Family Car Vs. Fun Car Part 1

So we are officially shopping for a new car as of Saturday afternoon. We are giving our car to some family friends and so the pressure is now on to find another car so Luke can get to work.

Honestly I could probably give him my car and bum rides to work or bike because work is less then 2 miles away. As I was walking this morning with Jennifer I realized just how blessed we are to have two cars. Jennifer was telling me when her and Don were first married they shared one car. I believe this is what my parents did as well while my mom was still in school. Get this when my Nanny and Papaw were first expecting my Aunt Terry they did not even own a car and they  did not have a phone. So when my Nanny went into labor they had to go and borrow a phone to call for a ride. Can you even imagine?


Anyhow Saturday afternoon we went out to start our search for a new car. If you know my husband anytime we are shopping for anything over $100.00 his anxiety level rises to new levels. The funny thing is this may be the first time that he was actually excited about shopping. He may have had a warped idea of how much cars cost but excited nonetheless. As we pulled into O'Brien the big debate began. 

Family Car Vs. Fun Car

You would tend to have thought that my hubby would have been on the practical side airing towards the family car option but if you guessed that you guessed wrong. Yep my husband who when we were putting our first offer on a house on Springfield (which we did not get) was laying on the ground in the realtor office trying to not hyperventilate over buying something that cost over a hundred thousand dollars. Wish I could have caught that moment on tape it would have been a keeper for sure.

Luke has been eyeing this little beauty for some time in OBriens car lot. Here are the stats:  USED2011 BMW 3 Series Automatic in Black on Black 24,000 miles (Sticker Price:$37,995.00)

I am not going to lie to you I would not be opposed to bopping around town in this little number but the back seat is pretty small and we do not need this new or this expensive of a car that is really just for fun.

The next option was the family car. Stats: USED 2010 Toyota Highlander fully loaded black with tan leather 26,000 miles (Sticker Price: $37,995.00)

This car really is a great car it can seat up to 8 people so we can start popping out the kids or have twins and be fine. However when we went over to look at the new ones you could basically get the same thing for just a few thousand dollars more. The problem was this would put us around $44,000.00 once tax, title and license fees were done. 

We left really wanting both things but feeling like the FUN car was not practical and the FAMILY car was just a lot of money to spend on something that only lasts 5-10 years. 

After Saturday the stats were Family Car 0 - Fun Car 0

Thursday Latlies: Recorded Yesterday

100th POST

I needed something super exciting to post about for my 100th post. I thought long and hard and kept hoping something really extraordinary would happen to me. You know like win a million dollars so I could rent a private jet to fly me and all my friends to Hawaii for two weeks. Or be able to wake up and have a maid come clean my house and do the 100  loads of laundry that need done. Learn how to speak another language or even to be able to just have a photogenic memory kind of like the gal in Unforgettable.  How about be able to have hair like Carrie Underwood. I am not even wishing to sing as good as her the hair would be totally fine. 

None of those things seemed to happen just yet so here is what I got for you.

Almost just as great, two of my favorite things! Happy 100th post from Bent & I.

372

For the last month or so I was preparing myself to pay attention to when I had my 1 year blogaversary. Well I sort missed that by 7 days. It has been 372 days since I wrote my first post about "Tiger" buried in my back yard. After heehawing around for a year trying to decide how I was going to landscape in around and above the tombs of these dogs. I finally decided that I would leave them be and bury them for good. As of last week my new stamped concrete patio is all finished and it looks pretty awesome. 

Crazy how when you are looking back over the last year it seems to have been so long ago yet feel like it went so fast after the fact. Trust me there were a lot of moments this last year that seemed to just inch along. I am glad to say that I made it through a pretty tough year. l am thankful for everything that God has blessed me with. I am thankful my parents are still here after their almost fatal accident. I am thankful for my hubby, family and friends. And even though I hate it I am thankful for the hard times as well. 

Here's to another 372 days :)

Tuesday's Tips: LOSE IT

Problem: 5 Extra Uncomfortable Pounds

Solution: The Lose It App for IPhone

This little ap is actually super handy and can go anywhere you go. Basically you start off by entering your current weight and then your goal weight and if you would like to lose .5, 1, 1.5 or 2 pounds a week and it will calculate your total calorie intake. You then enter all your meals, snacks and don't forget those beverages. You can also enter any and all exercises you do including housework and it adds to your calories for the day. It is a great little ap and I am down almost 4 of my 5 extra very uncomfortable pounds. 

Emotions from a hormonal INFERTILE girl

Do you ever have those days that you feel like the world is just squeezing in on you? Nothing seems right, your emotions are all over the place and there is not a sympathetic bone in your body for anyone else. I am so tired of feeling this way month after month.

Have you ever seen the movie Knocked Up? It is about a man and women who meet at a bar and have a one night stand and get pregnant. Not the most wholesome movie ever but there is a really funny part in the movie(aside from a bad word) when the dad to be starts yelling at his baby mama and says " (Insert F word) you hormones, not you just the hormones". He is basically telling his baby mama she has gone crazy b/c of her crazy hormones. Well that is how I feel except my hormones are not being caused by a greater good, they are just being produced from my wacked out hormonal INFERTILE body.

Yep I have officially been put into the class of people who get to say they have infertility. Lovely isn't it? Infertility sucks big time which in turns just makes me think that life sucks. What really sucks is no one even really asks me how I am any more.  Okay that part was a little dramatic  not true there are a few people like my mom and a few others who have experienced infertility that ask me. I realize it is probably hard for everyone else to ask me about it b/c they cannot relate. People who have not experienced infertility are quick to either dismiss my feelings, tell me  to relax, tell me of someone else who has gone through the same thing or worse(yeah that makes me feel better… NOT), tell me to exercise, have sex in this or that position, advise me on certain foods to eat and the list goes on. I realize that this post is kind of brutal but this is what is real people. Ask anyone who has gone through infertility.

My husband had a really rough childhood. He tells me sometimes that he is always looking for the next big disaster to hit. Sometimes I get so mad at myself for feeling sorry for myself but then I think about how unfair it is that I get to be just another person in Luke's life that gets to let him down. I know he does not look at it that way but I sure feel like the failure. He is the one who has to deal with my meltdowns each and every month. Even if I do not deserve everything to be easy in my life doesn't he deserve just one thing to be easy?

In realty I know it is not this bad all the time  just today and tomorrow is a new day.

Shower Time

I got the pleasure of throwing my best friend Laura a baby shower last Saturday. My mom and I had a lot of fun planning it and making all of the decorations. I also enjoyed using my brand new camera to take pictures of everything set up before everyone came. 

Details:

• Colors: Orange & Turquoise
• Theme: Pinwheels & Elephants

Jones Soda : We removed the original labels, goo gone the sticky off and then put our own Ellery Wynn label on these bottles. One of my favorite things about this is the old fashioned Coca Cola wooden box that my nanny gave me. 

Candy Game, presents & awesome Ellery sign made from my cri-cut machine.

Funfetti cupcakes with homemade icing and the cute little elephant hole is compliments of Martha Stewart.

View of the left side of the room. We made  pinwheels to put in mason jars with sand to hold them in place. 

Elephant Prayer Tree: We took a fallen branch from outside and spray painted it orange. 

Our favor was a little silver time that we put orange and turquoise jelly bellies in with a little elephant on top. We also made mini pinwheels to go around the napkins.

It was a great day and everything turned out great. As fun as it was I am glad to have a little break. Party planning is quite a full time event :)