Thursday, March 25, 2010

Rain, Rain, Go Away

Todd LOVES the rain! He claims he would be happy living in a place like Seattle but I would beg to differ. I would have difficulties there....and if mom isn't happy - no one is happy!


Unfortunately, Todd's car did not love the rain. I say "did" because his car is no more...
One fateful rainy week in January, Todd pulled a 180 through a puddle of standing water on the freeway. The result seemed a small thing, so the first week of February we took it to the shop for a little repair work expecting the inconvenience of sharing a car for about a week. A month and a half later, we are finally back to being a 2-car family. Sadly the insurance company opted to total our happy little civic. I know, it was a bit old (2002) and it had close to 150k miles on it...but it had at least another 5-7 years left and we were going to milk it for all it was worth. Apparently that wasn't much so we were forced to spend the last month hunting for the perfect deal...or should I say, "the cheapest deal". Not wanting to add to our total "debt worth" we needed a replacement, something to get him from point A to point B. That car just happened to be a 2002 Mazda Protege with a price tag to make this family beam with pride.

Now we can better focus on our newest responsibilities...right Bishop Nelson?!!

6 comments:

Emily said...

He is going to be an awesome Bishop!!! Sucks about the car...when my civic was hit they totaled it too!!!

Sheryl said...

So excited for Todd...my sister and her family think it is great!! Happy you are back to a 2 car family!

melissa gargalis said...

WOW!! You are too young to be the Bishop's wife...tell Todd good luck and good luck to you to while Todd is gone so much. Congrats, I'm sure your family will be blessed abundantly for all the time and service that will come with this calling.

Greek Goddess said...

Congrats about the calling. I've been wanting to talk to you about that. But things have been crazy around here. Hope it's going well.

Kasaundra said...

I'm glad the car craziness ended up well! Good luck with being the new "Bishop's wife"! You'll be great!

JaNae said...

Totally AWESOME!!!!! Couldn't think of a better calling for a GREAT couple. Love you guys!