Is that new car smell?

Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving? I hope so. All in all, our's went well. My 5 day vacation went way to fast, and of course we were busy the whole time. We went to my mother-in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and then we HAD to watch the Chief's game Thursday night....they won.....yeah! Friday I made my Thanksgiving dinner for our family and we invited hubby's dad over as well. It was good...and I didn't even screw anything up....quite impressive I must say. As soon as dinner was over and I had everything cleaned up hubby and I decided to go car shopping. We looked all night and got a few prospects but didn't find anything we couldn't live without. So we left first thing Saturday morning and looked some more...and then we finally found one Saturday afternoon. It's a 2004 Chevy Malibu, but it had very few miles on it...in fact it still has some of the factory warranty left on it, so that's a good thing. But the coolest thing is that it came with the remote start. You know where you can stand inside your house and start the car to let it warm up in the Winter or cool down in the Summer.........Very cool. So anyway, we didn't make it until the first of the year like we were going to do but I did save $170 bucks on the payment a month. Then on Sunday a couple hubby and I know came over and visited. They brought thier kids with them so it gave our kids someone to play with. We all had a good time. Sunday night it was back to the daily grind....and the much anticipated overtime...fun fun fun....yeah, not really.
10-year old turns 11 this Friday and she said that she wants to have a roller skating party. I think it will be fun. I will have to bring the video camera, especially if we can get hubby on a pair of roller skates.........haaa haaa haaa! That makes me laugh just thinking about it.

Sold!

We finally sold one of our Shih-tzu puppies yesterday, and we have another lady coming down today to get our last female....If she shows up then I will have my $500 deductible that I need to go ahead and get all this car crap taken care of and be done with it...and we will still have 4 male puppies to sale.....I was starting to get worried, but that's just my nature...hubby swears that it is just part of being a woman that I stew and worry all the time.....yeah, yeah, wtfe....now I am trying to decide what kind of car I want to get next and if I want a new one or a used one...I am thinking about one of those new Saturn 3 Ion's, the one with the third door...they are cheap, that's the main thing.
My employer called a plant-wide meeting at the end of last week to tell us all that after we come back from Thanksgiving break that we will be working overtime every day during the week and at least the next two weekends as well...which is actually a very good thing because it will help out tremendously with getting Christmas bought for everyone...so I am feeling much better on that end as well.
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving...actually I am looking forward to the 5 days off from work, although I know if I am true to form I will end up working harder while I am off than I do when I am at work. I want to get my x-mas tree put up at least this weekend and I have a couple of movies to watch also. Not to mention the FOOD!!.....and I loves me some turkey!

Anyway, everyone enjoy your holiday and be safe if you are going to be out on the roads. Happy Thanksgiving!

Feeling Better....

Well I decided to go with Chris's suggestion and got some much needed rest this past weekend...I got my house cleaned and then I sat on my butt while hubby went hunting and I watched part of the first season of Lost on DVD....I know I will feel alot better once all this car crap is finally settled and I know for a fact the the car is indeed paid off...I have come to the conclusion that I am just a worry wart and there are some things that i just can't change so there is no sense in sitting around dwelling on stupid crap...and that conclusion makes me feel almost as good as my much needed rest.

Ho Hummm....

Ho hummm....I hate this time of year.... You know, when the weather starts turning cold and damp and it gets dark at like 4 freakin 30...I think I suffer from the holiday blues...Yes, I know it is not the holidays yet, but that doesn't stop me from starting early with my stewing and worrying....I have been in a rather anti-social mood lately....Everything and just about everyone gets on my nerves....I need to figure out a way to lift myself out of this funk.....I should be in a good mood...I mean my insurance company finally totaled my car, so I have actually got a little breathing room now. I am not even sure why I am so agravated...Maybe a good crying fit will help....Or maybe when the kids go to grandma's(hubby's mom) this weekend I will get drunk...Although I'm am not sure that is such a good idea either since I am such a light-weight...Hubby will probably end up babysitting me if i do that....Perhaps I just need sleep....It has been a rather stressful week....Oh well, I will figure something out.

Turn of the tides

Well my insurance company FINALLY decided to total my car...after a week-long battle that is. So when combined with my gap insurance it means that my car is now paid off, and while it has us down to one car again, it eliminates over $500 a month in bills.....YEAH!!!!!!! I can breathe again. Hubby and I are going to try to make it with just the one car until after the first of the year, which will give us time to catch up on all of our other bills. Double YEAH!!....
Our Shih-tzu's puppies are going to be ready to sell this weekend. That is how we are coming up with the $500 dollar deductible for my car....and Christmas. Both of my kids have been squealing for an I-pod. Now it look like we will be able to afford to get it for them. And as an added bonus, we were finally able to breed our other shih-tzu last night. Our male did it on his own, so it looks like we will not have to take them to the vets to get artificially insemenated anymore. Which saves us another $100 bucks, not to mention we will be able to sell them right around the time all of our taxes are due......I think our luck is finally starting to change.....praise the lord!

Ohh crap!!!

Well this is my first post for a while so I have some catching up to do..First of all, the wienie roast was fun..I did not get drunk, in fact I did not even drink...but I did get to see alot of friends that I had not seen for a while and met some new people as well...I think the kids had fun too...there were about 25 other kids there also...I am glad that we went.
Tuesday evening on my way to work I hit Bambi's dad....a 9 point buck to be exact..now I am still waiting on the insurance company to decide if they are going to total my car or not...Yesterday when I talked to the service shop that currently has my car the guy there thought they would total it, however later on in the afternoon when I talked to the insurance company they said they want to fix it....pisses me off...I am within $400 fucking dollars of them totaling it...which is why the insurance company is sending out thier own adjuster to look at it this morning and he will be the one who makes the final determination....I thought for sure that it was going to be totaled, I mean I hit this deer going about 60-65 mph, it set off the airbags, busted the windshield, knocked the sunroof out and buckled the roof, the hood, front end, left quarter panel, the entire dash and instrument panel inside the car has to be replaced. I honestly thought this fuckin deer was going to come though my windshield. I hit so hard that it knocked my car into neutral (it's an automatic).....how can it not be totaled....but I know my luck and I am quite sure that I will end up getting the piece of shit back....but I will know for sure this afternoon...Now I have the problem of coming up with the $500 deductible....Life fuckin sucks!!!!!!
Halloween was fun...the kids cleaned up! So I am pretty sure that they will be on a sugar high for the next two weeks....maybe I should eat some of thier candy....momma could use some energy right about now...