Too Tired To Tango Tuesday

 

I was MIA yesterday because my To-Do list for the day was a LOT.

The first hour of my day is always one hour to get through the routine of getting Bob and Beau up.

Took out Garbage Bin and Yard Waste to curb, after filling them. 

Publix for Eggs, Walmart did not bring them.

Home Depot, AC filters

Back to the Eye Doc to pick up frames and get a refund of $381 for a new lens, which came out of our account. The girl did not catch that my insurance only pays for the lens every 2 years. I have to wait 6 months. She needed my debit card to be refunded.

The thing is.. Monday when I drove the Kia to the eye doctor, the check oil light came on. I knew it was fine, I just got an oil change 3 months ago. Still, I had to check the oil. I have never opened the hood to any of our cars. Bob is a retired auto mechanic so no need to.  I struggled to open it, and could not find the latch,

I came inside and watched a video on HOW to OPEN the HOOD of a 2007 Kia, was able to open it, but remembered the hood doesn't stay up, has to be propped open, found a stick, tried it, no deal, I had to flatten one end, and could not find a saw, so used the limb lopper to do that, found the dip stick and checked the oil which was fine. Now the stick rides in the back with the wheel chair, and the stick has to be used on propping that up because the last time the wheel chair was lifted out by ME, it would not stay up. 

I did the three visits, in 1 hour 20 minutes, after driving, East/North to doctor, west/South to Publix, South to home Depot and North to home.. I got all 4 and of course ran into construction traffic South and North.

Returned home at 10:30 and did two loads of clothes/towels,  

Called Spectrum to see why our bill went up 30 dollars, got it rebundled so its only up 3 dollars.

Paid all the bills, that should have been done on Monday.

In between all this took Beau out twice, Bob off you know what twice, Made lunch and collapsed in bed at 1 and slept till 3 when Bob was calling for help and said, were you that much asleep? I have been yelling for 30 minutes.

I answered " I have been on my feet since 3:15 which is 10 hours... and fed the dog and and took him out again.... when Beau goes out I follow every step he takes to make sure he doesn't eat it.... most of my days are like this, I will be erratic in posting/commenting. I typed all this to let everyone know why I am to tired to tango (blog) most days, each day I have been lopping branches off the powder puff tree to give it the annual pruning. I can only do 10 per day, still got 5 more days.

I did get a handyman number from the eye doctor. Hope it works out.

EEK! Geek Position Open...Part 2

Yesterdays Post was on my adventure with my HOW To Manual for our Kia Sorrento...if you missed it, you might want to read it first. CLICK HERE...

The Warnings in the book are bright yellow and it must also stand for Brain Dead if you go by the 3 below.


Warning! Pay close attention when the vehicle is driven close to objects on the road, particular pedestrians, especially children.

Warning! Your ABS(anti lock system) Brakes are not a substitute for good driving judgment. You can still have an accident. Avoid dangerous driving or driving to close to other vehicles

Warning! the vehicle doors should be fully closed when in motion. Be careful when opening doors, watch for other vehicles, pedestrians, bikes and motor cycles.

First is says DO NOT put your face or arms out side the roof WHEN DRIVING. 2nd it says Make sure face and arms are out of the way BEFORE YOU CLOSE the Sunroof... brahhhahhaha

Do we need an addendum to the Don't drive and text or talk on cell phone law??

What Ever Happened to Common Sense..and this foot note just slays me...

 *NOTE: The speed at which you advance up or down the frequency range depends on HOW FAST YOU TURN THE KNOB...

EEK! Geek Position Open...

Above is photo of the dashboard in my Kia Sorrento. When I sat in the drivers seat, I decided I needed a pilot to fly the thing home. Lucky thing it was still daylight and I needed no headlights or dome lights before I had time to read "QUICK GUIDE" that you see below....

First page, line one says Your Vehicle At A Glance!

HA! is what I said when I turned the pages. QUICK you say? I need a person who speaks reads GEEK,

Headlights...Check! 7 Interior Lights..Check ! OOPS! not a light, that one tilts the sunroof, now how the heck do I un- tilt it, OOPS, that one made the roof slide.
I open the door to go in the house and get the OTHER book, since this one is no help...
No, wait, why is the over the rear hatch light  still on when I shut the door...OOPS! seems it is on a 60 second delay and I kept opening the door and starting another 60 seconds... do you realize how long 60 seconds is?

I grab the BIG Book, YEP! it is written in Geek Speak also.  I take the book, the keys and get back in the drivers seat determined to figure out how to use the Radio, the AC... just 2 things before night fall.. HA!

There is no radio in the index, no stereo, no sound system... AHA! they hid it under Audio..

I started the car and it was taking so long to figure out the AUDIO system, I had to turn it off or suffer Carbon monoxide poisoning since I was in the garage.

I Open the window. YES... one thing I can do. and say to Bob... Will it hurt the battery if I just work on this with the key on but not running?
He says! that depends on how many hours you are going to be in there....

See below Collage, this book is so hard to read they have 2 pages under How To Use This Manual... see first top square. I am not lying.

there is a section on how to use the gear shift.... kid you not. See the bottom right square? I had to print the radio stations because we had 12 of them programmed in the other car and neither of us could remember the numbers. DON"T FRET.. they are all programed. FM1 is ME all talk shows.. FM2 is all country music and one rock..

