We are hopeless romantic types and give practical gifts like a rototiller, lawnmower, weed wacker, washing machine and dryer and other assorted practical goodness.
This year the present was a tank of propane. Verily, you are sliding out of your seat from excitement, I can see. This isn’t the small tank that you bbq with, it is the big ass one next to the house that is the size of a mini-submarine. Last night I gave my husband a potential winning Mega Millions Lottery ticket no card. as the drawing is tonight and really, this could be our turn at Big Money!
So, Mr. Ujest left me flowers and a nice card this morning with some gooey sentiments written neatly inside of which I asked him if the 7-11 girl wrote it for me and he replied, " My other wife did. She feels your pain."
and I was happy. A friend promised to take the kids tonight to wrestling practice so we could go eat out at a Coney. We are veritable big spenders, no?
He just called and as he was near work, our 2001 Focus (130K on it.) crapped out on him. Conked out on the road. In all the vehicles we’ve owned, this has never happened. We/He takes anal retentive care of the transports. His boss will probably loan him the company truck. Otherwise, his option would be to drive our farm tractor (15 mph x 30 miles= leave at midnight to get there by 10am) or me shuttling him and dealing with my kiddie-carpool shuttling as well. And I have to work at my craptacular job tomorrow.
We’ve just paid off all credit cards and were very nearly squared away. Clear sailing looked to be ahead for the SS Pandamonium.
Excuse me while I just go :AIGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Happy Anniversary! And a smack to the car for at least not waiting a day to crap out. Like there ever is a good time for these things. Well, at least wait to decide to repair/replace after you win the lottery tonight - it might affect your choice. Ya think?
I am thinking that we should be good as gold to win the lottery tonight.
The problem is is that my husband treats cars like Terry Schiavo. He sees no reason to get rid of them despite mounting contrary evidence. “Well, the left front wheel is still turning and the radio works…”
I’m more along the lines of ‘Let’s pull the plug and go out and get us a new car’, except we really can’t afford a new-new one and the thought of doing the search for a quality used car makes my brain bleed.
Never completely pay off your credit cards. It’s a sure sign that you’re going to have car issues, vet bills, surprise orthodotic needs or a baby on the way.
Happy Anniversary! May your car repairs be small and your lottery win large.
Yanno, the credit card payoff chancing the Fates thing I had completely forgotten.
The last time we were debt free ( for about 1 month back in late 1997) we paid off everything and then the transmission on our Concord crapped out (at 71K, due to a mouse infestation.) and we had to rebuild.
Indeed! And new cars are overrated - I can guarandamntee you that the month after you make the last payment, it’ll end up in the shop and the bill will be at least the amount of the last payment, if not more.
Damn, why didn’t anyone tell me about not paying off the credit cards? 2 weeks after we paid ours off I hit a light pole with my car and we discovered we owed about $4k in taxes!
Not only do Credit Cards control the mechical world that you drive in, they also provide a protective force field around you and yours. The bank wants you to keep paying and paying. A Dead Customer means No More Late Fees and that would be Bad.
Your punishment for paying off your credit card was to be hit by a lightpole.
Yeah, you don’t want to get completely out of debt or feel like your life is finally going JUST RIGHT because the Fates can sense that kind of thing. When we consolidated our debts with a mortgage re-finance, we left a couple of grand on my line of credit; I’ll just say it was for this reason, and that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
