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Blog EntryJul 4, '09 9:02 PM
for everyone

I suddenly realized that I haven’t been active on the net again.  I had been having a wonderful time at Twitter, and all of the little “weblets” that are associated with it!  (grin)

Then I was overwhelmed  by the lurkers that add you to their friends list there.  Twitter was making some changes again, and I wasn’t able to delete the “unwanted” the way I could before.  So that turned me off that site.

Couldn’t think of anything to blog about, so that finished a few more sites.

Got CFS brain fog and slept for what seemed like days.  Woke up, only to find that DS’s car would cost $2,000.00 to repair.  This on a 2001 Ford Mustang, that was his first car.  Erhemm… it wasn’t as bad as it could have been, but youthful inexperience did kind of take a toll on it.  The mileage was up to 96,000 plus.  Soo, we decided that a new more energy efficient car might be a better choice.

He went out with a friend of his on day one, and almost bought a Kia.  Gulp, guess they don’t have a very good reputation.  At least, the other dealers kept telling us how bad the Kia was!?  Hmm, who knows…

We then went out to several dealers checking what they had available in the size he was looking for.  Couldn’t convince him to buy a small car with great mileage.  Ah well, he’s buying it with $$ his dad put in a trust fund for him.  He’ll find out how quickly $$ disappear, once one starts spending them… (sigh)!

After looking in at every Honda, Toyota, Nissan, even a Ford, etc dealership in the area, we finally ended up with a Toyota Rav4 he chose the blue one.  Too big for my liking and too low on gas mileage, but DS loves it!  So that’s good.  I hope that he and the vehicle will have many happy and healthy years together!  :)

~*~*~*~*~

Then I remembered that I’d signed up for an online course about Finance, back in May.  Had dropped said project for my excursion into the Twitter and Blogging world.  Ooops, it was time to get back on *that* track also.

So that’s what I’ve been doing the last week or so.  Catching up on the course, running back and forth to the Registry of Motor vehicles, contacting our insurance agent, and doing food shopping in between.  And sleeping!  Doing lots and lots of sleeping; I keep hoping one of these days, it will be enough sleep for my old bod, and I’ll kick the CFS.  Yeah, right, “I doubt it”!

I have until the 10th to finish the course.  So far I’ve had good luck with my brain power returning, after I sleep for a while.  Only two more chapters and the final; to go.

DS has gone to visit his Girl friend over the Holiday.  All is quiet here, except for the fur kids, sometimes making requests!  (lol)

Well, ttyl!  Hope that all are having a nice weekend, and/or a nice 4th of July!

hugs,

~Raenie

 

History of the Rav4 ~ how about that, didn't know there was one.  Looked it up after Crozzie's comment!  (lol)


coyotedreams wrote on Jul 4, '09
wow. You've been busy! Happy 4th to you!
winandh wrote on Jul 4, '09
wishing you a happy 4th, as well. Oh well, (some) kids won't listen to wisdom and the benefits of low mileage cars ;-) Wishing you well with your course(s) and happy finals. sunshine, Winand
virtualted wrote on Jul 5, '09
Wow, quite busy Reanie!

It sounds like a neat car/SUV. They sure do suck up the money though.

Happy Fourth of July!
sylvie1 wrote on Jul 5, '09
hope you enjoyed the 4th ... sounds like you have been busy ... I don't like twitter, I don't see what the heck the big deal is about that place. I tried it, found it overwhelming and confusing, deleted my account. A lot of these places are trying so hard to be #1, it is too much trouble to use their sites. I usully get lost. Hahaha ... but then, I used to get lost in my own neighborhood ... sigh ... the kids had to help me find the way home. Pitiful, huh?!
crozzy wrote on Jul 5, '09
Hope he enjoys his new toy. There was a time I thought about getting one but that was waaay back. Probably the Rav 0.5 in those days.
raenie1 wrote on Jul 5, '09
winandh said
Oh well, (some) kids won't listen to wisdom
Yep, you got that one right Winand. He and his father always argued about everything, so he must carry on the tradition, I guess.

I don't bother arguing back. Figure life/experience will "smack him in the back of the head" the way it does all of us anyway, no need for me to do it ... (lol)
raenie1 wrote on Jul 5, '09
It sounds like a neat car/SUV. They sure do suck up the money though.
It's exactly the type of car for his age group. Roomy to carry lots of stuff, and flashy looking enough to make him feel great about it. ;)

It costs too much though, and I was rather hoping for something that would get 30 or so miles to the gallon.

His girlfriend lives a two hour drive away too, so he really could have used that extra gas.
raenie1 wrote on Jul 5, '09
sylvie1 said
I don't like twitter, I don't see what the heck the big deal is about that place.
Sylvie, I was very enthusiastic about Twitter in the beginning, but the novelty has worn off.

It takes me too long to go through all of the messages to find individual ones. And it's difficult to find other peoples answers.

I think it's great for reading news sites though.

For the 4th, I watched the Boston Pops Concert and Fire Works, on the Esplanade:

http://www.july4th.org/

and remembered the time, back in the 1970's when my first husband and I went there.

These days it's so crowded that folks have to get there early in the morning and camp out all day, before the festivities start.

This way I relaxed at home, kept reassuring the dog, that "No those (fireworks outside) noises, are *not* going to come and hurt us!" And recorded the good parts of the show to DVD! :)
raenie1 wrote on Jul 5, '09
crozzy said
Hope he enjoys his new toy. There was a time I thought about getting one but that was waaay back. Probably the Rav 0.5 in those days.
Crozzy, you are a silly one! (lol)

Actually after DS bought the vehicle, I remembered that it was one that I had dreamed about owning back when DS was around 3 or 4 years old. One of the women in my exercise group at the local gym owned one.

Never got one cause it was too expensive (imho) though. But it was always called a "RAV4" (lol, lol). The vehicle was just a *lot* smaller back then, and looked similar to a "Jeep".
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