Less Talk, More Action

In preparation for our trip tomorrow, I was determined to remove the coins that Matt and Kayla so lovingly put into our car tape deck (during their "great escape" a few weeks ago). Peter has been crazy busy with work and school, so rather than bug him to figure it out, I set out this morning during Jacob's nap to try to fix the problem at hand. (We need the tape deck to use our MP3 player and DVD player).

While Matt and Kayla played in the backyard, I first tried pliers and other tools to get the coins-- but that didn't work. I determined the only way to get out the coins would be to remove the entire unit. I called peter for approval (normally I start these projects then call him mid-way saying "don't be mad, but..."-- this happened yesterday when I tried to clean the sink drains out-- totally gross, and I totally should have never started-- btw, the drain's still leaking) and he gave me the go ahead-- and off I went. I ended up removing like 90% of the dashboard, which I later learned wasn't necessary, but in the end I got those 5 coins out and everything put back together and in working order. Bonus, I was so good at it that I didn't even need all the screws and have one left over ;) (k- so I must have missed one along the way, but it still works). Have a great weekend...