Friday, October 17, 2008

setback, courtesy of the car

Rufus was absolutely amazing last night. I almost cried several times. And afterwards CC and I stopped at Eli's for a drink and just sat there basking in the experience, barely talking.

The auto place called this morning and there's some tie rod end that's broken ($180) and the rear brakes are worn ($580). Ugh. I told him to go ahead on the "tie rod end" since it's a driveability issue - but that we'd wait on the brakes. I'm going to ask CC to investigate if there are other places that are cheaper. We'll cut way back on driving for a while.

Party tomorrow night to celebrate birthdays. So tonight we're baking the cake (frosting and glazes tomorrow) and making some spiced nuts and fried split pea appetizers. And hopefully watching a movie ... after all, it is Pizza Night! (tonight's is summer sausage and green olives)

1 comment:

Carol said...

Mmm...fried split pea appetizers...I don't know what it is but it's making me hungry already.