OMG She is driving the VW from Hell

Well....the VW from hell is finally home again, my daughter has driven it for 2 days and the most amazing thing has happened....NO WARNING LIGHTS have come on yet....maybe, just maybe it is finally fixed. We are now fighting with the dealership to try and get some of the 4000.00 back we have had to spend on repairs..above and beyond the initial cost. Also originally the dealer did 3800.00 in repairs and it still would not run.

So right now she is thrilled.

Another update is that it is now 5 weeks today since my husband quit smoking. I am still amazed and so proud of him. I did not think he could do it, and there have been days when I just wanted to stick one in his face because of his attitude..but overall he has been amazing...so CONGRATS to Dave!!!!

Fabulous sunny day here...I have been off the torch for a few days. Kind of overdid it after my surgery so I am trying to behave but I am sooooooooo bored. Pretty sad when your whole life revolves around your job..but I love to melt glass and don't know what to do with myself when I am not.

I have reduced a number of items in my etsy store for summer clearance..so if you have a chance you can check them out here.

Have a great day.
Amanda

Long Time No See

Wow there are so many things now to update and try and keep up with I tend to forget about my blog, I joined another wonderful street team on etsy called BEAD UNIQUE..you can search for members items by using BEADU...I have also joined a couple of social networks...WE Love Etsy and Indiepublic, along with my EGA forums and my new etsy store it is getting really tought to remember to update everything.


My parents stopped by to say hi a couple of weeks ago, they were here to send the dogs back to my sisters in Texas on the "RED EYE"...my mom and dad had been looking after them while my sister was working overseas, but the time came to send them home...here they are visiting with me before they headed for the airport...cute or what....and yes I mean the dogs!!!



Their names are Barkley and Dougal and during their visit my cats cowered under a bed...after having been chased out from under the couches by the dogs...too funny!!!



Grey grizzly day here today, spent about 5 hours at the torch this morning and then spent my afternoon making cell phone charms....check it out.








Now Lets see...ummmmmmmmmm update on my daughters VW bug...it is still at the repair shop..we are now up to about 7000.00 in repairs on top of the initial cost and we are in talks with the dealership to try and get that money back...my preference would be to never see that piece of !#@#%@ again...but that probably is not going to happen...so we have owned it since July 8th and it has been driven by my daughter one day...and had about 10 trips to the repair shop and been towed twice...can you say LEMON!!!


And that is all that is fit to print..I will try really hard to get back here a little more often.

Have a wonderful week.
amanda

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THE VW BUG FROM HELL

Well the good news is it is DAY 8 for my husband in the NO smoking department..we are so proud of him.

The BAD news is the update on the bug....this is definitely a lesson in buying a USED VEHICLE...just because it looks and sounds good does not mean it is.

So here is what has been done to it in the 3 1/2 weeks since we bought it (my daughter has had it 1 night).
New electronic thingy for opening gas tank,
New electronic thingy for opening trunk
New ABS MODULE
New CATALYTIC CONVERTER
Bolts on Tranny were falling off...they had to take the engine apart to fix this
New Compressor for Air Conditioner

So then we get it back...on the way home my husband notices the AIRBAG light is on....we discuss it..don't have the heart to tell Breezy she can't drive it so let her take it for 1 night...my hubby takes the day off...and rather than take it back to the dealer AGAIN...we decide to take it directly toe the VW place, knowing full well this will be our dime.

They say..

The Harness for the driver side AIR BAG is broken...needs replacing 95.00 to tell us this and another 350.00 to fix it...then they say the soundpin or something under the car is also broken and hanging down...another 234.50 to fix this.....CRAP!!!!!!

So today at 5:30 she should get the BUG FROM HELL....back and it is almost going to be brand new..

SO WORD OF WARNING....when buying a used car (even for 8000.00) take it to your favorite mechanic and pay him to tell you EVERYTHING that is wrong with it before you sign the papers.

Have a good day.
Amanda