Almost a Heart Attack

Nope no picture today. Sorry about that. I didn't have a good evening.

I had been thinking about how with this move, we haven't ever seemed to have to pay out alot, but that we have been virtually nickel and dimed to death. I'll tell ya about that in a minute.

But today I was getting my nails done (they get done for free cuz it's one of my good friends) And the electrician came and hooked the wiring up to our swamp cooler. Luckily he didn't charge us this time, cuz Gigantor went and helped him out for a few hours after work.

Anyhow, Gigantor got home and was in the process of trying to finish hooking up the cooler. He went to get a pad for it (about 100 bucks) and found out that they don't make pads for that cooler anymore. We bought this cooler used about 10 years ago, and it was at least 10 years old when we bought it.

Well....he came home and got looking at the pan that holds water, and it had gotten broke in the move. So...he was looking to see if he could repair it with some JB weld or something and found the entire bottom of the cooler was rotted out. Then he got looking closer and the entire cage, box, and place for the pad and pan were all rusted out.

That means new cooler, or suffer in 110 degree's this summer. New cooler about 700 bucks. All credit cards=maxed out. Savings=down to 200 after being nickel and dimed to death. I was in tears, I didn't know what to do. My dad called and heard me upset and asked me what was wrong. I told him. I said, don't worry, we will figure something out.

He informed me to go order the cooler and get his discover card number. Which made me cry even harder. He shouldn't of had to do that. But I am so dam greatful that he did. I don't know what I would have done. I still get teary eyed thinking about it. I was so sick to my stomach worrying about it.

Now what I mean getting nickel and dimed to death.

Permit to move -- 150
bricks for under trailer--158
cement for some fence posts--25
plumbing supplies---115
moving the phone--75
moving the electric--278
moving water---175
moving cable 155
electrician--190
small parts from true value--70
food and drink for people helping--250
getting 1/3 skirting--113

we still need to get skirting for the other 2/3 and we need a shit load of 2x4's at fricken 3 dollars a piece here, so about 300 bucks worth. Then we have to get a bunch of cement and screws for doing the new fence and some other hardware. So about 800 or more dollars worth.

So...I think you all can see now where I was in tears about the dam cooler.

I know when you add it, it doesn't seem like that much, but honestly we didn't have hardly anything when we started this move. I told Gigantor I could scrounge up about 2000 Well the cost so far is at 1800. And I need about 800 more and if I had to do the cooler another 800 more.

Just again thank god for Captain Daddy.

Sorry for the whine fest, but I was feeling low. Back to snarkiness tomorrow. hehehehe

have a good weekend everyone.