Wonder Car

Wonder Car

It is a well realized fact in out here, that we need a truck. There are just too many things to do that require more space than either of our cars have. We need a truck before I can start getting chickens or goats, we need a truck to just finish this remodel. We need a truck to haul away all of the junk and trash in our barn.

Other truck jobs the Wonder Car has done this month

With that being said, our little Grand Prix has had quite the adventure the past few months. I have nicknamed it Wonder Car. It started out as my sister’s car. And she always claimed it was part jeep, off-roading, taking on mailboxes, and running down turkeys in the broad daylight. It made no sense for her to take it to Japan with her, so we bought it from her. Speaking of which I think I still owe her a payment or two, oops. (We are cool about loaning, borrowing, and/or paying back money in my family).

It started yesterday, when I saw an ad for free carpet. It came from a pet free very nice house, was the PERFECT size for my living room, right color, and did I mention FREE. I called Paul and immediately begged him to go check it out. The people had thrown it in their driveway and left for work. It was first come, first get it.

So he zoomed down the road trying to beat whoever else may have seen this ad. He called to borrow a truck on the way, but no luck. So he gets to this house, and there is this enormous pile of carpet in front of this guys house. It wasn’t even rolled. He stretched it out and had a 17 by 20 foot piece of carpet. And 10 feet of space from dashboard to trunk in the Wonder Car.  

I wish I had been a fly on the wall to see how he loaded up this carpet. Apparently he folded it in half, rolled it, shoved it, jacked it up with a car jack to keep it from folding, bungie tied it, backed it into a house to push it further in, got on his back and pushed with his arms and legs and got run burn all up and down his arms. It took him an HOUR to load this carpet, all by himself. The roll was so big he couldn’t get his arms around it. It was so heavy that when I helped him unload it, I am convinced he must have super strength. I have no clue how he actually managed it.

We offloaded it into our covered utility trailer in the front yard. I have NO clue how we are going to get it in the house. I think it weighs a couple hundred pounds at least. But the point is, I have free carpet. It’s nice. And totally worth it (well I think it is worth is. Paul may have a different opinion). And our Wonder Car handled it like a champ. 

On a side note, Penny and I are over living in a construction zone. It will be another week before Dad can come back and help us install the carpet. And there are so many tools. And stuff. Everywhere. No clue where we put all of this stuff in the apartment. It just doesn't seem to fit in this house right now.