got over my fear of cutting a bevel mat with my *new* (yeah in December) mat cutter. Every mat I ever tried to cut sucked and aggrevated my wrist. With this new doohickie, it should go easier but I was afraid that when all is said and done, the mat will still suck.
Mom bought this water color print she wanted me to frame. What a perfect opportunity to try out that mat cutter. She gave it to me the end of March.
On Sunday Carroll offered to come pick up Hollace up for a playdate. That left me with 5 hours of free time! RAW was in Indiana. I got that darn mat cutter out and after one minor mishap, I cut a perfect mat! I was so excited.
Today I picked up the old Subaru. I have been driving around the loaner car, a 06 Hyundai Sonata and parking it under the messy tree which is the only place to park a car around here. Anyway I got the call today at work the car was ready. I wanted to wash the loaner quickly first but didn’t want to pay for a car wash, I was kind of embarassed on how bad it looked with sap and seeds but I am still a cheapskate and know the dealer has a car wash facility. I go to fill it with gas which I needed to do and the gas pump kept asking over and over if I wanted to buy a car wash. No. I get to the dealership and they ask me if I wanted them to wash the Suburu before I left. Sure. In the end however they didn’t wash the Subaru because my attenna doesn’t go down and they said their washer will break it off. I guess it is karma car wash since I didn’t wash their car first.
The bill was exactly what they estimated. I guess that is a good thing nothing else was found wrong with the transmission.
I noticed immediately though that it takes a bit longer to start it. I thought originally it was because the loaner must of been more responsive to turn the key but now I am not so sure. I have a feeling my starter is now going out. How odd that it starts to go out the moment I get the transmission fixed. Now I still have the fear that car will strand me in a parking lot.