So, we've somehow ended up with two new cars within a 2 month span. How did this happen, you might ask? Well, my intense hatred for my Subaru Forester was no secret. So, when the money was right and the deal on the table and a killer interest rate presenting itself, I lost my shirt on the thing and traded it. Got much more than I owed, of course, but that's not saying much since I didn't owe anywhere near KBB.
I got a Mazda 5, which is what I wanted when I bought the Forester. Love it. Nice for car seats, good gas mileage, REAR AIR. Kids like it, all is well.
This weekend, AJ's van gets pissed off at us. What we originally thought would be a very costly repair turned into likely a pretty minor repair, but the wheels were already turning. After telling her that there was no way I was putting big money into it, we'd just take a loss on the trade, she immediately got "new car eyes" and looked around.
No one makes minivans!
Okay, so Toyota and Chrysler and Kia and Honda make minivans. Kia and Chrysler are shit, Toyota has been a bit too damaged recently for me to be truly comfortable, and we hated the Honda when we had one (plus I'd never spend that much on a van). So, gotta look elsewhere. 3 row crossovers are "the norm" because that's what people want, apparently.
So, back to the Mazda dealership! She made up her mind, I don't even bother trying to change it. Too big, too expensive, but it's what she wanted. Oh well. Now the boys are rolling in style in a CX-9. They're lovin' the big backseat and roll down windows. I'm lovin' the immense amount of debt I've taken on in the past six weeks.
Zoom Zoom.
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Well, I've spent the entire day reading your blog from start to finish (I admit I did skip some entries, but most of the entries I read in their entirety or I skimmed/sped read them and got the gist)
At the end of the day, I really really was enthralled with your journey. I felt like I was in a really good movie series (like the BBC/PBS mini series movies of Jane Austen books or something) and I'm sure that reads really weird, as it is not a movie or a story, but just your life in written form.
But, I've grown to "love" Charlie and empathized with the pain of his earlier years. I don't feel I really know this beautiful boy Sammy, but I do hope you do more posts on him. The kids are absolutely gorgeous.
I do remember reading (because at first I hopped around and then last night I started at entry one and read backwards) that you found an absolute diagnosis. Were you able to share that diagnosis with Care and E? As well as the other siblings you found and were they able to be tested and confirmed?
With this diagnosis, has treating Charlie now become easier ( I feel like I missed these answers somewhere) and is Charlie eating things with egg in them now regularly?
I know I didn't always agree with your views : circumcision (I am a straight female who has had adult intimate experience with mostly circumcised males and 2 uncircumcised males in my lifetime and I still do believe I will circumcise my sons. I do not share your views. I've also been present during two circumcisions of my god sons. Yes, as IN the circumcision room during the procedure in the hospital the day after they're born... and it's definitely not a nice thing to witness, but since they DO allow a guardian in the room at the hospitals here, I do believe I will still circ my boys)
and I was confused about your nursing a child when u didn't birth him (which would NOT confuse/bother me if you could in fact produce milk for him, but since you cannot, it does boggle the mind. I hope you can appreciate my different viewpoint and not feel it is an attack...just genuine confusion)
This comment is reading like book!
In the end of the day, I have concluded you are a very good and very loving mother, with an equally good mom/partner for your two gorgeous boys. I wish and pray for nothing but the best for your family and children. I hope that one day you are legally allowed to be your kids' mom regardless of your lifestyle. These boys are loved and deserve to be legally recognized as such.
Good luck with everything! I will continue to read. Although I do see you do not post nearly as much as you once did...
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