I can hope can't I...

I am really hoping that Princess Hateful Raquel decides to skip my PartyLite party and not come. She is rather upset with me at the moment and I haven't even talked to her in about 3 months.

The deal is that Austin's dad got a new car (2009 Audi A4) and was going to lose money on the trade in so he is giving, yes free and clear giving, us his old car. She thinks that he should give her the car because he gave us the last one. Mind you she gets the cash value.

I found out she is upset because she talked to Grandma and I talk to Grandma. She told Grandma that and I quote "It sure would be nice if someone would just give me a car instead of me having to buy all my vehicles." That upset Grandma because Grandma and Grandpa bought Raquel her first two cars, the last being a brand new 2003 Grand Prix and didn't even get a thank you. Then she traded it off for her current vehicle a 2006 Toyota Tundra. Now all she does is complain about the gas price. Anyways... I am getting a 2005 Chrysler 300C with about 75k in miles.

Austin and I drive vehicles until they die. Well sometimes he buys vehicles that should be dead but that is a whole other story. My current little car a 99 Chrysler 300M with 182k is starting to have issues. 1. the only window that goes down is the drivers 2. the clock in the center of the dash has decided to stop working. 3. the heater settings light has gone on the fritz and I can no longer tell what the settings are for temp or fan or even where it is going to come out at. 4. the drivers seat no longer moves forward or backwards of its own accord. it is one of those things where you have to push the button and then push on it for all your worth. 5. the alarm just goes off without even being set. and the big one 6. the transmission has started to have problems on big hills by stalling or slipping.

Have I mentioned lately that I won the in-law prize. I know that we don't always get along but they really are the best. I just feel bad for Austin because he got shafted in that area.

Every Little Boy Needs...

an indoor play area!!

I just wish my son hadn't picked this one.

Mason kept himself occupied for over an hour playing in this plant. He made a little mess but cleaned it up himself. It was so cute watching him try to pick up all the little pieces of dirt.

Oh, I almost forgot...

we are also getting some new to us cars.
Austin has been looking for a 4x4 truck for awhile and Grandpa has found one. Since we are behind his sister in the monetary standings he is wanting to buy it for Austin. COOL. No money out of my pocket.
Austin's dad is also looking to trade up in vehicles. He is where we got our current 300M from. I have no clue what kind of car he is really looking into buying. I can't say that I really care. I just know that I am excited.
Now if only the house in Indiana would sell but that is a whole other post (I really hate the realtor). Well now that you know what I will be writing about tomorrow I need to go hang laundry on the line. That is if I can get over the panic attack the basement causes me. Last time I was shaking so bad that I dropped half the clothes while trying to get them hung up.
I know I'm rambling.
Oh, and the corn crib is so much closer to falling over. I'll post pictures of that tomorrow.
I know it is amazing I can sleep at night.

What noise oh wise one?

I was nice and let Austin drive my car to the airport and he comes home and says it is making a weird noise. I ask him to replicate this noise and he tells me, "I think it is the brakes." I ask again for him to explain the noise. He won't just gets mad and says it is the brakes. So $150 later I now have new front brakes. I saw the brakes they were not bad he just wanted to replace them.
He is the kind of customer that I hated when I worked in the office of the repair shop. He is the type that only wants you to repair what he says even if it is not the problem. The type that will then come in again because it is still making the noise and blame you for not fixing it to begin with. That is my husband and his infinite wisdom.
He changed the oil before he did the brakes and fixed the problem. Low power steering fluid. I surmised from this information that the noise was from him turning the wheel all the way to one direction or the other. Sometimes I would like to be able to just kick his butt.