When It Rains, It Pours!
Sunday, April 18, 2010 by Amy
So, Rudi's car won't start. It's either the alternator or the battery. Not the starter because it click click clicks. Part of me thinks, and hopes, that it's the battery. We did just get a new battery about a month or two ago, but the idiots at Sears twice tried to sell us the wrong battery, and Rudi questioned the size of this battery before being convinced to take it. I mean, the door locks won't even work, or the radio. Even a dead alternator can run those, right?
Anyway, TOTAL panic, as we are $2000 short of the money we need for our move, and car repairs are going to put us even further behind. We so do not need this!
I am sewing up a storm trying to get skirts to sell, either on Etsy, or at local craft markets this summer. Maybe both, depending on how many I can get done. Once I'm finished, I'm going to post them to my mothering group for help on pricing them. I am a terrible terrible horrible no-good business woman and am just as likely to give them away free to strangers as I am to sell them, so I definitely need help with pricing LOL!
UPDATE: Took the battery in to Sears for them to check the charge. It was registering 1 volt! The battery was only 2 months old, so we got a new one for free. But what remains to be seen is what is draining the battery. We are still taking the car in on Wednesday to have it checked out. I don't think the alternator is totally bad, but perhaps a faulty connection? We'll see, and hopefully it won't break the bank!
This post is getting old, so I'm letting it go...
Anyway, TOTAL panic, as we are $2000 short of the money we need for our move, and car repairs are going to put us even further behind. We so do not need this!
I am sewing up a storm trying to get skirts to sell, either on Etsy, or at local craft markets this summer. Maybe both, depending on how many I can get done. Once I'm finished, I'm going to post them to my mothering group for help on pricing them. I am a terrible terrible horrible no-good business woman and am just as likely to give them away free to strangers as I am to sell them, so I definitely need help with pricing LOL!
UPDATE: Took the battery in to Sears for them to check the charge. It was registering 1 volt! The battery was only 2 months old, so we got a new one for free. But what remains to be seen is what is draining the battery. We are still taking the car in on Wednesday to have it checked out. I don't think the alternator is totally bad, but perhaps a faulty connection? We'll see, and hopefully it won't break the bank!
This post is getting old, so I'm letting it go...
