New House, New Car

I have been so busy packing, moving, meeting with workers and installers and more!  On top of getting a new house it was about time for my car lease to be up.  I went with a much more practical, affordable, choice this time.  I absolutely loved my Mercedes Slk but she was just to expensive and high matinees!  My new car is a 2011 Jetta SE.  I like her a lot too, but the one thing I don't love is the arm rest.  I know that seams funny but the 2010's and older have an adjustable one and the 2011's don't.  The 2011 one just doesn't fit me right.  I debated on going with a used on just for the arm rest...  They were practical the same price.  Really,  the 2011 models are $1700 less the a brand new 2010 one.  That surprised me! More pictures and stuff about the New House coming soon!

1,000 hours

So I was driving my car and noticed it had 1,000 hours on it!!!  I can't beleive I have driven that much.  My car only has 27,000 miles on it and I have had it for just under 3 years.  I was really surprised that i have spent 1,000 hours of my life driving and that's just in a few years!  I don't even have a long comunte.  It just made me think about how much time I have spent in my cars total!  Think about all the cars you've driven and how many miles were on them and how many hours that adds up to... WOW...

My lease is almost up and I have to start looking for another car again.  I have know idea what I am going to get this time... first I wanted the volvo c70, but now with the new house I'm not so sure I want that much of a payment... It is already about 10,000 less then my car now, but I'm wondering how much I want to spend and how I could be saving that extra money for more important things.  This leaves me wondering how cheap of a car I can go....

busy busy busy

     Where to start???? It must be in the air... First Joshua and Rebecca, then Nathanael and Mary-Anne now  John and I too are moving...  We put an offer in on another house (right by mom and dad's)...and they excepted.  If everything goes right on schedule we should get the keys next week!  Buying a house is very exciting as well as stressful!  John has been so bust studying for the CPA that I get to do all the packing by myself! Wow 10 years of stuff sure piles up!  I have almost all of the inside sorted out and now started on the garage...As for John all that studying is paying off, he is 2 for2  so far on passing and is half done.  Next test April 11th.  Also I wanted to post about his Birthday. John turned 37 on the 12th of March.  We went out to dinner on the 11th with 12 other people and then to the Thunderbirds, Hockey game at Kent Station.  Then on the 12th we went to dinner again with about 12 other friends for our friend Cory's birthday too!  Finally to finish off the weekend Sunday our parents over for Pizza and Ice cream Sundays.

     Finally a BIG thanks to Layne and Malach for coming over to help box up my "mini shoes" collection!  I'm not sure they knew what they were getting into when they started.  We spent hours wrapping hundreds of shoes back in there original boxes!  I think I have them in 6 big boxes now.  and Yes I had every one, although when it came down to the end I had 1 box and 1 shoe but they weren't quite a match, oh well probably do to my bad eye sight that really showed up that night!

the weekend

Ok I'm trying to blog more as long as I don't have to do many pictures!!!  John and I went to the ocean this weekend.  We left Friday night after work and stayed at the Quinalut in Ocean Shores.  It was nice.  We had the surf n turf buffet.  They had a hpynotist show going on.  We really didn't do much.  In the morning we took a short drive to the ocean.  It was so cold!  This is the first time I can remember seeing snow on the sand! yes it was that cold and windy too!  We walked around about five mins. then got in the car and drove home.  We stopped at the pet store, just to look. Then a movie.  Then grocerie shopping and home.  Then about an hour later off to a Birthday party! 

Sunday we played volleyball.  We went 3&3.  That's about how we usally do.  Then I went home to get ready for a little Oscar party!  I made Chinese food and had about a dozen people over.  We had to turn our voting ballets in early and I won! 17/23...not to bad.  All and all a busy and fun weekend!

nothing to write about...

    John and I really don't have much going on but I feel bad reading, and enjoying, everyone else's blogs and not sharing too!  We don't have much going on other then watching John study!  We havn't been doing much because he is studying for the C.P.A. exam...it is crazy hard and takes 6 months of studying and 4 tests each about six weeks apart.  John studys about 50 hours a week on top of working.  He does take about 1-2 vacation days a month from work to study too!  I just hope he still has some left for fun after he passes.  Oh ya and only 22% of people pass the first time around.  He just took test two this morning...he dosen't even know if he passed round one yet.
     As for me I have just been working alot and doing a few things around the house.  I want to paint my bathroom soon.  I think that might be my next project.  Also I am starting to look for my next car.  I leased this one and I only have a few months left.  Right now I am looking at the volvo c70...I love having a convertable but I want a smaller payment so I can save more and work less!  I might by mine or get a used car, I don't know yet...Also I have been going to weight watchers again...I'm always tring to lose weight...I've been on it for about a month and doing pretty good at trying hard.  I have some extra incentive remembering my 20yr class reunion is this summer!  As for entertainment I got the new Verizion Iphone and am having fun figuring it out! 
     Tomorrow we are going to the ocean for the night.  John gets to take a few days off of studing between test.  We are both looking forward to it!  The Dogs are all good and so is John.  He had another 4 month cancer check-up the other day and is all good :)