Daily Life

This week's post is simply about a few goings on in Jeff's and my life. :)

Let us begin by the story of our broken car door. Jeff and I knew that the hinge on the drivers side door (which looked to have been previously welded back on) wasn't going to last much longer, as it had been slowly breaking for the last month or so. Well the other day it finally broke. :(

The break.

 

Jeff and I took the car into a body shop to see if they could weld the hinge back together, only to find out that it had never been welded back on, but had in fact been glued back together by an epoxy. The mechanic told us that he could take the door off and weld the hinge together for 200 dollars, but that we might as well get a new door, as 200 dollars was around the price one would cost. However, Jeff, being the do it yourself and save money man that he is, decided that he wanted to glue the door back together again himself. Haha So our little experiement began. :)

 

We went to Home Depo, bought some epoxy and scrap metal, and headed back home to see what we could do for our car.



 



 Jeff trying to figure out how to properly bring the hinge together.

 

 Cutting off some loose metal.

We stacked some books under the car door to hold the door in place while the epoxy hardened. (Don't worry Mom and Abbie, they were 1 dollar politic books Jeff has bought at a used book store and decided he didn't like. :) )

 

I am sad to say that our little experiement did not work, this time. We thought 6 hours was long enough for the epoxy to harden, but when we went out to shut the door and go to our friends place, the epoxy fell apart and the gel like substance went all over. However, Jeff has not given up, but has some stronger epoxy and plans to leave the car door open and the epoxy drying all night. :) Haha I will definately update you as to the sucess or failure of our next attempt. For now we simply keep the driver side door shut and locked and climb over the passenger seat to get to the driver's side. :)

 

On a happier note, Jeff signed up for a dodgeball team with his Chem. E buddies and has been really enjoying it!

The picture is a little blurry, but I thought it was a good shot. :)

 

 On a sadder note, he has hurt his arm really bad the last two times he has played. The second time he hurt it was much worse than the first.We had to drug him up on ibprophen and alternate hot and cold presses to his arm inorder to help the pain go away. Of course it didn't help that after he hurt his arm at the begining of the game he continued to play hard for the next half hour, even the pain kept getting worse. That man can be very stubborn when it comes to sports. :P

 

The other day I dropped Jeff off at a park to play football with some friends and then went to the gym. When I got back I found him playing soccer with a group of strangers. His friends had stopped playing football and heft a half an hour before I got there and he joined this soccer game going on.



I know this may seem like a silly thing to post about, but this is a part of our lives and one of the many things I love about Jeff. He loves sports anf being active and is so friendly with those around us. Rather than sit back and read his book until I got there, he chatted with and joined a soccer team of strangers. :)

 

 

Well that's it for today! Not a very exciting post, but I promised to keep ya'all updated on our lives and our little adventures. :)

 

P.S. We can't wait to see some of you in only 9 more days! Woo Hoo!!! :D Hope you're all having a wonderful November!