A New CAR!

    Ok, we didn't get a new car, but it feels like it.  For the past several months our steering in the Denali has been.... not good, at least when we want to turn right.  You can turn left all day but turning right was a whole other story.  Now don't worry, this wasn't a problem in normal driving but when you were stopped, parking, backing up, or anytime you were braking or going really slow the car just froze up on the steering but only turning to the right.  This was really obnoxious and highly frustrating.  There's nothing more embarrassing then trying to parallel park on a busy street and you literally can't without giving it some gas while using the brake at the same time.  Not easy or fun!  First Greg tried fixing the steering pump.  This took him all day and cost a couple hundred dollars.  He thought it was fixed, drove the car home from his bosses shop (where he'd done the work), pulled into the garage and the same problem.  He was NOT happy!  So another month goes by while he thinks about what else it could be and talks to several other people who might have some suggestions.  Finally he decides it might be the gear box so another couple hundred dollars is spent and this time only a few hours and he replaces this part and YES we have success and I can't tell you how amazing it is to drive the car now and actually be able to park in any direction and not have to plan in advance the best left hand spot or avoid certain spots altogether.  It's funny the things we take for granted every day.
   And the other amazing thing is that I have a husband who is so handy and clever that he can fix something like this without a manual and little to no help.  He may cuss a little in the process but he won't give up until he figures it out and the amout of money he's saved us over the years in so many ways is immeasurable.  He's AH-MAZING!!  (And pretty good looking if you don't mind me saying!)

Just a few shots of my Amazing Husband!!!  (I didn't take photos of him actually fixing the car, you'll just have to visualize that in your own heads.)