[Nothing but bad luck...]

I havent blogged in quite sometime on updates with Cameron & I. This month I have been doing nothing but the blog challenge & if I do say so myself I am quite proud of myself for staying on top of it! GO KB! Anyways... Cam & I have had nothing but bad luck for the past couple months. It has seriously been one thing right after another. I have been trying to stay so positive but it is so hard when things just keep flying at you. There has been one too many times when we figure it cant get any worse then it was...and it always has hahaha. It all started with Camerons car...

We bought Cameron a newer(used) Pathfinder off of KSL towards the end of October 2010. Things started off great with no problems at all. And then 2 months ago we have nothing but problems. We have taken that bad boy to a handful of mechanics & the check engine light comes on the minute we get it fixed so we end up taking it back to the mechanic, they tell us its fixed.

Then at EXACTLY 14 miles - the light comes back on! --- It has been a constant headache :( --- Finally one of the mechanics we took it too gave up on it, refunded all of our money (thank goodness) and told us to take it to a dealership. This is the one thing we had been avoiding because dealerships are so much more expensive but we had hit a wall and wanted it fix. So before we knew it, we made an appointment and took it in. They had it all day one Saturday and $683.43 dollars later they said it was fixed. They guaranteed the light wasnt going to come back on. Cameron and I were sooo relieved. It felt like a weight had been lifted off of our shoulders. Then what do you know?... 14 miles later - it came back on :( Cameron was furious - I just laughed.

(I think I was laughing to keep from crying hahaha)

I told him he had to had a faulty check engine light because they had guaranteed it was fixed. So we dropped it off the next day, put the keys in the drop box, and I called first thing Monday morning and they said not to worry they would get to the bottom of it. --- Long story short. --- It needed a part that was now going to cost us $3400 dollars. Need I mind you - we havent even had the car for 6 months! I called my dad hysterical and he called the manager of the shop to see what the problem was. The manager was willing to go down in price because he felt bad that the guy we bought it from took advantage of 2 young kids so he agreed that it would be between $1600-$1800. To fix. We gave them the go and we drove off in a nice 2010 nissan 2.5 altima rental car hahaha.

It is so nice - we dont want to give it back! Anyways... Last Friday we got a call from the manager of the shop and he didnt seem to happy what so ever...

Come to find out...

WE NEED A WHOLE NEW ENGINE!

:( On top of all of the work we just gave them the okay to fix. When they got done installing the $1800 dollar part, that is when they noticed all of the sludge build up and there were little metal chips in the oil pan. The manager said we are running on pure luck right now and that it can give out on us at any moment :( He said they could fix it but it was going to be a pretty penny to fix. Right then the tears started flowing. Why would someone take advantage of 2 young kids about to get married? Cameron and I arent bad people, so why was this happening to us? We have to make a decision today on whether or not to go with a new engine. Or trade it in.

The guy we bought it from was going 15,000-20,000 miles in between oil changes and wasnt taking care of the car what so ever... How can someone feel good about selling that to somebody knowing what the outcome is going to be with it. I keep telling myself "Karma is a bitch! He will get his!" and I know he will. On a positive note... We couldnt be more grateful for my parents right now. I cant even imagine having to pay rent on top of all of these problems. Us moving in there to save for a house was probally the best decision we could have made...

We both feel that these may be signs saying "not to rush into buying a house" and that the reason we thought we were moving in to my parents house (to save money for our own house) was to make the financial situation for what was ahead a little easier(all of the car probelms).

& on top of all of this...

- Our tax guy is scamming us. - My grandmas breast cancer is back. - My Uncle Layne is taking a turn for the worse with his cancer. - Camerons grandpa died.

I guess the saying is true...

when it rains it pours!

Anyways...

I am so glad to have Cameron by my side through all of this..I dont know what I would do without him.

These problems are most definatly making us stronger as a couple.And I would be so incredibly lost without him.

I love you babe!