This weekend was a crazy weekend, first: on Thursday Preston called me (I thought on his way home) but he said that his truck broke down 3 office buildings from his. So I got in my car and went to see what was going on with his truck, 2002 Dodge Ram. Well, after looking under the hood we see the belt is shredded. So we go to Autozone and get a new belt and replace it, in the dark, in the cold, and also as a bonus it was raining a little. When we go to start the truck- nothing. The battery was Dead. Yes with a capital D. The worst part? It was all just bad timing, pay day and mortgage on the same week=poor Preston and Bailey. So we get a battery and put it in, right after the battery was in we start the truck and the entire parking lot was filled with smoke and we soon found the belt-melted 1/2 way off the pulleys, and it was a horrible smell. We finally gave up for the night and rushed to the nearest liquor store for a little whiskey. Our thought= at least it's Saturday soon and we can fix it then.
Preston's comment: Air Conditioning is the root of all evil in cars.
Saturday: Since we are poor, we called all the salvage yards in the area and found the part we needed for $85! The part? The A/C compressor, yep, the pulley on it wasn't turning and that's why the second belt burned up. So we drive an hour round trip to save over $170 on the same part and replaced it, which took FOREVER because Dodges suck. That's why you should always buy a Ford or Chevy.
We finally get Preston's truck home Saturday night around 7pm.
Sunday we decided we needed to work on the house so the weekend wouldn't be completely lost. So what better thing to do than scrape off all the pop corn in what will become the office. When scraping pop corn always remember to cover the floor with plastic or something so clean up is easier! Now we are waiting for my parents and siblings to arrive to see all our hard work and have dinner!
Happy times renovating yall!
OH! Ps. Living in a home without insulation is really COLD! We walked outside today and it was warmer on the outside than the inside. Current temp outside= 58 degrees. Inside the house= 49 degrees.
Also as a bonus each wall is a different color sponged with a different color! So that translates into A). Really Ugly. and B). We have to prime it prior to painting it a normal color.