The Garage Door

Day 1-Thursday afternoon our garage door stopped working. I was so bummed. I hate having to walk outside to get my car. I know, I know, I'm a spoiled suburban housewife.

Day 2-Friday evening my brother comes over to see if maybe he can fix the garage door. He finds the problem of but is unable to fix it. After a phone call with my husband, in which we discuss how little money we have, he thinks it's time to call the home warranty people and report our problem. For those of you who own a home and don't have a home warranty I recommend that you look into it and get one. NOW!

Day 3- Saturday- I complain to my husband that I have to walk through the front door, OUTSIDE and all the way out to my car that is getting abused by the elements. Hubby rolls his eyes.

Day 4- Sunday- Hubby complains about how much work it is to carry Baby Boy out to the car when we don't have the use of our garage. I roll my eyes at him and think, "now do you get why I have been bitching about this stupid garage door!!" We then journey with my brother and his family to purchase our Christmas tree. After we get back home my brother decides to take one last look at the garage door. In doing so he wrecks the door EVEN MORE!!! Now the garage door is OPEN and he can't get it DOWN!!! After over an hour of fighting with the door, help from Hubby and the neighbor they finally get the door down. After my brother leaves my husband confides in me that if the garage door isn't under warranty we can't afford to get it fixed and will have to park outside for the interim.

Day 5- Monday- Hubby gets a call from the door people. They plan to come out Tuesday (today) and won't know if it's covered by the warranty until they look at the door.

Day 6- TODAY!!! GARAGE DOOR DAY!!! The man comes out to look at the door. After one excruciatingly long minute of examining the problem the garage door man (A.K.A my savior) turns to me and says...."I can have this fixed in a jiffy. It's covered by the warranty, just give me a minute to fill out the paper work and call this in." Just like that our garage door saga ended. The door is functioning and working. Life can now go on!!!!

Tomorrow I will post about our outing to the zoo. I will have my 1 and a half year old niece with me so I'm hoping to have some good stories.