Disgruntled Teen and Dismounted Motor Mounts

This weekend I was reminded [again] that life doesn't seem to go the way you plan. As someone that loves order and plans, it really throws me off balance when things don't go according to plan. My husband and I took off this past Friday. At first, we were supposed to be traveling to see some friend but after having some dental work and unexpected car trouble we found our bank account a little empty. Instead of going out of town we decided to stay here and work on some project around the house (we have had money in savings for some house repairs and we needed to finally get started). So after sending T off to school Friday morning we got started. Here is the list we put together to accomplish this weekend

-Get one of the cars looked out because it had an oil leak
-Put in two post and repair two sections of our fences that had been damaged after one of our winter storms
-Replace all of our gutters
-Being to layout our landscaping plan for the front yard
-Get our fireplace up and working
-Get estimates on fixing the shower tiles that are broken (I accidently broken them when scrubbing our grout too hard)
-Take T out to kick off his spring break
-Compile a list of things that T could do around the house to make money over spring break
-Complete our grocery shopping and prep meals for the next week


Now here is what we ended up completing this weekend:

-One post and one section of fence is repaired
-3/4 of our fireplace is fixed
-Oil leak is fixed
-Second car has major repairs completed
-Ground T for the weekend for being disrespectful


As you can see, things didn't go as plan. First of all, our soil is littered with rock so digging out the cement for our new post took twice as long as we anticipated. Also, we were unable to borrow my brother-in-laws truck this weekend so we were limited on what we could buy, which is why no landscaping or gutters got done. Secondly, the fireplace company was two hours late for our appointment and didn't have all the parts. They said they would come back this weekend to finish but we never heard from them. I am now waiting on a phone call back. Thirdly, while sitting in the Starbuck drive through on Saturday morning I heard a large crack followed by my car shuddering, reviving up and down and trying to day. By the end of the day we had to get a new engine coil, new spark plugs, new battery cables and our motor mount replaced. Lastly, T was very disrespectful while trying to have a conversation about some comments his teacher made about him being lazy in school and not paying attention. This earned him a two day grounding with no phone and no computer.

To say the least it has been a very weird and exhausting weekend. I think this week may call for extra coffee. Also, with all the unexpected expenses it seems that the time has come for either me or my husband to find some part time work to replenish our savings account. That is something I really am not looking forward too.

I will say this to end. I did get to spend lots of time with the hubster this weekend. It’s always nice to get some quality time in even if it means you are working on a project or solving a problem.