The Beast, Flint Creek Trail, AC, Art, Sunset

We finally got a chance to sleep in a little later this morning. We've had to be up and going pretty early every day this week. Theron's not home yet from his cruise so we're still letting Patton out twice a day. So between that, insurance issues, rental car, appointments, etc...we've been busy in the mornings.

At 11:30 we got the phone call that The Beast was ready! We weren't expecting it to be ready until Tuesday. We finished getting ready, ran a couple errands, picked up The Beast, dropped off the pretty, red, HORRIBLE gas mileage car (seriously...it got 11.4 mpg) went to pick up Britney, who had spent the night with Cathy and Kaitlin, came home to eat lunch and then went to find something to do outside. I've been in a funk lately, and being outside with my camera usually makes me feel better.

We ended up at Flint Creek Trail. I wanted to go to the refuge, but they were shutting the gate when we pulled up. Oops!

We came home to a VERY hot house. I had noticed how hot it was before we left, but when we got back, it was HOT. There was air blowing out of the vent, but it wasn't cold. Bobby checked the unit and it seemed that the fan motor was the culprit. Bobby decided to put it back together and when he did, it started working. I suppose that means there's a short in the wiring, but I'm so very thankful it's working now. I nearly cried. The whole thing was quite emotional.

Britney wanted to go to Hobby Lobby and pick up some art supplies with the gift cards she's gotten. She said she's in a very artsy mood! She was able to pick up 2 2 pack canvases, 9 tubes of paint and 2 packages of paintbrushes...and still has almost $12 on that particular card. The paints and brushes were on sale and we used a 40% off one item coupon for the canvase.
We dropped Bobby and Cody off at the house (He wanted to make sure nothing was going on with the AC) and Brit and I went to Walmart so she could look at a few things. Plus I needed to pick up some groceries. She bought herself an Alabama hat and t-shirt. Both look really great on her! When we walked out of the store, we got an amazing treat. The sunset was extraordinary!


When we got home, Bobby and Cody were watching the new Thundercats show:) We ate dinner, watched a little TV and now I'm ready to crash.

The Morning

Bobby got home this morning from work at 7:00. I had gotten up early and was ready to go as soon as he walked in the door. Britney decided to set her alarm so she would be awake while we were gone. Bobby and I stopped by our friend, Theron's house to let out his dog. Theron's on a cruise! I'm so happy for him.

After that, we headed to Enterprise to pick up our rental car since the Ford dealership had called to let us know our parts are in. We had to wait outside until they unlocked the door at 7:30. Bobby had talked with someone from Allstate (The lady who hit us...the second time...her insurance company) and everything was suppose to be set up for us. It wasn't. And I brought the wrong paperwork...the one with the claim number from the first accident. I called Britney and she was able to help us out and find the information we needed. Bobby had to call Allstate again and the person wasn't so helpful. He/she had the info in the computer that it had been set up but couldn't find the reservation number. They ended up having to cancel that whole thing and do another one. We were guessing where they set the reservation up at. It's entered by store number, not by actual street address, so a wrong number messes the whole thing up. The guy at Enterprise looked up all of Alabama, and parts of Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida and couldn't find it. At any rate, we have in our possession for the next 3 days or so, a 2010 Chevy Traverse. In RED! Momma likey! I'm not going to want to take this thing back:)

Then we dropped off The Beast at the Ford dealership. They're saying it will be ready Tuesday of next week, so the rental that Allstate is covering won't last the whole length of the repair time. Our insurance will have to pick that up Friday morning.

When we got back home, we found Britney on Khan Academy and Cody is still in bed. Bobby's asleep now. I'm back in jammies, finally getting some coffee.

Accident

I was in an accident last Tuesday. I had left the kids home so I could run some errands...which included paying our insurance. Oh, the irony.

Even though it wasn't a bad accident, it was scary and I know I said something naughty after the woman hit me.

We crossed a major intersection about the same time...me in the right lane, her in the left. Traffic was stopped in the left lane so people could turn into a shopping center. Instead of the lady stopping, she started to slow down and then sporadically decided to change lanes right on top of me.

She was apologetic and admittedly in a hurry. She was driving her sister's car. Her sister had neglected to renew her insurance on July 1st. Ugh.

Besides the scrapes and dents, it messed something up with the door so it's not sealing properly.

We got an estimate yesterday.

It will be nearly $3000 to fix The Beast.