I finally broke down and bought a new car: an Acura RDX. As I was trying to haul all 17.4 pounds of N in and out of the backseat of my 2-door '97 Honda Civic, I decided that yes, the time had come. It was hard to trade in no car payment for a healthy back, but my back won. I figure this is a cost-saving measure, because surgery would be much more expensive! I think N is enjoying the new ride, too, although I'm sure Mommy is much less colorful during the installation and removal phases. I love my new car. I love having four doors on my new car!
In the spirit of more good news, we found out that Jester is, in fact, completely healthy. We'd started worrying because he'd quit grooming himself, looked as though he'd lost weight and had an out-of-litter box incident. Several hundred dollars and one lion cut later, though, we've learned that he's probably just stressed. Maybe I should share my meds with the cat; it would be cheaper. It was all worth it, though. Watching my cat stroll around almost completely bald has been endlessly entertaining. And the experience seems to have done wonders for his temperament.
Finally, I've decided to really — seriously — get my line of smarmy greeting cards going. I recently attended a WINOS (women in need of sanity) event at a wine store a few miles down the road. The founder explained how this WINOS gig got started, and I thought, "If she can do it, so can I." So here we go. Stay tuned, because I'll be enlisting lots of help to get the word out once I get them finalized and printed!
Yeah--we are looking at the necessary new car, too. I really do not want to go from zero car payments, either, but as neither of our two cars seems very reliable, we will probably spend a good number of car payments on repairs. Since we have the four door cars alreay, I would like to move back up off the ground. I miss the size of my Chevy Blazer from years ago, but I don't miss the gas guzzling. Joe despises what he calls "yuppie mobiles" and has put his foot down on that idea.
ReplyDeleteOh, and I will help with your greeting card advertisement if you can help me find connections for my children's book publication. =)
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