Wednesday, January 16, 2008

I remember!

What I was going to blog about last night. It has to do with starting FPU. We want to van. Well, ok, I want a van and Michael has agreed to it. I REALLY want a NEW fully loaded with all the extras van. Well, thanks to starting FPU, that probably isn't going to happen. Now I am really bummed. I KNOW that to be practical, we should find a good used one, but finding a good used Toyota is HARD. We got lucky big time when we ran across the 4-Runner. Unfortunately, we are not the best at bargaining and we have really high payments. So maybe, just maybe, if we can sell the 4-Runner outright (we owe more than the trade-in value), then we get a new, un-loaded van for the same or less than what we are paying now. Just maybe. Our credit is pretty good, much better than what it was when we bought the 4-Runner. (Ok, MY credit has improved, Michael's has never been bad.) I cannot help thinking though, that if I had pushed a little more, then maybe I could have gotten that really nice fully-loaded van before we started FPU and then had said "maybe we should have held off." Shame on me, I know.

Other news, we had a good night of sleep last night! WooHoo! The only time I really woke up was to hear a cat loosing their dinner on our bedroom carpet. Thanks to which ever one did that. I was nice enough to wake up when Michael got up to warn him about it so he wouldn't step in it. Part of it was me being selfish and not wanting him to scream out in shock and disgust and to accidentally wake Allisyn. Part of it was my utter disgust for stepping in cold cat ick when I first wake up in the morning. Sometimes I wonder why we have so many fur babies, but I know we wouldn't really give any of them up. Though if you know anyone who could really use one.....

So today I went to lunch with some friends from church after our young mom's bible study. I decided, unwisely, to pay on the way out with Allisyn. Partially because there was a huge line ahead of me. So I get up there, and get my thing signed and am just walking away, and what does Allisyn do? She grabs the toothpick holder and dumps it on the floor. I wanted to die. Luckily the guy was really sweet and was not concerned by it at all. Of course I told her "no" we don't do that. So I got to hear "no" all the way home. She was doing the sign too. Cute, but a little annoying.

4 comments:

Crawfinski said...

When we bought the truck brand new, the only reason we got it was because it was cheaper than both of the used trucks I was interested in. Granted, it's not all that flashy, but many times dealers will deal more on new than used. We still paid too much for it, but it was the first time we bought new and we didn't know any better.

Jessica said...

Hey Chandra! I remembered you talking about your blog so I looked it up and I'm glad I found you! Thanks for linking me....you're now on mine as well.

So glad to have you at FPU with us. Even though we're "repeat offenders" it's such good information and we're in such a better place now to commit to it. It helps to have friends in there, too.

And just so you know, we bought 2 brand new cars within a year of each other and EVERY SINGLE DAY we swear we'll never buy brand new cars again. So, it sounds like such a good idea...but cheap is so much better. I'm telling you, we regret it every day...

Let us know if you need help finding a good used one or if you want some advice. John is great with cars, and works for an insurance company (not in sales, just claims) and knows what's a good deal and what's not. And where to find them...

Emily said...

Yay! I found your blog! Now I can blog stalk you as well...

Jen said...

Wow! You are agood blogger with lots of words even. Impressive! It'll be good to stalk you- just beware that we will all know all the intimate details now...