Car Buying 101

Have I ever mentioned I really dislike filling out credit applications? Sigh. Well, Johanna's car is pretty much gone. The wipers don't work correctly, the door locks are jammed, you can't open the one back door without it falling apart, the horn doesn't work, the suspension is awful, the brakes are screwed up, etc. etc. etc.... Need I go on?

We have been looking at cars for a week now. She found a Chevy Cobalt at the Ford Dealership (haha on that!). It's a 2008 model and in pretty good shape. We have been preapproved to cosign for her, just checking on better interest rates. We will probably go get the car on Monday. I will be happy to see her driving something safe. She has been driving my car back and forth to school again and I'm pretty sick of driving her car and her putting the miles on mine. I don't mind it, but it's time to do something different. She is home now and even if she moves back out (which is probably coming sooner than I want it to) she has to have something safe to drive.

Her and the boyfriend are talking again, so that may get all patched up. Who knows? She came home, with the kitten, and she is always welcome here. It's her home too. Maybe having her own car (that runs well) will make it easier for her to relax and take her time making a decision about things.

Everett and I are going to dinner with Bill and Diane tonight. We are going up to Springfield to a bar and grill called Darcy's Pint. They are supposed to have killer horseshoes. Now, I know a horseshoe is NOT on my diet, but I am probably going to have one. Or at least a ponyshoe.

I am doing quite well on my diet. I am losing about a pound a week and am very happy with that. I'm down to 195 and have lost 25 so far. I have 52 more to go! So about this time next year I should be at my goal weight. And I'm okay with that...really! I am walking quite a bit. I want to get that exercise bike soon, but not pushing it.

I cut some two and a half inch strips for the four patch blocks for the mystery quilt. I'm moving pretty slow on it, I know. But there's not a time limit, and I'm doing it for fun.