This weekend has had its ups and downs, or I should say downs and ups as it happened in that order. Saturday morning we were going to head into the Dells area to do some shopping and then take Aubrey to the zoo in the crazy 68 degree weather we were having.
However our car thought it would be funny to start having some transmission trouble as we started to leave the house. As it is our only car, we decided to scrap our plans and have it checked out. Every time the automatic transmission tried to switch gears, the car would jerk. So we were thankful we made it to a Sears Auto Repair shop. But then we were worried again after the Sears folks told us they don't do any transmission work and suggested Firestone Full Auto Care. Luckily Firestone was only three blocks away. Unluckily 'Full Auto Care' doesn't include transmission work. We finally decided to limp to the dealer.
We made it to the service center 10 minutes before they closed, they said they'd be happy to look it over... on Monday. So now we are anxiously awaiting word from the dealer on what might need to happen. Based on how I described the problem, the service tech thought we might need to have the transmission replaced which he quoted us at around $4500.00! (this is the part of the roller coaster where there is a giant drop and you get the sickening feel in the pit of your stomach.)
From there, we decided to rent a car and head to the zoo in order to enjoy what the day had left for us. It was nice to get outside in the warm weather and watch Aubrey say 'hi' to all the animals.
Now for the fun part of the roller coaster weekend - Our favorite local news station NBC15 responded back to an email we sent in about the Portraits of Love and want to do a segment on it with us! Whoop!! Between the newspaper interview last week and the possible broadcast on a major local news show, we hope the word will spread to those families who have loved ones serving in the military to take advantage of this awesome opportunity we are helping to provide! Nicole goes in for a taped interview with Christine Bellport Tuesday morning. We will be showcasing several of our family portraits we have taken in 2009 to help show what military families can expect from a picture with us.
So that was our down and up roller coaster weekend. And as every post needs a pic or two - here is our 2010 Ford Fusion we rented from Enterprise. Big thanks to Enterprise for helping us get to where we needed to go right before they were going to close Saturday!
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