He had a 6 pack of them, but forgot he ran out after giving one to alla girls flirting with him last week.
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He had a 6 pack of them, but forgot he ran out after giving one to alla girls flirting with him last week.
Well that is disappointing.
That would have been pretty awesome! I thought about thanking my director for all the opportunities and such. Especially for the paid two week vacation to England last year. I was sent to baby sit a supplier.
But I opted to just leave.
Lol so supposedly the guy who Is the principal at my old High School got caught banging the Guidance Counselor in his office by his wife. Also a teacher.
She forgave him and gave him another chance and a few weeks later the 2 got caught in the janitor closet.
Classic stuff.
She forgave him and gave him another chance and a few weeks later the 2 got caught in the janitor closet.
Classic stuff.
so DH's oil pressure light came on last night and we're hoping his car will make it to 2016 before we need to replace it. We were talking about what we would get instead and he thought we would be getting a minivan. I'm like DH, we don't even have a child. We could only even have one child by the end of next year. Why would you want a minivan? I had been thinking something like the Honda CRV or similar crossover that could handle one kid easily and two snugly. Save on gas mileage for as long as we can. He said a minivan would be good for hauling house stuff too and can easily fit more kids. I had thought we would hold off on that until replacing my car in (hopefully) like 5+ years. And then we'd have a minivan and a crossover. He's like but then we'll have no small car. Well, if we have multiple kids, we probably want two vehicles that can hold them.
Does it seem odd to anyone else to get a minivan when you have no kids yet?
Does it seem odd to anyone else to get a minivan when you have no kids yet?
Only a little, but if you are hauling things around a lot it would make sense. Personally I am hoping to never get a mini van. I would just hope that you could find three car seats that would fit together.
I understand the stress. She's teaching them or at least trying to get them to follow instructions and might be giving them 'hard' rules and consequences for the first time. That doesn't mean she should drink while doing it though.... ugh.
I originally wanted to be a kindergarten teacher then changed my mind.
I like my Ford C-Max Hybrid. Great gas mileage (especially in the summer) 42 city/32 Highway and I really like the ride.
If you drive it right and just roll around town you can get way over 42 as well.
My 5 and 7 year old boys fit fine in the back and the seat is wide enough that we can squeeze in a rear facing carseat and two backless boosters.
It actually has almost all the same dimensions as the Ford Escape SUV, but just has the a lower ride and way better gas mileage.
If you put the back seat down it has lots of room for hauling.
There were some comments on the article from parents who's kids had her in preschool and they loved her. I wonder if she's been having a hard time lately. A parent found her beer when she was helping with a Valentines Day party last Friday. Maybe she was depressed about her love life.
I mean, I haven't owned a house yet, but I'm having trouble seeing that we're going to be hauling so much stuff around all the time that a minivan makes sense right now. I think a crossover that has hide-able seats would work. I'm just looking and the new Nissan Rogue has an optional third row and both 2nd and optional 3rd row fold down. I feel like that would be a great option. He had mentioned did you see all the stuff nieces got at Christmas? That's why we need a mini-van. I'm like no. No, I don't now want to haul that many toys back to our house! We are not getting a car based on the ridiculous amounts of gift giving that happen!
Not necessarily, considering your situation.
First, you have house stuff coming up, and the ability to haul things is nice at times. I've hauled several pieces of furniture in our van.
Second, although you don't have kids, you are planning them.
Third, to your point of not having kids yet....from your posts, you keep vehicles for a LONG time relative to most people, and that's not a bad thing at all, but it is not the norm. So, yes, you could hold off on it, but if you think you might have to trade up before you normally would because of running out of space, it's not that bad of an idea.
For us, we were DINKs with a large dog, and we liked hiking. We had a "OMG my first NEW car" Nissan Altima that I borrowed money on and the depreciation/interest (even though it was a really low rate at that time) was costing us a lot. We buckled down and got it paid off, but went on a long trip. Dog in back seat and he took up the whole back seat when sleeping. Stuff on the back seat floor and trunk. Drove so long with that much weight in the trunk behind the rear wheels that we pretty much burned off the tire tread in that 4000 mile trip. As well, an Altima isn't the best vehicle for getting to a lot of hiking trails.
Realized we could use a bigger vehicle if we were going to take long trips and start having kids, and some ground clearance would be nice if we were going to keep hiking. Bought a Highlander used with cash from selling the Altima and had first kid. Stopped hiking 'cause it's hard to hike with an infant and a dog, but went on a long trip and infant's stuff filled the back of the thing and dog/kid took up the second row.
Used market was high, new market low after the cash for clunkers thing so we traded the highlander for a new Sienna. I said I'd never buy a new vehicle after the Altima thing, but we paid cash, and with vans....they get a lot of miles and a lot of wear very quickly and Toyotas/Hondas don't depreciate that much, so you're saving like 10% on a 3 year old vehicle with like 60K miles and a bunch of stains....or you're saving even less for a nicer one.
So now, we have a 2011 Sienna with about 40K miles, and a 2005 Ford pieceofshit (I mean Focus) with 120K that just drives me back and forth to work.
As for the anti-minivan crowd...that's mostly ego and the social stigma...and I don't buy into it. My vehicle is not a sign of my status, my ego, or my anything...it's a form of transportation. The ego purchasers are exactly what the car companies want. The ego buyers is the whole reason "model years" were invented. Pre-War cars didn't even have a model year, but marketers for the car companies realized that if you put a year on it, you can make money selling them a new one before it's used up by playing on people's fragile egos and the need to feel 'adequate' by having a new enough vehicle.
I read a good article on this recently....titled "Parents, just buy the damn minivan":
http://carbuying.jalopnik.com/parents-just-buy-the-damn-minivan-1597502940
While I won't say that buying a CUV is wrong...the other thing is look at the body shape and layout....oftentimes the CUV is really just a minivan with larger wheels, *slightly* more ground clearance, and hinged doors instead of sliding doors. And from experience....until my kids are middle school or higher....eff hinged doors...they're a pain to pull an infant out of in tight spots, and when kids are old enough to get them in and out, until they're strong enough to really handle a hinged door, you gotta worry about being 'that guy' who lets his kid ka-wang the door into the next car and give a big old ding.
If I were you I'd look at the crossovers and small SUVs out there. Drive as many as you can and figure out what you want and what you need to have. Compare the price points figure out what's worth the price. You can easily have 2 kids in most crossovers and small SUVs. Then when it comes time for kid #3 you can upgrade to a larger SUV or give in and get a mini-van (yuck).
As a former owner of the 3 row option highlander...the 3rd row was worthless to us. It's way too small to put adults into, and too hard to get to for the kids that would fit back there....besides...at the ages they'd fit, you don't want them that far back anyway, you can't hand them things or swat 'em. :wink:
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