See this book with all the yellow squares? well the book has warnings, cautions and notices all through the book 

To Be Continued...

Sweet Salesman and the MadSnapper

 On yesterdays post,  Goldilocks and the 27 Cars... I told you we drove in the Hyundai lot and out popped a sweet young salesman

 SWEET Salesman: Kia only has 35,000 miles on it and the rest of 100,000 mile warranty..LIE #1 blah blah blah... Kia is a great car...blah blah blah.. The Price? lets go inside and talk about that. blah blah blah.

Let me have your keys and the sales manager will look at your car then we can give you the price...it's not the price of the car, it's the OUT THE DOOR price we want... (we heard this at several places)

NOTE: our Dog Jake is home in his crate and has been for 3 hours. Bob is having a fit, face is starting to get red, he wants to go home.

Sweet guy notices the steam coming out of Hubby's ears, and the rocking in his chair... and says here is the price of the Kia, we will give you 2,000 for your Vue, and the cost IS.... I say I told you what I would pay OUT THE DOOR, Cash...
He goes to the sales manager comes back and says sign here, we can do that. this will take about 45 minutes. Bob stands up and says we have to go.

Sweet guy says...Sign this and go home and come back at 2. I will have the papers ready for you to sign,LIE #2 take about half hour LIE #3. I ask if Bob has to come back. No, you can do it by yourself...LIE #4

2 PM I walk in and he says have a seat, be just a few minutes, you have to see the finance manager.. ONE HOUR LATER I am seated in front of the manager and his computer. I hand him the check and he says OH, you filled it out already. (remember this)

Where is your husband? If you want his name on the title he has to be here...I say Bruce said he did not...

He says, that's OK we will just put it in your name only and in a month you can go to the DMV and have his name added... I say that will not happen, he argues. I say Just let me sign the papers, I will get him to sign them, because I left the title to the Vue home...
ONE HOUR LATER...25 signatures on umpteen papers..that he had to type into a computer (remember it was to be done and ready to sign)

HE says.... one more thing and we are done... this is the warranty, the car comes with 90 days as is... WHAT? I say... Bruce said it had the rest of 100,000 mile warranty..

He says.. it is ONLY 1800 for 3 years bumper to bumper... I am standing by now, mad as a wet hen... he says well you can get a year for 1200.00.

I say I am NOT paying one more penny than what is written on the check. He says will you pay 400 for a year? well how about 200 for a year...

I stand, hold out my hand and say

"Give me the check and my keys and I am going home to sleep on this. I have to think about if I want to buy it as is or not at all...

An amazing thing happened... he goes out and comes back and says the Manager will reduce the price of the car to cover one year of warranty, and your out the door price remains the same... DONE!

Sweet Guy lied: about the price out the door, about the warranty, about the come back alone, about the 45 minutes. I got there at 2 and drove the Kia in the garage at 4:45.

BUTT he was SWEET

Goldilocks and the 27 cars

Goldilocks Madsnapper and the 27 cars

Once Upon a Time, MadSnapper and her Hubby Bob hit the road to find  the perfect truck. MadSnapper likes to drive a truck, it has to fit just right. Hip Height, seat height, see out the rear window height, see when looking over her shoulder heights. It has to be a Perfect Fit to her body style. See Below body type.

First car lot, MS sat in a Honda CRV.. feels great, fits right, UGLY inside and OUT.
MS sat in Nissan Altima.. UGG it is like sitting in a hole, and I can't get OUT.

Next Stop.... we find a lot where no one appears to SELL..PLUS every door on every car is OPEN.

MadSnapper sat in 21 cars, She sat and said To low, She sat and said can't see out, she sat and said NOPE, sat and NOPE 21 times. NADA that fit the above body style. But at least she knew what NOT to look for...

Next Lot she sat in a raggedy 2002 Kia Sorrento... LOVED it fit just right. but old and ragged out.
and thus the story goes through 4 days, 9 car dealers  and 26 cars.

MadSnapper Whines I am going HOME.. just forget this. I am exhausted.
Hubby said the only dealer left is Hyundai, stop there.

Out pops a sweet young man and I tell him price/year range and  my
body type fit the car thingy and he says I have two that fit that description.

MS sat in the 2010 Hyundai Sonata, leather seats, amazing truck and said this is good.. Let me sit in the other one.

MS sits in the 2007 Kia Sorrento, no leather seats, 3 years older and says....

I want to drive it. (note: the only one I drove)

Sweet guy gets in back seat, Bob in passenger, I go around the block and kick it a LITTLE... (later Bob said Sweet Guy was holding on to the door)

I pull in and say this is it... It fits me like a glove. I LOVE IT! I want it. We went inside with Sweet Guy the Sales Person...

We found the Kia at 10 AM and I drove the truck into the garage at 4:45. Bob went out to play with the Kia,

Jake came to meet me
and threw up at my feet a MOUSE!. a WHOLE MOUSE!.

How can a dog swallow a whole mouse? why would he swallow a whole mouse? When did he find it? Where did he find it?

the not so perfect end to a not so perfect day...
The Rest of The Story to be continued with Sweet Guy and the MadSnapper,