We been talking about trading in our 2003 heavy duty chevy diesal truck on something a bit smaller and hopefully more economical. Also we really don't need all that horsepower any longer for towing. So we swapped our 2003 truck for a new chevy crew cab 4x4 with a 4.8L v8. Except for the truck bed, which is only 5.5' long, we have more interior room and a smaller engine with better gas mileage, and gas is a little cheaper than diesel. This will also be better transportation if Kristy and the girls come up for a Christmas visit. Chuck and I will drive to Florida to bring them up here and take them back when the girls have their Christmas school vacation. We were able to get this truck for the same monthly payment that we had on the old 2003 diesel and when we transfer the loan back over to Navy Federal Credit Union, they will lower the interest 2 whole percentage points which will mean that our monthly payment will be considerably lower. Back in 2004 we bought a new chevy truck with GMAC just to get the $1,000 extra rebate, then transfered the loan to NFCU before we even made one payment. Then NFCU gave us $200 for transfering our loan to them.
We had started putting money into the 2003 truck and had just spent $415 on front end and brakes plus something else in the front end was going wrong. So we are glad not to have the expense anymore until the warranty is off on this one. Of course the resale or trade in is much better on diesel trucks than gas trucks. I guess we are always going to have a car payment!
We finally got the water balanced in the hot tub after having to put about 6 different chemicals in it. When we go to Cookville at the beginning of every month we will bring in a water sample for testing. It shouldn't get to bad as the cover is on all t he time unlike a pool and the maintenance and cleaner will be much easier than a pool. We had a pool for about 15 years and it just got to be to much work for us.
All the cats are well now so its time to take the 2 kittens in to be spade and get their rabies shots. I will have to call around and see who has funding to do the surgery for free.
Last week was our week to run around I am ready to just stay home and rest and read a good book or sew. I made some burp pads for the baby and will have to mail our a package this week. I also found 2 little pair of jeans for the baby in 12 month size. Kristy will be surprised. She got one of the packages I sent on Wed. with the receiving blankets and outfits but not the one with the 2 baby afgans and outfits. The girls are getting excited about a new sister now watch it be a boy! Sonograms have been known to be wrong!
Well its time to catch up on my housework can't put it off any longer. Cooler weather will be here on Thursday with a high of 74 degrees. Today feels a bit warm.
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