Well this weekend started off with a bang (literally)… We were heading up north (da UP) when we blew a tire just before we got to Clare. We gave AAA a call only to find out all the tire shops in Clare were closed, so we had them call a tow-truck company to put the donut on (the tire blown was the driver side front, the heck if we were gonna sit on the side of US-10 to change that!) After waiting an hour and a half, the guy finally showed up. After the donut was in place, we found out leaving the hazard lights on for the whole time kills your battery. So after a jump from the tow truck we were finally on our way back to Midland to get Susan’s car (at a very slow pace might I add).

This rest of the weekend went pretty smoothly, we got to see our nephew, Marcus, be baptizied and enjoyed visiting our families. All our good mojo must have run out because when we got home to see how Pepper was doing (pretty good), we found puddles in our basement… Apparently a combination of using powder detergent and old pipes with clay buildup creates massive blocks in the sewer system, and thus raw sewage in our basement, yay! Our building seems to be the only one affected, lucky us… Though one good thing did come out of this, we don’t have to pay for scratching the paint on the floor (because now they have to repaint it anyway)…