BUT most of all I'm greatful for a working garage door!!! lol So now u may laugh....
Yes, I am no longer trapped in my house and I'm free to go out and about as I wish where ever I wish! So it all began with a little accident from my husband. As usual he was running late and for some reason i still dont understand he backed into our garage door while still inside and without opening the door!!!??? sooooo i ran out and looked at the car no dent but a scratch thank goodness.. thanks you to Volvo! anyway our garage door wasn't so lucky it had a dent in it to which caused the bottom rail to come off. So My husband (not so handy man) drilled it back up with some screws and noticed the track was off on the top so he decided to "fix" it. UGH I sooo would have stopped him if I knew he was trying to fix something he knows nothing about... lol... Husband I love you but can you please stick to fixing humans and leave the other stuff to the professionals?
So then the whole thing broke as the cable came off of one side. So I was trapped!! we tried to lift it to get my car out it wasnt budging... booo hoooo!
So that was the day I had my target trip planned for household stuff and most importantly BABY FORMULA! kinda need that one... so off to the the market we walked, loaded up the kids and off for a 5 mile walk we went... good thing i waited till evening so it wasnt hot but man was that a trip to make now I am even more greatful for my car that we are sooo lucky to own.
The next day a company came out to estimate the fix and he started off with a shocking amount of $900! my eyes popped out of thier socket and as I picked them back up off the floor to pop them bck in i said excuse me? We dont have that cash... lol (insert a little gasp and laughter) Then he said "Ok I understand I can prob go down to $600"... lol still looking at him like are you crazy just put the damn thing back on its roller attach the cable and on your way you go...I said sorry we cant do that either. We dont use credit cards and prefer not to borrow. He said "well we arent really getting much business so how about I do the whole job right now for $300?" My husband and I basically said see ya!
I thought for sure I wasnt going to ever get out of my garage...
The next day another guy came over and gave another estimate and he came on Saturday to thankfully let me out of my garage for less then half the price of the last offer the other company gave us!!!
So at the end of the day i was so thankful for a working garage door and for the man who fixed it for us for an honest price!
the end.
