As I posted before, I recently purchased a "new" used car. It's a Saturn Aura XR. Since I got it, I've been reading the manual for the things that I couldn't figure out how to operate. It's amusing to see what's different from a Chevy to a Saturn.
A few days ago I went to get my first oil change after getting the car. I had it done at Walmart (who by the way has raised prices for oil changes by almost double) and they forgot to reset the oil life part of my gauge. I looked in the manual...and after flipping through almost 50 pages, found the one I needed. But to my dismay, it didn't tell me how to reset the system.
So...my loving husband called the Saturn dealership where he used to work to find out how to do it.
This is what I got on the voicemail he left me.
"Turn the key to almost on, then push the gas pedal to the floor three times"
Are you kidding me? Who came up with that idea? Let's click our heels together and all repeat at the same time "there's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home"
Nevertheless...it worked. Stupid cars.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
An update
I haven't written on here for awhile...so I thought I'd put in another update.
2009 hasn't started out like the way I had hoped it would. I've been sick twice since the 1st of the year, which I think is about 2 more times than I've been sick in the last 5 years combined. The thing is, it's not that I had a cold...it's the knock down drag out in bed for 3 days kinda thing. I HATE being sick.
We just had another round of layoffs at the station. I've managed to survive 2 rounds in the 2.5 years I've been here. This one was especially hard because it came without ANY warning, and we lost 10 people. My boss was let go, as well as a fellow producer. We also lost a reporter and a photographer...VERY hard to deal with considering we're already a skeleton staff as it is. I never want to see anyone lose their job, and I can't imagine what they are dealing with now. I know that I would want to crawl up in a ball and cry for a really long time. It kinda makes you sit back and really look at your life. It's so weird in the newsroom right now, there's hardly anyone here! I feel really lucky to have a job, and I intend on working that much harder to try and help keep my job.
I've been working on booking things for our Disney trip in April. Andy is performing in the Spectro Magic parade at the Magic Kingdom with his marching band and I can't wait to see it! Then we are going to spend a few days at my in-laws condo in Tampa. It will be a welcome vacation when we get to go!!!
Scott and I are in the very EARLY process of looking for a house. It's new territory for us, so we want to make sure we are prepared for the entire process. We've started to scout out some neighborhoods...and I'm sure the people there are really excited to see us driving around writing down information, but it helps us get a better idea of what we might be able to afford.
Nothing else really going on...
2009 hasn't started out like the way I had hoped it would. I've been sick twice since the 1st of the year, which I think is about 2 more times than I've been sick in the last 5 years combined. The thing is, it's not that I had a cold...it's the knock down drag out in bed for 3 days kinda thing. I HATE being sick.
We just had another round of layoffs at the station. I've managed to survive 2 rounds in the 2.5 years I've been here. This one was especially hard because it came without ANY warning, and we lost 10 people. My boss was let go, as well as a fellow producer. We also lost a reporter and a photographer...VERY hard to deal with considering we're already a skeleton staff as it is. I never want to see anyone lose their job, and I can't imagine what they are dealing with now. I know that I would want to crawl up in a ball and cry for a really long time. It kinda makes you sit back and really look at your life. It's so weird in the newsroom right now, there's hardly anyone here! I feel really lucky to have a job, and I intend on working that much harder to try and help keep my job.
I've been working on booking things for our Disney trip in April. Andy is performing in the Spectro Magic parade at the Magic Kingdom with his marching band and I can't wait to see it! Then we are going to spend a few days at my in-laws condo in Tampa. It will be a welcome vacation when we get to go!!!
Scott and I are in the very EARLY process of looking for a house. It's new territory for us, so we want to make sure we are prepared for the entire process. We've started to scout out some neighborhoods...and I'm sure the people there are really excited to see us driving around writing down information, but it helps us get a better idea of what we might be able to afford.
Nothing else really going on...
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