Miss me?

I know.

Where have I been?

You waited up all night, worrying about me....

Haven't you?

Well don't fret my pets.

I'm still here.

They haven't got me yet...

( "they" being many things.... )

This Summer has had a few "hiccups" if you will....

Let's review.

I dropped my camera. 

And broke it.

My $900 camera.

Ouch.

When we returned from vacation, Clay noticed a *small* Leak on the side of our home.

Which turned out to be a leak in our slab.

Which meant the water had to be re-routed through the walls to stop the leak.

Which means the drywall in our kitchen had to be removed.

And our one year old floors would have to be replaced from the water we didn't know was leaking under them.

Awesome.

I was driving two weeks ago and kept checking if I had turned the heater on instead of the AC.

It was 106 that day.

Heater wasn't on. 

AC was broken. 

Perfect.

Saturday night I noticed a large pool of water under the work bench in the ManCave.

Hmmm...

Where could the water be coming from...we just re-routed our water lines.

Oh.

The AC in the HOUSE was leaking.

And Broken.

Life. Is. Good.

I applied in JULY for a new position at work...

I will admit, I may not be the best person to answer logical questions regarding personal experiences....

If you want me to make you laugh, I'm your girl..if you need me to sound intelligent... I'm probably not the best candidate.

Sitting.

Pins and Needles.

Waiting for their answer.

It's hard for me to blog when I'm blue.  I like to blog when everything is Sunshine and Sausages....

Lately...

It's been tough to see the silver lining.

But...

God. Is. Good.

And I'll tell you why.

My $900 camera?  Well... I bought it at Costco.  Wanna know what Costco told me?  They have a 10 YEAR warranty on all electronics. And they will fix it. FOR FREE.

What is better than that??

Well, I'll tell ya!  

When you talk to the girl at the counter who enlightened you with the news that all is not lost, tells you to talk to the manager to see what they can do...

So that's just what I did.  

And Guess what they did.

The camera I had bought 2 years ago that was broken, they took it back.  And replaced it. As a courtesy.  Because I'm such a  spend too much *good* customer.  And because I had the T1i, and they no longer carry it....they upgraded me to the T3i. For Free.

Silver lining, complete with Diamonds. 

Thank you very much.

Oh...

And that Leak.

In our Slab.

Well My Oldest and Dearest Friend for the last 24 years happen to marry a Plumber.

And that Plumber came over and spent the ENTIRE day at my house re-routing my water.

No more leak.

The kindness and generosity that flows out of Shane and Mary is overwhelming.

I cannot thank them enough for all they do. 

Never. Ever.

Love you guys SO  MUCH. 

And those floors..that were ruined because of the water...Well guess who just happened to purchase the same floor and had some in her garage.

My Favorite Neighbor Lynne.

And guess who was visiting while all this went down.

My Parents.

My Dad and Clay did all the drywall, and all the floors.

Good as new.

Can I get a Woot! Woot!

My car.

Is a company car.

And the AC is covered by work.

AND

It's been in the shop for 3 days now...

and they put me in the most amazing rental.

If you haven't driven the Buick Enclave.

Dude.

Tiger knows what he's talking about.

This car is amazing.

AND

I get my company car back tomorrow.

Cleaned and Vacuumed.

HOLLA!

The Water...

In the Garage...

From our AC Unit...

Well...

One of my Dad's Nearest and dearest from High School owns an Climate Control Business.

I took my chances and called him.

From dialing the phone to a repair man in my driveway was 24minutes.

No Joke.

Leak was stopped and AC was repaired in two hours.

AND

He only charged us parts and labor of his worker.

Dude.

Can I get a Hell Ya!

And Finally...

That job...

the one that had me on pins and needles...

Well....

Today...

I GOT IT.

*cue Hallelujah organ church music here*

Somebody is looking out for us.

And we are grateful.

So, so grateful for all we have.

I'm definitely feelin better!

So I'll try to keep up the blogging.

And my Chin.

Things are lookin up!