The Good - The Bad - And The Shiny

The best way to describe last week end is The Good - The Bad and The Shiny!
First the Good - We have been looking for a dishwasher for a few weeks. On Saturday morning I went to Lowe's and purchased a nice new dishwasher. Free delivery and haul away of the old dishwasher was included. Doug disconnected the old machine and installed the new one on Monday when it arrived. The machine has room for lots of dishes - it is nice and quiet and has a delay function. This is all GOOD. Even better news. Lowe's has a low price match guarantee - so if the item you purchase is advertised at a lower price they will give you the difference plus 10%. Today in the Lowe's ad all dishwashers were 10 % off. So Lowe's gave me the 10%+10% off . This makes it REALLY Good. We have already washed a full load of dishes.

Now for the Bad - Well the picture pretty much says it all!! Doug was going out to do some Home Teaching on Saturday afternoon. He had been gone for about 30 minutes when he called and said he had been in a car accident and needed a tow truck. The picture pretty much tells it all. The car looks bad. Luckily Doug only had a few scratches and the other car did not have much damage. The insurance company it totaling the car since it is 14 years old and had 168K miles. We are now looking for a replacement car for Doug - one that will transport scouts and camping equipment since he is the new assistant Scoutmaster. I think Doug is almost sold on a Volvo wagon - a safe car and plenty of room for scouts and their stuff.

Finally for the Shiny!! Carson just started middle school band and will be playing the saxophone. We picked up his saxophone and he immediately started making noises with it (maybe this should be noisy instead of shiny). The instrument is very nice looking, bright, lots of buttons, knobs, keys, etc. Just what a curious boy wants and needs. The biggest issue to day was where to keep the saxophone during the school day since band class is his last period. I did assure Carson that the band teacher has a place for students to store their instruments each day so they do not have to carry them around all day. We cannot wait to hear some real music in the next few months.

We are hoping for a nice quiet Labor Day weekend.