Handy Man

The Monday before Thanksgiving Break Brig turned his car on to go to school and there was a huge popping noise. After that the engine wouldn't even turn over. I took him to school and went to work. All day I was anticipating having to try to tow the car somewhere and pay 100's of dollars to get it fixed. Yuck. When we got home Brig took a look under the hood and found where a piece had blown off so hard that it dented the metal back panel of the engine area (please forgive my lacking knowledge of car terminology throughout this post). He fished out the piece and did some computer research to figure out what it was. Apparently it's something called a pcv valve diaphram. Whatever that means. He ordered a replacement that was waiting for us when we got back from the break. The next day, after looking over the damaged area again and a trip to Lowes for a few more parts, He had our little '95 Volkswagen running like a champ. All in all in cost about $65 and only three school days of sharing a car. Not bad at all. Talk about a blessing!

The broken piece

Greasy work man hands

Shiny new part. It's that black piece in the back. You can see where the old one blew off and dented the back panel.

Applicable side note: Brigham also fixed our broken couch base this month, after many weeks of sitting on the floor and me looking at couches online. It's now sturdier than it was when we got it.:)

Brig and his parents have told me about how when he was little he would take things apart just to see how they worked and try to put them back together again. Conveniently for me, all that childhood misheviousness is paying off.