The New Car Is Working Out

So after help from my dad, I got the down payment saved up and I made my first car payment. It felt good. Now only 35 more to go! :) Some day soon I will get more pics up here, but the weather has been so crappy. It is nice knowing that if I have to commute 45 minutes that I now have a car that is safe and has great gas milage. I put in no more than 30 bucks a week in gas. That is nice.

Work has been okay. Kinda slow somedays and busy on others. But I still have steady jobs and that is all that matters. They are teaching me the Rimlon jobs right now. I like learning something new.

Mikey is doing great. I love watching the development stages from 3 to 4. I mean they really do go from toddler to child in less than a year and it is amazing. I miss being more involved in school with him. But that is what I have to do cuz I work 9-6 and he is in school 8:30 to 11:30. I found that school has really helped him to open up. Mikey knows how to spell his name and was so stoked to hear him do it.

Phil's and I's trip to Hearst Castle was amazing. That place is so neat. I loved being able to go around someone's castle and see how they lived. I never really got to spend any time in that area before. A really nice and quite place. I really didn't want to leave. Just that whole weekend was perfect with him. With Phil everything seems too perfect all the time, I am just waiting for the ax to drop. I am amazed by how much I have fallen in love with him. Never felt quite like this before. I fell so vulnerable and weak. Something I don't like. LOL. But I quess thats love for ya.

This Mountain Mama Bought Herself Her First New/Used Car

As you all know, I have had the WORST car luck of anyone I know! It never began at my recent car. It started with the first car I ever bought. This 1986 Audi. There was so many problems, and a problem I choose to forget. Then the Ford LTD. Then I finally got a good car and it was a Honda, but if you know me, you know my ex crashed it while getting a DUI. And that is how I ended up with the Grand AM. It was free and my parents gave it to me. So I never really could complain until this last year is when I was having way tooooooo many problem with it.

So I knew after Phil helped me get my car out of the mud I was going to go to a dealer that weekend and just see what we can do. Well, I followed my instinct Saturday and had faith. I went to the place where I rented a car 2 weeks ago. I talk to the owner and I ended up choosing a 2007 Ford Focus. It is clean, has very low miles (44000) and has been maintained for the fact that it was a rental car.

That Sunday morning my Dad and I drove down there and he test drove it and we both decided that it just might be a good little car for me. Tomorrow morning I am meeting with the dealer to get the paper work taken care of. The dealer is gonna have it serviced once more before and then deliver it to me by Wednesday.

It may not be the Red Convertable Mini Cooper I want, but I look at it as a stepping stone. In a couple of years I can trade it in and get the Coop if I still want it.

Do I see the light at the end of the tunnel? Maybe...

Life Gave Me Lemons, But God Gave Me The Lemonade!

***Okay, first off I need to say sorry about any typos. I am usually writing these things with a toddler at my feet giving me lots of distractions. That is why I usually never get to proof read***

Now the Lemons:

We all know 3 weeks ago my gas was stolen out of my car. Then 2 weeks ago my car broke down. Well guess what it was this week!!! Wednesday morning my car got stuck in the mud at my boyfriends house.

So the night before he tells me, "You should move your car you might get stuck in the mud." Me being me and not wanting to bother, I didn't do it. Got up the next morning and I couldn't move my car. It had sunk all the way to the bumper. Not good at all. So I had to wake up Phil and have him give me a ride to work.

While at work, I was so stressed out. I mean Phil didn't need this. He has bad hands and he is sick AND he needed to finish doing a small remodel on his bathroom AAAANNNDDD he need to focus on something else he was doing. I knew that was the least of his wants that day. He met me for lunch and told me that he couldn't get it out. That his sister's truck got stuck while trying to pull out my car. And that his mom called a tow truck driver on her insurance cuz it was free.

Boy did I feel bad.

And boy did I finally see the light.

I need a new car. This was not only my problem it was everyone else's problem.

So my lemons: The gas situation, breaking down, and the mud.

The lemonade: The locking gas cap,my dad helping me get a rental, my sister's boyfriend fixing my car, my boyfriend being patient and being there when I need him.

Thank you everyone who has been helping my along the path of single motherhood!

My Car Took A Dump

So last Thursday morning I walked up to my car and noticed the gas door was open on my car. Thinking that I might have left it open cuz prior to that morning I had gotten gas. Well, I firgured out the hard way that my gas had been stolen.

Then yesterday, my car broke down. Started leaking coolant and now my sister's boyfriend is working on it.

My dad helped me to get a rental. But I have been asking my self A LOT, "When will this end?"