Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
New car fever won out
I looked at a 2006 Volkswagen Toureg and really liked it. It had a lot of the luxury extras but had higher mileage and I started thinking about the cost of repairs etc. I started thinking about new cars and thought I'd give it a try but didn't think I could find anything I would like in my price range. My credit is less than perfect but I found out that it was much better than I had feared.
I had always been intrigued with the Toyota Prius so I drove over to the Toyota dealer and gave it a shot. I was approached by the "typical" salesman. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but I wasn't in the mood for a schmoozing. I politely told him I used to be a Realtor and I didn't need him to sell himself and that I had researched the car and we could both save time by just getting down to the numbers. I gave him my final numbers and said I will not budge..period. Since my Dad is taking my car I didn't have to do the trade in tango.
I was pleasantly surprised that the deal only took about 30 minutes and the finance took about 10 minutes. Then he wanted to go over the features of the car. I said I'm a technical person and had driven the car for a few hours and played with the buttons and figured most of them out and that I had only a few questions. He answered them while they detailed the car and gassed it up.
Overall it was a good experience as compared to some of the car purchases I've had in the past. It gets 51mpg and has a bunch of bells and whistles that I love. I know it looks like a turtle but I'm happy with it!
I had always been intrigued with the Toyota Prius so I drove over to the Toyota dealer and gave it a shot. I was approached by the "typical" salesman. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but I wasn't in the mood for a schmoozing. I politely told him I used to be a Realtor and I didn't need him to sell himself and that I had researched the car and we could both save time by just getting down to the numbers. I gave him my final numbers and said I will not budge..period. Since my Dad is taking my car I didn't have to do the trade in tango.
I was pleasantly surprised that the deal only took about 30 minutes and the finance took about 10 minutes. Then he wanted to go over the features of the car. I said I'm a technical person and had driven the car for a few hours and played with the buttons and figured most of them out and that I had only a few questions. He answered them while they detailed the car and gassed it up.
Overall it was a good experience as compared to some of the car purchases I've had in the past. It gets 51mpg and has a bunch of bells and whistles that I love. I know it looks like a turtle but I'm happy with it!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Crazy weekend
Rick got attacked and mugged Friday. We spent 7 hours in the emergency room and after all the tests the ER let us go. He has a concussion and is black and blue all over.
He tried to do too much today and got dizzy-he is stubborn and I can't get him to lie down too long.
We found out later that someone else was attacked in the same manner on the same night a few blocks away-same description of the attacker. I hope they catch him before someone gets killed. Rick was lucky, the guy had a knife but didn't use it. He kicked Rick with his heel on the face, head and chest. Thankfully nothing was broken and his teeth are fine.
He might go to his regular doctor tomorrow to see if this dizziness from today is normal.
He tried to do too much today and got dizzy-he is stubborn and I can't get him to lie down too long.
We found out later that someone else was attacked in the same manner on the same night a few blocks away-same description of the attacker. I hope they catch him before someone gets killed. Rick was lucky, the guy had a knife but didn't use it. He kicked Rick with his heel on the face, head and chest. Thankfully nothing was broken and his teeth are fine.
He might go to his regular doctor tomorrow to see if this dizziness from today is normal.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Four eyed salt or pepper shaker
I found this at a thrift shop years ago for a quarter and for some reason I was thinking about it today. I looked online to see if I could find any information about her but didn't find anything. The two sets of eyes and eyebrows on a salt and pepper shaker doesn't make sense to me! I've always been curious of what the mate might look like.
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Back at home
We were able to pick Sissy up from the Vet Wednesday and she was so happy to see us and even happier to be back home. She is still confined to her crate and will have to be for the next few weeks. She still isn't walking but is showing signs of muscle tone in her back legs and will support her weight on her back legs. 3 times a day I have to do some exercise therapy and she seems to be doing better with it. Her attitude is that nothing happened and she still wants to go go go so that is a plus.
The other dogs want to be near her, but I have to keep them away in case they jump on her and hurt her staples. I'm hoping to see some definite feeling back by at least a month and walking within 3 weeks. Time will tell.
I had a good Friday-I got the $3,000 check that I won from Digital Insights in the mail and I'm expecting to see the $1200 that I won from Albertson's in next week!
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
The other dogs want to be near her, but I have to keep them away in case they jump on her and hurt her staples. I'm hoping to see some definite feeling back by at least a month and walking within 3 weeks. Time will tell.
