Month: May 2007

After looking at different vans and dealing with car salesmen Sunday and Monday (and getting a little fed up with the whole process), JoAnn looked online and we went to Puyallup to look at a van after work. Turned out that the van had already been sold, but this dealership was part of a group,…

And here I thought the stereotypical used car salesmen tactics might be a thing of the past. Call it naiveté, but we’ve dealt with Saturns and a particular salesman for so long that we were not accustomed to how the rest do it. But boy did we find out. All the old tricks: high initial…

Our preferred dealer didn’t have what we were looking for, but as a broker was able to find one nearby, but couldn’t get it here yesterday. So…looking at other dealerships, and have some we are looking at this afternoon. Then probably go back to the original dealership, look at that one, and try to make…

With the refi all done, payoff checks in hand, and the remainder of the cash in the checking account (to pay off my Vue), today is the day that we are going to look–and hopefully buy–the minivan. So far, in the running are (used–too expensive new) the Chrysler Town & Country, Honda Odyssey (if we…

Both bottom teeth are through now–still looks odd on a not-yet 3 month old.

One tooth through, another almost. Have to say it is odd to see on a less-than 3 month old. Then again, he’s looking more like 6 months (size-wise) lately!

So not only has Josh made up for the weight lost during the hospital stay, but now, at 2 months and 3 weeks, he’s decided that his bottom teeth are going to come out. Needless to say, he’s not always been his happy little self. 😉

So I finally got Sybil out to the Steilacoom Off-Leash Dog Park this morning…for exercise, to see how she liked it, and to hopefully get her trained better for long car rides (like Cannon Beach at the end of summer). She did awesome. No issues of getting sick in the car (although she didn’t eat…

Mika was at a sleepover birthday party last night, so I took Sammy to see Spiderman 3 with some free promotional tickets we got….plus he’s been talking about it since last summer. I was amazed at the spiritual messages in the movie. Without giving too much away, there are 3 main themes that run throughout…

JoAnn is leaving on her retreat today, so will be just Mika, Sammy, and me this weekend. And tonight will be a little busy–directly after work, I have to run out to Spanaway to pick up the kids, then run Mika to a sleepover party in Puyallup, then have to turn around and get to…