Rough Luck

We, here at the Burks house have had a rough start to our week! We are just taking it in stride and laughing at ourselves because there is nothing else we can do! Here is the run down of our events.

To begin with when I was cooking dinner on Monday night Devin looked up at the ceiling and saw this...
It is a crappy picture, but it is a water spot that somewhat resembles an eyeball. Devin called his dad and they went up in the attic to see if they could find the cause. All they found was a pvc pipe but didn't see anything wrong with it. Mike advised me to call a plumber so that is what I did first thing Tuesday morning. Plumber came and said something about vents for the washer and sink/dishwasher and how the builder tried to tie two together and the joint wasn't good, or something along those lines. But he fixed it, so all is good. We are waiting for the spot to dry so we can cover it up and not have to look at the ugly water mark. The plumber came early enough that I was able to still go to work, so that was nice.

When I got to work I got word that our good friends' daughter was being admitted to the hospital. She is about 17 months old if I can do my math right so if everyone could say a prayer for her, we would appreciate it and so would they. They are hoping she will be released on Saturday, so we are crossing our fingers for that.

Nothing else happened on Tuesday, well nothing worth mentioning. Today we had a staff meeting at the shop so I had to get up early and when I got in my car, it wouldn't start. GRRRR! I was very frustrated. I had a flashback of when I was in college and my Volvo died on me and it was just because I was out of gas (thank you Eric for rescueing me), but it wasn't my fault because my gas gauge had broken and was showing that it was half full. But anyways, I decided to call my mom and had her give me a ride to work (working at the same place as your mom comes in handy!). I decided I would wait to call anyone until Devin could look at it, hoping it would magically start or would just be the battery. No luck. So, we called the dealership who directed me to call roadside assistance and they got someone to come tow it to the dealership. The two truck driver had no clue what it was either. Fortunately, my car is still under warranty so we are just hoping that whatever is wrong with it will be covered. The way our week has been going, it will be the one thing not covered by warranty!


There is my baby being towed away! Devin joked that we should post the pictures to facebook and see if anyone thought our car was being repoed.

I am sorry this has been such a downer of a post, but we are just finding our luck funny at this point. Plus, I know how much I love reading everyones blogs and I hope people enjoy mine, so I thought I would give everyone a little something!

In other, much happier news....we ordered our the furniture for the nursery on Sunday. We got a good deal from Babiesrus that I couldn't pass up. I really liked the furniture and if you bought the crib you got the changing table free. Also, I think I may have to cave and find out the sex of the baby because there really aren't many neutral items out there or I guess just not things that I like! My next appointment is on Tuesday so look for an update after then!