Murphy came for a visit...ugh!

Well, we all know that famous man, Murphy, and his law (in case you didn't figure it out...Murphy's law). Murphy is that unexpected visitor that always shows up when you have curlers in your hair and no food in the fridge! If you read the previous blog I wrote, you will see that Baby Step 1 (BS1) is affectionately known as "Murphy Repellant".

Anyway, last night my husband discovered that Murphy decided to mess up his back brakes while he was at work. Ugh! He had to take today off in order to get the parts and fix the brakes plus there was no way he could drive to the city to work. Double Ugh, since he gets paid hourly! After 2+ hours of labor he had them fixed and saved us approx. $200! I wish we had kept track over the 9 years of marriage of just how much money his mechanical skills have saved us. Can't figure out past work but from now on we can!

I am so glad to have a small fund of money to take care of unexpected events. We don't freak out or resort to credit cards to handle "emergencies" anymore! Not in 2 years and not ever again! BTW, we are beginning a car replacement/repair fund so we don't have to always dip into BS1.

So let's begin the score keeping:

Murphy: $42 Husband: $200