Keira sitting by the bck door whining to tell me she wants to go out and play when clearly she is in need of a nap since she went to bed late and woke up at 330 and 545 am..
Mike helped the Harrisons install a hardwood floor all day Saturday and then played Poker till 1 am. Keira loves playing with the Poker chips and since daddy left them laying out yesterday she got into them and made a BIG mess...
Keira happily left a trail of corn flake crumbs all over my house this morning.
This morning around 7 15 am we dropped the Truck off at Morin's to get an estimate to do the repairs. Usually the guy there is very nice but apparently the guy wasn't fulled awake yet and when he ( the mechanic) mentioned that parts where probably going to be around 600 and Mike asked if he could bring his own parts the guy went into a fit of rage..... He should be calling us with an estimate sometime today.. meanwhile Mike is annoyed that the guy was less than pleasant with him.
Mike gets to work and realizes he forgot his badge.... (which he needs to get access to most places at work).. he calls me to tell me about the badge and I ruin his day even further by telling him there is water in the basement from the remnants of Hurricane Hanna. Saturday it poured... buckets of water for like 12 hours straight..... The water isn't anything major.. There was maybe a gallon or 2 of water in the basement Sunday that we determined was from the chimney but this water today is seeping in through the concrete at the spot where last year we had a new oil tank installed and they drilled the oil line under the concrete... Just another thing for Mike to fix.
Warning.. expect a long complaining email about car repairs later! Both Mike and I would rather drive cars that are still under warranty that way we don't have to deal with extremely over priced car repairs but we can't afford that at the moment. We are also trying to decide if we trade in the Jetta ( which has its appointment tomorrow to find out the cost of repairs) and the truck if we might we able to afford one good car. Its complicated because we really have the need for 3 cars ( a small commuter car for Mike to take to work, a family car that actually fits a car seat in it but is decent on gas mileage, and a truck) but who wants to pay for insurance, oil changes etc for 3 cars??? We thought about getting a suburban that way we can fold the seats down and it can double as a truck and a family car... but we really don't want to drive a gas guzzling suburban around since we have only one child......
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Some young couples don't like mini vans but Uncle Ari and I have a Toyota Sienna and love it. I currently have not one but three car seats in it- many times I have had 5 out of 6 grandchildren strapped it- and we can haul just about anything inside or on the top. The seats fold down too into the bottom so that makes for more hauling space. We had the "Town and County" van for a couple of years but we like the Sienna much better. They call it the "Nana Van". We got the Captian's chairs too so that no one can "Hit" each other. My girlfriends laugh cause with all the car seats I can never drive anywhere so I hitch a ride.It's great for traveling,soccer stuff,we love it... Until they all grow out of them that's the way it goes!-Auntie Nancy K.
Awww, Keira looks so tired in that picture! Sorta how Jo looks right now. Sorry to hear about the cars, they are such a pain in the ass! Seems like there is always something wrong with them, one thing after another.
I don't know what you think of my truck but it only takes a few dollars more to fill up than my focus, plenty of room and you can put the seats down to transport things. Anything bigger you can rent a truck from home depot for $20! Don't do the suburban, $100 to fill up and about 13 miles per gallon! HOpe thinks go o.k...
Why not a small SUV and just use mike's parents trailer? I know it's a little more work to use the trailer then having the truck but you'll get better mpgs and it's way cheaper then 2 cars!
oh just saw the price of Morin's to do the work $$$ I'm not too surprised, i never thought of them as a very cheap place,,, kinda surprised the way they acted though but I think just about anyplace won't let you bring them parts to use, i am bet most add a few $$ to the part to make some money,,,
ARg.. it is always something isn't it. $$ seems to be going out and can't figure out how to get more to come our way :) Hopefully the car thing will work out and you can find a nice medium. I love our pacificia... works well for our family.
I drive a Suburban out of necessity and do not recommend you buy one. . . yet! I actually don't know what to tell you. We are going through an energy dilemma right now and I'm as perplexed of what to do as you are!
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