7 Days Makes One Weak!

Whew!  What a week.  I don't think I have ever had one week like this one that just passed.  In addition to celebrating Father's Day, we now have a plethora of Geminis in our family--two nieces, Cody, and I all celebrate June birthdays.  Mid-June also finds me winding down at work and getting ready for summer vacation.

We decided that we just couldn't make it as a one-car family.  As a result, we spent Friday a-week-ago looking at cars, test driving, talking with salesman, visiting different dealers, and reading and comparing and Internet searching dealer inventories.  Consumer Reports was a big help, especially in the side-by-side comparisons, of which there were many.  Ultimately, I decided upon the 2011 Ford Escape Hybrid.  I originally chose this car in Lime Squeeze Metallic; uh, there aren't any in this state or any of its neighbors.  Then, I decided on the Steel Blue model, of which there were three in the Metroplex, all at Westway Ford.  If you like slick-talking, tell-you-whatever-line-of-malarky-will-get-you-to-buy-a-car, see their Internet manager, Nick.  Then, in another gazillonth Internet search, I found a model with most of the bells and whistles, but it was only available

6/30/11 MPG's meet the window sticker!

in white; I've never owned a white vehicle.  I liked the dealership, the car salesman, and I loved the car.  It runs smoothly, and it gets 30 mpg.  It has been forever since I owned a car that had a gas mileage above 20 mpg.  This car talks to me, lets me actually plug in an 110V appliance inside the car, charges the battery when I hit the brakes, and has pretty inside lights at night, not to mention that it functions well, like a car.

This Friday found us looking at houses.  Completely unplanned and unexpected, but truly a gift that fell into our laps, well, actually our young next-door neighbor told me about it, but .5 mile from our current home, we were looking at our dreamhouse, which has a pool and sits on 2 acres. Contract signing day is on Thursday 30 June 2011, and then it's time to box everything up.

I can honestly the last seven days have truly been a whirlwind of a week, but what fun it has been planning everything out and driving a new car--ahhh, that smell is fantastic!

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