by Beks
Five years of perfect behavior.
Five years of no break-downs.
Five years of easy flying.
Now, my car is acting like a rebellious child.
Brakes. Gone.
$280. Gone.
Thankfully, my husband’s new pay raise will cover it so our debt payment for December should be normal. Plus, we’ve both been working side jobs so we may actually make a dent this month. Whew!
Oh no. I think I just jinxed it.
Beks is a full-time government employee who enjoys blogging late into the night after her four kids have gone to sleep. She’s been married to Chris, her college sweetheart, for 15 years. In 2017, after 3 long years working the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps, they paid off more than $70K and became debt free. When she’s not working or blogging, she’s exploring the great outdoors.
It’s like Murphy’s entire family is haunting you! But isn’t so much better to have the EF, than when you didn’t and this stuff happened?
Isn’t that always how it happens? The moment you get ahead something happens to hault your progress? Hmph!
Think good thoughts! Use extra sparkly magical fairy dust today! XOXO
I don’t believe in jinxing. Stare down that bad luck and deny that you’ll bend to it.
Just maybe keep your dog away from the wildlife. Just in case.
Funny thing about life. Just when you think you have it all figured out and going the way you want it, someone or something throws you a curve. All you can do is deal with it the best you can and get back on track as fast as you can.
I hear you….. hubby and I went grocery shopping this past week, got a great deal on whole pork loin…brought it home and cut it into 4 roasts….yay…frugal us, right? oven decided to quit…. it’s not under warranty…. gotta love it….
Well, the car IS five years old. This just goes to show how important the emergency fund is, as well as including monthly auto expenses into your budget is.
Beks,
Sorry to hear about your car’s brakes. Your husband is pretty handy, and brakes are on of the easienst and cheapest thigs to diy fix. Did you know that brake pads are lifetime warranty. I bought my first pair ($20 – $60/pair) and when you bring in the core the next time you get them “free”!! There is one bolt to remove to get them off. All that is needed is a way to jack and support your car. You could buy everything you need to do this job and have money left over. Even if you damaged your rotors (approx $70n/pair) you’ll have money left over. The one trick is to use a c-clamp to compress the brake cylinder to get the new pad to fit over the rotor. Hope this is useful to you.
Victor
Darn it! It always happens that way : ( Hey, it comes in threes so I think between your other car issues, your house sitting incident and this, your good!