I swear there is a black cloud following me. So, remember how our furnace broke on Christmas? We've been heating our house with wood, which has been fine (well, except that Kelly has to find the time to chop wood almost everyday, oh and did I mention that some idiots stole our chainsaws a few months ago and the one we got from my dad in the meantime wasn't working until yesterday? Yeah. Nice.) Anyway...so our house has been warm and cozy thanks to my wonderful hubby...however, obviously we needed to replace the furnace. So, we got estimates and we'll be getting a brand new, 90% efficiency (old one was about 60% they tell us) gas furnace, with a whole house humidifier and some fancy air filter. Couple thousand dollars. Awesome. But on the bright side, it should make a huge difference in our gas bill and the humidifier will be awesome since our house is SO dry in the winter and we shouldn't have to get another furnace for probably 25 years or so. So, there is some good in it. Its being installed today, yay!! That will be nice!
So, we got the furnace stuff figured out and we're thinking okay...that was a huge unexpected expense, but you know, long term investment in the house, its all good. On Saturday I went to get new tires put on my car. They put them on, pull the car back out of the garage, I pay and am on my way. Well, almost. Car won't start. Fabulous. Turns over. Just won't start. I call Kelly, and luckily the tire place is like 5 minutes away so even though he's in the middle of feeding cattle (in the rain, of course), he comes to my rescue. One of the tire place employees uses a computer to try to figure out the problem and he and Kelly come to the conclusion that its likely this 'ignition control module' part. Which, by the way, we replaced about two years ago. So, we leave my car there for the weekend, and on Monday Kelly orders the part. $100. Not great...but hey, if it fixes it, okay. Well....so my wonderful father in law picks up the part for us and installs it....and the car....still won't start. Seriously. I so knew that would happen. Luckily, Kelly has a mechanic for a cousin-in-law (unluckily, he lives 4 hrs away and therefore can only do diagnostics over the phone for us)...who tells us its probably the timing belt. Okay, so we'll get it towed to a mechanic, they can put a new one on and we'll be on our way, right? Oh, did I mention we are supposed to drive to Indianapolis on Friday? About a 4 hr drive. Call the mechanic today...oh, we can't look at it until the end of the week. Awesome. It gets better though...they tell me they don't think my car even HAS a timing belt. Oh yeah. Kelly is calling his cousin mechanic now to figure out what the heck else might be going on....and we need to figure out where to take this thing!! Oh yeah, and how to get to Indy on Friday!! In the meantime, I am driving the farm truck to work. What a picture I am in that! haha So while we are trying to get this thing FIXED...we are also seriously considering buying a new car. Kelly is afraid that mine will leave me and the baby stranded somewhere and obviously that would not be a good thing. The bummer is, we just got it paid off this past year. Of course, we keep pouring money into it so we haven't been able to really enjoy the lack of a car payment anyway. I am just hesitant to get a new car payment...knowing that we are going to have so many new expenses coming up soon (daycare, diapers, etc) but at the same time, I like the idea of a new, reliable vehicle with a warranty and all that good stuff. And if you're going to buy a car, now's the time to do it...with the car companies struggling to sell anything and all. What to do?? If we do get a new car...we are considering either a Ford Escape (which I wanted when I bought my current car) or have also looked a little bit at the Ford Fusions. Anyone know anything about either of these?? Or something comparable?
On a good note. Dr's appointment this morning. Everything is good. Measuring right on time, baby's heartbeat was 148 this morning. I have to go in for my glucose screening in the next two weeks. Not really looking forward to that, but gotta get it out of the way. Next appointment is in 3 weeks..they're getting closer together, that must mean we're getting closer to the big day, yikes!! So much to do, so little time!!
And yes, I will elaborate on the milking parlor thing, I promise I didn't forget!!
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