I had a good Friday-I got the $3,000 check that I won from Digital Insights in the mail and I'm expecting to see the $1200 that I won from Albertson's in next week!
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The surgery went well
her up Monday
Monday, November 09, 2009
Moments...
William Hoffman is a New York filmmaker who put this video together and uploaded it last August. It’s finally getting some viral activity, and rightfully so. It’s “a celebration of life that was inspired by David Eagleman’s book, Sum.”
I do enjoy a perfectly realized edit, and this one’s full of them. Via Neatorama
A great win!
I got a call today that I won $1200 from Albertson's!!! That, added with the $3,000 from Digital Insights in October will make for a wonderful holiday season!!
My win blog
My win blog
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Work work and more work
I had a long week with 3 events we had at work. Friday I worked from 10Am to 11:30Pm mostly on my feet running around. I slept a lot this weekend recovering-40 has caught up with me.
I have a few projects I need to get done around the house and just keep putting them off. Oliver has kept me busy, running around like he has fed on jet fuel.
Oliver won't take the hint from Petey that he doesn't want him chewing on his ears and keeps on bugging him. The first week, he bit Petey's "grapes" and Petey's has been on guard ever since. Oliver spends all of his spare time humping on Taylor. Taylor is so laid back he just lays there and yawns. It has been nice having a puppy around, he is a cutie and I fell in love the first day!
I took a few pictures recently, I'll upload them this week.
I've finally started winning a few things again-I went through a long dry spell for a few months and have won another Nintendo Wii system that has some kind of Star Wars party pack with it-all valued at $600!! That added with about $200 in gift cards and smaller prizes has me energized again so I have been more excited about entering every night.
My desktop computer crashed a few weeks ago, so I splurged and got another Dell. It is really nice and I validated the purchase saying it was my birthday present to myself! I probably could have gotten away from having a desktop and just used the laptop, but I didn't come to that realization until it was too late to take it back!
After the computer crash I switched from Microsoft Outlook to Mozilla's Thunderbird. After a few days of playing around with it and configuring it, I like it so much better than Outlook. It's faster and easier to configure. Like Firefox you can install add-ons as well, which is nice.
Rick just got one of those small netbook computers and they are better than I had thought. It has Windows XP and a 160Gb hard drive and the small keyboard isn't hard to type on than I thought it would be.
A local builder has donated a house to benefit The Myelin Project and they are selling 3900 tickets at $50 each. Then they randomly draw 100 tickets from those 3900 and have a reverse drawing and the last ticket wins! I have got three so far and might get two more before the deadline. I don't know how I would react if I won a house-I hope I find out!!! I also heard that a local furniture company is donating furniture as well!
I hope everyone has a great week :)
I have a few projects I need to get done around the house and just keep putting them off. Oliver has kept me busy, running around like he has fed on jet fuel.
Oliver won't take the hint from Petey that he doesn't want him chewing on his ears and keeps on bugging him. The first week, he bit Petey's "grapes" and Petey's has been on guard ever since. Oliver spends all of his spare time humping on Taylor. Taylor is so laid back he just lays there and yawns. It has been nice having a puppy around, he is a cutie and I fell in love the first day!
I took a few pictures recently, I'll upload them this week.
I've finally started winning a few things again-I went through a long dry spell for a few months and have won another Nintendo Wii system that has some kind of Star Wars party pack with it-all valued at $600!! That added with about $200 in gift cards and smaller prizes has me energized again so I have been more excited about entering every night.
My desktop computer crashed a few weeks ago, so I splurged and got another Dell. It is really nice and I validated the purchase saying it was my birthday present to myself! I probably could have gotten away from having a desktop and just used the laptop, but I didn't come to that realization until it was too late to take it back!
After the computer crash I switched from Microsoft Outlook to Mozilla's Thunderbird. After a few days of playing around with it and configuring it, I like it so much better than Outlook. It's faster and easier to configure. Like Firefox you can install add-ons as well, which is nice.
Rick just got one of those small netbook computers and they are better than I had thought. It has Windows XP and a 160Gb hard drive and the small keyboard isn't hard to type on than I thought it would be.
A local builder has donated a house to benefit The Myelin Project and they are selling 3900 tickets at $50 each. Then they randomly draw 100 tickets from those 3900 and have a reverse drawing and the last ticket wins! I have got three so far and might get two more before the deadline. I don't know how I would react if I won a house-I hope I find out!!! I also heard that a local furniture company is donating furniture as well!
I hope everyone has a great week :)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
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