Welcome Home Car

Our Honda is finally home safe and sound. :) It's been in the transmission shop for over 2 weeks (granted one week was half gone with the holidays) but we are so glad to have it back. For a pretty penny we got a rebuilt transmission. We went to pick it up Monday night, but on their test drive they heard a clunking noise so they kept it to find the problem. So finally last night we went to pick it up and it was done. No more waking kids up and putting them in a cold car to take Kyle to work if I wanted the car. No more being stranded at home if I really want to leave. Yipee!

We bought out christmas tree last night from Top Foods of all places. It's beautiful if I must say so myself. :) It's on the bushy side, but that's okay. Kate helped me decorate it while Kyle was at mutual. Our house is filled with the lovely pine tree scent and it's wonderful. Mmmmmm....

Transmission Toast

While Kate was cutting her hair and spilling water in her room (refer to previous post), Kyle called to say his car had broken down in a town 25 miles away. He called to say his car wouldn't go in drive. He called around and got it towed to a Honda dealership near us and that cost $200 (our insurance will only cover half of it). Then they did a diagnostic test on it for $100 to tell us the transmission is toast. What?!!! It is only a 2003 Honda Accord with 80,000 miles on it. That shouldn't happen. They quoted us $4,000 for a new transmission, but we called around and found somewhere else for a little bit cheaper. Stressful! Not a good time for this to happen around the holidays. Oh well, it's just money, right?! They have to order the parts and it won't be done until mid-next week. It's been a interesting only having one car. We have had to take Kyle to work one day and today my friends picked me, Kate and Preston up (in two different cars) so we could go to Jump Planet for a preschool field trip. Next week will even be more exciting with more days of juggling the car around for doctor appts, preschool, me working and kyle's work. It will be fine, but always something to keep us on our toes.