Schoolhouse Rock Constitution Preamble

But first, for my regular readers- the Service Manager at the car dealership agreed to let me pay him $500 now and $300 next month. He told me on the phone that they don’t usually give lines of credit to individuals, but he would agree to my terms. What really ticks me off is that [...]

Car problems, part two

Well, the news is not good.  Chris’ car needs a new fuel pump, for which the Chevy dealership wants $800.  We don’t have $800, it might as well be a million.  One of Chris’ coworkers thought they could install a new fuel pump themselves, provided it wasn’t behind the gas tank, which would have to [...]

I think I was in the Twilight Zone yesterday

Yesterday was a bad day. I took the kids to Walmart after school because both the boys had way outgrown last year’s jeans. And with morning temps in the 40s, it was time for them to stop wearing shorts. So off we went, and at first everything was going fine. Ryan found jeans and cargo [...]