Taking the Scenic Route

Well, just had supper with Mom & Dad.  They came to look at the cars before tomorrow…I wasn’t sure either car was safe to drive to the funeral with and a round trip to pick me up would be a real pain.  It looks like the Pontiac has a gauge problem instead of an oil problem at this point, so that is good.  Not sure why it is leaking so much water, but as long as it doesn’t start clattering or the temp doesn’t start rising it should be OK.

The Olds, on the other hand, has about 4 major problems.   The steering wheel is falling off, it needs new engine mounts ($100), there is a vacuum hose leak, and it runs through tremendous amounts of water (probably a cracked radiator) if it heats up.  The last one is no biggie just to run to the school and back (as long as it sits at the school for a while to cool down in between).  The other problems are more problematic.  Dad is going to look at the book and see if the engine can just be chained down instead of spending $100 on mounts since it is really too old to put any money in at this point.  He is also going to see if the steering wheel can be rigged up….it will lose the capability to adjust where the steering wheel is, but that is a whole lot better than it is now…it feels like it is going to fall off in your lap as you drive…very disconcerting.  I guess I misspoke…there is 1 more problem with the Olds, but it has been there for years and won’t be fixed…the front windshield is cracked, but it is out of Zach’s line of sight.  If I drive it, I either have to duck to see under it, or sit really tall to see over it, so I mostly don’t drive it. lol. 

Now, for the really GOOD news.  I got a box in the mail from FeeBee.  A stack of infant prefolds to stuff my FBs with.  WOO HOO!  I will get a picture tomorrow (my camera prefers daylight) because there are a few cute colored ones.  Zane was in love with the colored ones…he kept stacking and folding them.  I wish I could still put prefolds on him without worrying about injury…he sure looked cute in them and would love some dyed ones.  There was also a SnugToFit in there that looks like it is the toddler size  I liked the regular sized STFs until Zane grew out of them.  I was really wanting to know how those fit since they are a reasonably priced fitted and now I will know how they work! I am so happy!

I think Zane must have had a pretty good growth spurt.  Just a week or two ago I was saying that I might not even need to buy him a new summer wardrobe because it seemed that most of his growing was in his legs.  Today the shirt he had on fit him in his torso well enough that it probably will not make it to even the middle of summer.  His shoulders aren’t filling it out, but he is so long waisted.  It will be a few weeks until I need to think about that though.  I am just glad that this year we should be able to get him something without having to borrow money from my folks.