
Well it’s been awhile since I talked to any of you. I hope everyone is have a great life and also healthy. We finally got over the creeping crud. That was terrible, I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy. Hubby got laid off last week. Had to stop and think it seems like forever ago. Needless to say there goes the new car fund. Did I tell you about my recent car purchase?
My daughter threw a fit, I needed a car, I needed a car! (If you remember hubby totalled my Explorer, which he hated to start with). Anyway, I live in Ky and had been talking to several dealers around here and I was approved for another Explorer. Well out of the clear blue, here comes daughter and she has been talking to this man all the way up in St. Louis about a wonderful car. It was a car that was owned by one of the big companies up there and it was perfect. Yeah, right! We had to go right now, someone else was going to buy it. Yeah, right! Anyway we drove for almost 3 hours to this car lot. I was still wondering why we couldn’t buy a car back in KY. Her answer was, “all those dealers there try to screw you!” Okay! We got to the car lot and come to find out the car was a Ford Escort. I drove it, she drove it. Brother did she put the pressure on. I told my hubby, I ought to had come right out and said “NO.” But considering how far we drove and the car did drive good “at the time.” So we signed all the papers and off we went. The car made it back to KY fine. It ran like a gem for several months. Well winter was coming on and I decided to have the radiator flushed and the oil changed (this was about the 4th oil change, I don’t drive and drive a car without proper maintenance done on it). Well the old radiator flush did the car in. About three days later, the car started leaking water like a faucet and running hot, hot, hot. I took it to my cousin’s garage and come to find out, the car had been doctored with Liquid Glass and the transmission was also doctored with sawdust. In other words, I had been screwed. When I found this out, I stopped making payments on the car (this was last March). Well the salesman that sold me the car got fired. There was a new guy that took over all his accounts. The old boy called me and tried to sound like he was in authority and intimidating (he didn’t know me at the time). First of all, he started talking to me and then he wanted to know what the owner thought and he needed to talk to the owner anyway. I told the dumbass, I was the owner. He asked me what we planned on doing about the car. I told him since the car lot sold me a doctored car, I think he needs to send me money for another motor (Yeah, in my wildest dreams). He said the car wasn’t worth coming all the way down here to get it. Then I told him just to release the title and I will be happy and that would also take care of his problem. The minute I found out what had been done to the car was the minute I quit paying on it. I been in the repair business of cars and what they done to that car to sell it was about as low as you can go. So I went to the bank and opened up a savings account with the money that was supposed to go for the payment. That was my car fund money. So I guess with hubby being laid off, that will turn into my survival money till we get an unemployment check. I think the thing that really gripes my rump is that he seems not to care if we come up with another car or not. I want a nice car or SUV to travel in. He keeps hollering he is going to retire. He came through the other day murmuring about retirement. I asked him what he said, he said he has it figured out, he can draw two years unemployment and then he will be ready to retire. I don’t honestly believe I can put up with him when he retires. My daughter and I talk about it and she keeps telling me he has changed because of that bad wreck he had. I told her I know one thing that is going to change, she is going to have someone living in that summer cottage they got up there in the middle of Fall. I know when we first got married having him home was fun and I loved it. But now, things have changed. There is a lot of water under the bridge.
I am sorry I didn’t mean to rain on your parade today. He decides to go on unemployment for 2 years and then retire, I am starting a section called “The Reasons I Have Not Murdered Him Today.” The only thing, it will be a very short list. Have a great one!
Blessings to you and yours!
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