Monday, October 24, 2011

Our New Car

We bought ourselves a new car!

We've been needing something to drive for the winter time. Chris is driving 20 minutes to work each morning and evening. I'm driving 35-40 minutes to work each morning and evening. He has to be at work at 6, I don't have to be at work until 8. It isn't practical for me to sit in the truck every morning for 2 hours in his work parking lot and then for him to sit and wait 2 hours for me to get off.

We traded in Christopher's 2008 Suzuki Boulevard for a 2011 Chevy Aveo. It's a beautifully simple car with great gas mileage and we got an AWESOME deal on it.










Next on the agenda: APARTMENT HUNTING!!! We're going to look at one today!!!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Pet Peeves

It seems as if all of my biggest pet peeves have been highlighted these past couple of weeks...and maybe I'm just extra moody, but maybe not.

1. Correcting me (or Chris) on a public forum...ie facebook. If someone puts up a status about something like that they are working and they are tired...don't write something like, "Well, just thank the Lord you have a job, many people are without jobs." Just because we're tired doesn't mean we aren't praising the Lord for our jobs! We're just at work and we're tired! What's so wrong with that? What if we were at home and tired, would you say to us, "Just thank God you have a home!" Seriously? We ARE grateful for our jobs (and the home we live in)...we're just tired!
2. Telling me the way that I feel is wrong. I can feel however I want to feel. Feelings are like opinions...they really can't be wrong.
3. If you ask for my advice, I'm going to do my best to give you sound advice. If you aren't going to take it, that's fine, but seriously, don't dispute or come up with an excuse for everything I say. If you don't like my advice, don't ask for it!
4. People giving advice I didn't ask for. I didn't ask what you thought, so don't tell me.
5. People who don't care, and those who don't try to care. It's just annoying.
6. Not replacing the toilet paper roll when you empty the roll. It happens all the time...at work, at home, at school, at church. It just seems a little lazy and disrespectful. If you finish a roll, replace the roll.
7. Wet socks. I hate it when I put on a pair of socks and then step into a puddle of water. Grr.
8. Grown men and women who are more than capable of getting a job whose parents pay for everything for them. Get up and get a job! I've held a job since I was 14, that was 10 years ago. I think you can handle it.
9. People who are constantly complaining about their situation. Fix it! If it can't be fixed, find something else!
10. Extra lazy people--would it kill you to take a couple of steps to get what you need/want?