My new used car

So, one of my friends agreed to go car shopping with me. The day that she could go and assist kept changing. On Thursday, we agreed on Sat. 1-5. Friday morning, she IM's me and says Friday night! So during Friday, I cleaned up my car, got all my junk out, went to credit union and got pre-approved at a very good rate, washed it, vacuumed it and put water in the radiator. Driving it with the cracked gasket and damaged heating core had pushed it over the edge and there were little puddles under the car wherever it got parked!!
I got a 2006 Silver Ford Fusion, with 15,000 miles on it. (the picture is of the 2007, I think, and it's the tungsten silver, without a ton of extras) It's pretty cool and Consumer Reports liked it. They gave it all red circles. (which means above average) It still had the manufacturer warranty on it so no worries for 2 more years. It has a cd player and a key with buttons to unlock the doors for me! It was a bit more than I wanted to spend, but I really liked it, and well, my car wasn't going to last much longer at all!! They gave me a trade in value of $700 and that was probably more than the car was worth! They asked if they could test drive it and they didn't even leave the lot, just parked it in a different spot and looked at the puddle in the old spot. I went out to double check that I had cleaned it all out of my stuff and saw drips on the pavement where it drove!! Very bad. The $700 was also a huge improvement over what I got for the last car that died on me, $50 salvage! I tend to drive a car until it completely dies. I gave up the Taurus just before it died!
Getting the Fusion before the Taurus was completely worthless is God's doing and I thank Him for keeping the Taurus drivable til I could trade it in, and for setting it up so we looked Friday night instead of Sat. Now, I just have to keep all my expenses to a minimum for the next few months til I get my pay increase in April!
God bless.

A month of changes

Well, techincally, the changes don't really happen til next month. But, once one of our felony deputy's gave his 4 week notice, we all knew they were coming. After 2 weeks of endless speculation by just about everyone in our office, and by the defense attorneys, I know the moves that will be happening. Because I would like to prosecute felonies, I was interested in the open spot. I had my bible study group pray that I would be considered and that I would be placed in a position in my office that God wanted me to be in, and that I would accept the decision my office made, as being used by God to have me right where he needed me! I am not the one going to felonies, although I was considered. And that consideration made me content. I am going to do a little switch. I currently prosecute juveniles, two days a week in court, when the public defender is there. I will be going to the conflict defense atty calendar, a different 2 days in court. It's a slightly harder calendar. You deal with more than one atty and if there is a case with three defendants, two of them end up on the conflict court days, so it's a bit of a heavier calendar. And I will be training the new person that will be doing the public defender days. And I am ok with all of that.

I am, however, not ok with the news I just received. My car is toast. I had a problem with the heater core, which I was willing to pay the 500 to fix, but it also has head gaskets that are leaking, which means over 1,000 to fix, plus the 500. I had intended to get a new (well new used) car next spring (2008) but now I can't wait. I need it now. I am not putting 1500 into a ford that had 108,000 on it. (I got the phone call while I was typing this)
Sigh

God bless.

Back from Christmas vacation

I am back to work, actually, I was sort of back to work yesterday. I say it that way because I went to bed at 3:30 am in the wee hours of Tuesday, (nice flight delays and then thick fog on the drive home) and had to get up at 7 am to go to work. But, Bush made it a day of mourning so, fed and state offices were closed. Court was still open, all those defendants had been ordered to appear on the 2nd so we had to function. If you didn't have any court cases, you didn't have to work. Luckily for me, I only had a morning calendar, so I went home after lunch and slept!! I got up, ate, went to Bible study (on 1st John) and then went home and back to bed. I am feeling much better today.

Updates: 1) my friend and her husband have reconcilled!! Before Christmas too. I am very relieved about that.
2) my nephew Noe James was born on Dec. 21st and is doing great. (there is a line over the e in Noe)
3) I can now leave messages on other people's blogs again, however.....I used to get an email when someone left a message on my blog, and now I don't!! Sigh.
4) 108 days til Peru!!!

I am glad that my friends marriage has survived. But my bro is now having problems. Not with the marriage, but with other people who seem to not like him and his wife being happy! His wife was married before and her ex (who is currently in prison) gets out in 3 months and has sent a threatening letter to my bro. Also, her family seems to want to cause problems for my bro, which will cause problems for her. Which is very hard to understand. My bro is happy, and I hope the outside forces won't ruin that.

Over Christmas, I spent a lot of time teaching my parents about computers and basic concepts of the internet. Like email and playing games. Boy was that a challenge. Neither one of them has any clue about computers and well, tempers flared frequently, mine and theirs!! I am NOT a good teacher. I get too impatient. I need to work on that, I guess.

God bless.