Talk about blessed

Wow! Have we been blessed this year. Alan has been taken care of health wise, we have our jobs and our kids are well. What more could we ask for. But wait - I took my escape in to be serviced and let the dealership know that when we went to Utah and off and on since then the transmission has been weird. Alan commented on it when he turned a corner after getting gas or something and wondered why it acted so weird and the RPMs went up so far. Then when I got home I felt like it was slipping in and out of gear and the RPMs were going really high. I thought I was just imagining it and that there was nothing wrong....NOT - they are going to have to replace my transmission. There was a faulty part that Ford was aware of, but it wasn't global and so they are only addressing it as the issue comes up. They no longer make the part, so - new transmission. I have a Focus rental right now and I will be really glad when I get my escape back. I feel a little small on the freeway. But all I have been able to think about was I could have been dead on the freeway and not just turning it in for service.

Kitty will go to the grroomer tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how she will behave. I know she isn't mean, but I don't think she has ever gone to a groomer. I hope it won't take too long to get her looking like a schnauzer and finally clean. She has proof of shots, and the vet says she is healthy. Here is what she looks like now - DIRTY.