Georgia Mike
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Flowery Branch,GA
First I discovered that the XJ I'd bought had more uni-rail damage out back than I'd anticipated. So much so that one fairly mild wheeling trip has started making the driver's rear quarter panel to bend and buckle in a few spots. The driver's rear door is very hard to open and the gap is all out of whack now. I have a good line on a replacement body from a family friend for cheap. I just have to be patient and hope the girl doesn't wreck it (again!)
I've been going round and round with the contractor that built our retaining wall. It is leaning on the ends and has a bow in the middle. The subcontractor that actually built it came out and made a few half-assed attempts at making it look better, but I'm still not happy with the shoddy workmanship and at this point I can't get them to do much more about it since it's now been nearly 3 years since they built it (even though it's been a year since we first started discussing the issues.) I can no longer worry about it due to health reasons and I can't make them do anything unless it fails and kills someone, so now we're stuck with a $7,000 wall that looks like crap if you ask me.
So then a few weeks ago we got a letter in the mail stating that the insurance coverage for a "female procedure" my wife had received last summer was now being declined by the company. Their excuse? It's an "experimental procedure" and not covered; never mind the fact that both my wife AND the doctor's office had called and got the preapproval and it was accepted. Now we have a $4,000 bill looming over our heads, but she has a benefits group working on our behalf so hopefully that will get resolved ASAP. I'm sure it will get resolved, but it's the frustration factor that gets to us.
Ex step mother passed away and attended the funeral last Wednesday. We had kind of drifted apart over the years, but she was a good lady and she treated my sister and I better than either of our biological parents did when we were younger.
Last Thursday I had a kidney stone attack while picking up Sara (my daughter) from daycare. Barely made it home before collapsing onto the floor in pain. Daughter sends a text from my phone to Wendy (wife) with little response until Sara sends a couple more texts. She was scared to death because she'd never seen me in so much pain before, and Wendy thought it was me just playing around.
Had another mild kidney stone at work this past Monday.
Last night I finally tracked down a new noise in Wendy's ZJ to be the beginnings of a lower end engine knock. I would just do a crank kit, but it also has cam/lifter issues plus it's already got 228,000 miles on it so I'd rather not throw that kind of money at it. We just need to get another 2-3 years out of the car so I'm gonna start looking for a replacement engine for it. We should be in a much better financial position after that point and we can get her something newer and a lot nicer. I put a wanted ad in the SE Chapter For Sale/Wanted forum to get the feelers out for an engine.
Trying to stay upbeat because I know things could be MUCH worse than they are! I'm still breathing and my family is healthy. Plus it's almost spring so that definitely gives me something to look forward to!
I've been going round and round with the contractor that built our retaining wall. It is leaning on the ends and has a bow in the middle. The subcontractor that actually built it came out and made a few half-assed attempts at making it look better, but I'm still not happy with the shoddy workmanship and at this point I can't get them to do much more about it since it's now been nearly 3 years since they built it (even though it's been a year since we first started discussing the issues.) I can no longer worry about it due to health reasons and I can't make them do anything unless it fails and kills someone, so now we're stuck with a $7,000 wall that looks like crap if you ask me.
So then a few weeks ago we got a letter in the mail stating that the insurance coverage for a "female procedure" my wife had received last summer was now being declined by the company. Their excuse? It's an "experimental procedure" and not covered; never mind the fact that both my wife AND the doctor's office had called and got the preapproval and it was accepted. Now we have a $4,000 bill looming over our heads, but she has a benefits group working on our behalf so hopefully that will get resolved ASAP. I'm sure it will get resolved, but it's the frustration factor that gets to us.
Ex step mother passed away and attended the funeral last Wednesday. We had kind of drifted apart over the years, but she was a good lady and she treated my sister and I better than either of our biological parents did when we were younger.
Last Thursday I had a kidney stone attack while picking up Sara (my daughter) from daycare. Barely made it home before collapsing onto the floor in pain. Daughter sends a text from my phone to Wendy (wife) with little response until Sara sends a couple more texts. She was scared to death because she'd never seen me in so much pain before, and Wendy thought it was me just playing around.
Had another mild kidney stone at work this past Monday.
Last night I finally tracked down a new noise in Wendy's ZJ to be the beginnings of a lower end engine knock. I would just do a crank kit, but it also has cam/lifter issues plus it's already got 228,000 miles on it so I'd rather not throw that kind of money at it. We just need to get another 2-3 years out of the car so I'm gonna start looking for a replacement engine for it. We should be in a much better financial position after that point and we can get her something newer and a lot nicer. I put a wanted ad in the SE Chapter For Sale/Wanted forum to get the feelers out for an engine.
Trying to stay upbeat because I know things could be MUCH worse than they are! I'm still breathing and my family is healthy. Plus it's almost spring so that definitely gives me something to look forward to!