A Wild game of Kick Ball
Some things that happen in our lives are only funny after the fact and IF they turn out all right. The following story falls into that category.
If you read our last blog, you know that Dwayne and Linda were in Guatemala for a conference. Craig and I do our laundry at their house to avoid using my Suzy Homemaker washing machine. (You can read about that in a previous blog). While waiting on our laundry to finish, Craig decided to play a game of kick ball with Abernathy's little dog, Sam. Sam loves to play kick ball more than anything else in the world. Craig and Sam were having a great time when Craig kicked the ball to Sam and it knocked off the outdoor water pipe attached to the garden hose. The pipe fitting was old and off it flew with water gushing everywhere! The water shut off valve is in a locked utility room outside. Fortunately, the lock had not been closed all the way and Craig was able to get in and shut off the main water valve. He had to make two trips to the hardware store to get a replacement pipe. We were both relived that he was able to fix it before the Abernathy's got home. Don't tell them this happened. It's just between you and I.
We picked up our car today! It's been four months since we first took it to the repair shop. I'm not even going to tell you how much it cost us to repair it. Let's just say if we had a mortgage on the car we'd be "underwater". I was behind Craig in the Abernathy's truck as we pulled out of the repair shop when I noticed a large dent on the right rear quarter panel. This dent had not been in the car when we took it to the shop. I pulled up next to Craig and told him about the damage. He said he knew about it, and that it happened in the first repair shop we took the car to. When he asked the owner of the repair shop about it, they said some kids came along and kicked it. We don't know whether or not they will take responsibility for the repair. If any of you would care to pray that these people do right by us, I would certainly appreciate it. This whole thing has been so very frustrating. At least we finally have a set of wheels and Abernathys can have their truck back full time.
If you read our last blog, you know that Dwayne and Linda were in Guatemala for a conference. Craig and I do our laundry at their house to avoid using my Suzy Homemaker washing machine. (You can read about that in a previous blog). While waiting on our laundry to finish, Craig decided to play a game of kick ball with Abernathy's little dog, Sam. Sam loves to play kick ball more than anything else in the world. Craig and Sam were having a great time when Craig kicked the ball to Sam and it knocked off the outdoor water pipe attached to the garden hose. The pipe fitting was old and off it flew with water gushing everywhere! The water shut off valve is in a locked utility room outside. Fortunately, the lock had not been closed all the way and Craig was able to get in and shut off the main water valve. He had to make two trips to the hardware store to get a replacement pipe. We were both relived that he was able to fix it before the Abernathy's got home. Don't tell them this happened. It's just between you and I.
We picked up our car today! It's been four months since we first took it to the repair shop. I'm not even going to tell you how much it cost us to repair it. Let's just say if we had a mortgage on the car we'd be "underwater". I was behind Craig in the Abernathy's truck as we pulled out of the repair shop when I noticed a large dent on the right rear quarter panel. This dent had not been in the car when we took it to the shop. I pulled up next to Craig and told him about the damage. He said he knew about it, and that it happened in the first repair shop we took the car to. When he asked the owner of the repair shop about it, they said some kids came along and kicked it. We don't know whether or not they will take responsibility for the repair. If any of you would care to pray that these people do right by us, I would certainly appreciate it. This whole thing has been so very frustrating. At least we finally have a set of wheels and Abernathys can have their truck back full time.
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