My craft room makeover will have to be interrupted to pay for cracking the windshield trying to fit a new desk top into my car, cost of lesson--$395.00!! Ouch!!

Yesterday was a DAY! I couldn’t get anything right!

We bought Alyssa’s car on Feb. 5th and they told us it would be about two weeks for them to get us the title and other paper work. They put a 30 day expiration on her temporary tag. On Wednesday, Feb  23rd I still hadn’t received anything, so I called them. They said we’ll get them to you. Something about the title going to the old owner not us, I didn’t understand. They said, don’t worry we will have it to you before next Friday. I waited till Wednesday, March 2nd and still nothing. I called again and she said they would over night it to us. We finally received it Tuesday, March 8th with a note saying they would pay for any late fees. I’m thinking “and any tickets are anything else we get for having expired tags” Thankfully when Alyssa washed her car at the car wash, the drive thru kind, the date came off of the tag. lol

In the mean time I had started making over my craft room. Between flu and soccer games it was a slow process.

Before

We had finished painting and putting up all the shelves except the one I wanted to put over my desk. I wanted to put my desk up first. Well, yesterday we, well I, was ready for the desk to be put in.

So, the day started off going to the DMV to get Alyssa’s car registered and plates, all that good stuff. It was pouring rain. We drove over to the closest DMV about 25 mins or so away but with the weather it was more like 30 mins today. We get there no one is there. YAY us! The first lady says, “Can I help you?” We walk up and tell her why we are there and what we needed.  She says “You have the car with you?” I said, “no, sorry Didn’t know I need to have it here.” She says, real matter of fact, “Did you call ahead and ask?”

I have yet to figure out WHY people at the Alabama DMV have to be SO rude! Or at least the ones I have come in contact with! Anyway!

I said, “yes I did and all said I needed was a bill of sale and title.”    She says, “oh, sorry”. Then when she is looking at all the paper work she seeing that there is numbers in a line on the tile that shouldn’t been written on and says, “AND you need an affidavit of correct because of these numbers that make no sense to me why these are here.” We are like, “ok, is there anything else we will need?” “No, that looks like it.” Then we ask if she could give us a estimate of the cost, she says, “I guess”. 

We come back home call the dealership that is about 4 hours away in GA by the way and tell them what we need and that there is a $15.00 late fee after 20 days. She tell us she will send us a check for that and the affidavit. She said the numbers are good there in GA because of the other form we have, but each state is different and keeps saying I’m so sorry. (update: I just got the affidavit and check over nighted to us from the dealership. YAY!) 

After getting off the phone, it is still raining. I go out to the garage and measure the car with the seats laying down and see that a 10 foot counter top will fit in the crossover. Kory is like you sure, I’m like yes! He was like we could just wait till it stops raining and go in the truck. I was like it will fit.

I am SO my mother’s daughter! When I’m ready for something, I’m ready for something NOW!

So, we head out to Lowe’s to get the counter top. I had it all picked out, knew what I wanted, had the gift card in hand! (thanks, Dad and MJ for my Christmas present) We get it out to the car and start trying to put it in the car. It got really close…. and I guess I pushed the back end forward a little too hard, cause I hear Kory saying “stop, stop!” I look up and see that he is not happen about something and touching the inside of the front windshield. Yes, we had cracked the front windshield! And I’m not talking a little either.

It has now even started growing!

We took it back into Lowe’s and they said we could come back and get it later. So, after it stopped raining, and only a couple of hours later, we went back in Kory’s truck. Cost of Lesson—$395.00 It would be only half of that IF my car didn’t have a rain sensor, and it’s only  4 months old.

ALL that to say that it wasn’t my day yesterday and I learned a big lesson! Patience!

SO here is my NEW craft room!! I’m SO excited!!

I want a shelf, and some task lighting above my desk, but like I said that will have to wait till I pay for the windshield.

I still want to put some vinyl on the walls to style it up, but that too will come with time!