ZenusWarriorPrincess's Journal, 17 Dec 23

🤦‍♀️ very glad you made it home in time to enjoy the grandbabies💖🎄 

Thanks, LB! They had a ball opening gifts & I had a ball watching them! 😁 Even after a terrible day, I always look for positives. I tell my kids that the negatives have a tendency to slap us in the face sometimes, but more often than not we have to search for the positives. They were easy to find yesterday, but are often alot harder to realize. It's important for my mental health to practice this. 😉 

oh no on that adventure. Glad it ended OK 

Oh my, Zenus, 4-1/2 hours! I'm convinced my keys and glasses should have an air tag. 

once, when my kids were babies, I locked myself out of the house and had to call a locksmith. I know the car keys cost more, but that fellow still charged me $90. Painful and I sympathize.  

Great weight loss. So sorry you lost your key and that hubby won't be home for Xmas. Love Mexican food! 

I drive a 2011 Kia soul with 70k miles. Six years ago the rubber pads on both key fobs deteriorated so I wasn’t able to use the keyless part just manual key. I did that for 5 years because 2 new fobs and to rekey the electrical system the dealer said was about $300. Totally not worth the expense. Well..my car ended up on the hit list awhile back of desirable cars to steal. Who wants a car that old…I guess thieves do. Just my luck while I was at the dr office I heard a car alarm go off didn’t think it could be mine. Then stopped at the grocery store and in the parking lot heard it again. Stood there and looked at my car for several minutes and saw the alarm and lights flash intermittently off and on. Unlocked it manually and the alarm stopped and started it up and drove home thinking ”that was weird “. Unpacking groceries it went off again so I went back outside and unlocked and started up again. I did this several times before thinking if I didn’t get somewhere fast (it was Friday afternoon) this was going to make my neighbors nuts because I had no intention of staying up all night. So I drove to a local mechanic and they said they couldn’t disconnect the alarm (because doing so disengages the horn) and that in my state is considered a safety hazard. So I drove to the dealer and they were scratching their heads how to turn it off without fobs that worked so finally they disengaged the horn. Someone tried to break into the car which set the alarm off. Long story short the lights flashed on and off for a week while they ordered the new fobs and keys. I haven’t used my car horn in years and just crossed my fingers I wouldn’t need it. lol. Then charged me $625 for parts and labor to reprogram the alarm system. Mexican would have been nice but I just came home and had wine. I am the daughter of an auto mechanic and have a highly skilled nephew in the same trade. Both assured me this was just dumb luck and no price gouging. lol. Glad you survived !! 

Honee, that story takes the cake! Don't worry, horns don't really save nearly the number of lives that good brakes do. 

Unity they reconnected the horn. But part of the $625 charge was $45 labor to disconnect and reconnect the horn. lol 

Sounds familiar. My husband has lost both original fobs for his truck. $435 replacement and not even a Ram key...bad time indeed.  

Glad you had the grandbabies there to sooth you, that's a stressful time when you find yourself stranded like that! At least you were able to find a locksmith who could replace the key immediately rather than have to wait for it for a few days, that happens often around here as the locksmiths nearby usually have to order the more specialized chip keys. You are never so happy to own an old Ford till you have to have new keys made!!  

yes, stress can be very damaging mentally and physically. I do understand the importance in looking at situations from a positive perspective. aka 'livin breezy' is an adopted mindset. Certainly, does help having grandchildren to love 🥰 

For those of you that have lost your FOB keys you can replace them for about $80 by purchasing an unprogrammed key on the internet then having a locksmith program it. I lost my BMW key a few years ago and the dealer wanted over $200 to replace it I started digging and found an OEM replacement key for about $40 and my locksmith programmed it for another $40. Works great and $80 as a lot better than $210 and it only took the locksmith about 30 minutes to complete the programming. 

Bless your heart!! ♥️ 

Oh gosh!! How frustrating and sorry that your husband cannot be home for Christmas. That is hard.  

congratulations to you  

Thank you NJPaolini!!!  

oh geez what a horrid feeling! at least you got one heck of a workout in. I'm sorry you won't be with your hubby this xmas. I'm glad you enjoyed the Mexican restaurant  

HoneeBuns I drive a 2016 Kia Soul and I love it dearly, when I bought it, it only had one key so I guard it with my life because it's a 400 buck key. 

Thanks, guys! 💜 The key I got was a plain Jane, unlike my other one with all of the buttons (one like the original would have been $275), so now the alarm goes off everytime I unlock my car door (manually)...lol. As far as the hubby, this is the first Christmas we've spent apart in 23 years, but this is also the first Christmas he has spent with his mom in 24 years. I'm going to miss him, but I am more happy for him & his mom than I am sad for me. I'm not that selfish. I'm just over here flowing like water. 😌