so nice to see my family and visit for a bit and of course not have to go to work but that's just a side benefit. I drove from Utah to Washington with Amy and Jared, 14 straight hours. We left at 8pm on Saturday night and got in Sunday morning. It was a very long night especially due to the fact that I have an irrational fear that if I fall asleep so will the driver so when I managed to nod off for a bit the slightest swerve made me think we were leaving the road, not very restful.

This is due to some dry lightening somewhere in Idaho, I think near Boise. I opened the window to take the picture and you could feel the heat coming from the fire.

Mom and Patti and I decided to make Smore's after a fun BBQ, they were very very yummy. Dad manned the grill for dinner so we delivered his to him.

Seems like we might need better skewers but it worked. We had over-sized marshmallows so it was pretty intense getting them "cooked" thru.

I should have taken more pictures I realize, I don't even have one of Dad...sheesh, I hate when I do that.


This is one of the roses in my parents backyard, my attempt at an artistic picture.....I'll keep trying.