DIS/DISUnplugged/Dreams December Event Info – DISapalooza (continued)

[firsttimemom]

Same for me Liz, of course we are both in Maryland so that could explain it.

I moved here from Boston so I do the face every time we get a closure bcs of a few flakes. I forget- are you in montgomery county or north of that?

 

[wildfan1473]

Congrats on the new vehicle. They do know how to reel you in.

No reeling in necessary. DH really hates the minivan, and has dreaded the day he turned the Pacifica over to me ever since. He's thrilled to be rid of it.

 

[AnneR]

I moved here from Boston so I do the face every time we get a closure bcs of a few flakes. I forget- are you in montgomery county or north of that?

I'm north. I live outside of Hagerstown and work primarily in Frederick.

 

[tlcoke]

Jennifer Congrats on the new vehicle.

 

[AnneR]

No reeling in necessary. DH really hates the minivan, and has dreaded the day he turned the Pacifica over to me ever since. He's thrilled to be rid of it.

I am suffering from newcaritis. I am treating by not looking at all. I really want a new car but also want to wait. I have a 15 year old and am planning on handing my current vehicle to her. I would like to make the last couple of payments to pay it off and then save until she is an acutal driver.

 

[Minnie Lor]

Next thing I know, the sales rep tells me to "take it home for a few hours, try it out, put it through the paces." So I did. I sent DH a text when I got home saying I liked it. When I got back to the dealership, he was sitting at the sales rep's desk with all the paperwork filled out Amazingly, after trading in the dreaded minivan, we didn't much left to finance. It's an '02 GMC Yukon XL.

Now I'm ready for a road trip

Cool beans! I love getting a new to me vehicle. Congrats!

 

[wildfan1473]

It's funny how things can be so different.

I actually think the bigger issues are the parking lots and sidewalks. If and I mean if we get more than 6 inches it can take a couple of days to clear parking lots and sidewalks.

It really comes down to preparedness. Minnesota has a history of excessive snow, so we have several snow plows and contingency plans. You'd be amazed how many people are out doing their normal business during snow storms. DH even had a snow plow business for a while, until he blew the transmission in my pickup twice in one winter I was NOT a happy camper.

 

[tlcoke]

Liz, congrats on breaking 1000 posts. I am only 75 posts away from hitting that milestone.

 

[AnneR]

It really comes down to preparedness. Minnesota has a history of excessive snow, so we have several snow plows and contingency plans. You'd be amazed how many people are out doing their normal business during snow storms. DH even had a snow plow business for a while, until he blew the transmission in my pickup twice in one winter I was NOT a happy camper.

You're right. Around here, they have downsized maintenance staff in school systems so somethines there is one person at the school trying to take care of everything.

 

[AnneR]

Liz, congrats on breaking 1000 posts. I am only 75 posts away from hitting that milestone.

I missed it - Congrats Liz. I have a long way to go.

The funny thing is I now have more posts in this thread alone than I did in total before this thread started.

 

[jeanigor]

It really comes down to preparedness. Minnesota has a history of excessive snow, so we have several snow plows and contingency plans. You'd be amazed how many people are out doing their normal business during snow storms. DH even had a snow plow business for a while, until he blew the transmission in my pickup twice in one winter was NOT a happy camper.

Well no wonder you were unhappy. Camping in a snow emergency? I know you Minnesotans are tough, but that's just bull headed.

 

[tlcoke]

I ordered my MNSSHP (October 20th) & MVMCP (December 13th) tickets today. Woo Hoo!!!

 

[3guysandagal]

63 pages and we can close this thread in near record time...

just sayin'..............

 

[AnneR]

Well no wonder you were unhappy. Camping in a snow emergency? I know you Minnesotans are tough, but that's just bull headed.

 

[mainegal]

Snow! Runs on the grocery stores! Pancic and disaster music on the weather reports!
I just don't get it.
Except in very rare occasions, you can get to the store the afternoon of a good storm, or the next day. It's not like you will be snowed in for weeks!

 

[wildfan1473]

Jennifer Congrats on the new vehicle.

Cool beans! I love getting a new to me vehicle. Congrats!

Thank you!

I am suffering from newcaritis. I am treating by not looking at all. I really want a new car but also want to wait. I have a 15 year old and am planning on handing my current vehicle to her. I would like to make the last couple of payments to pay it off and then save until she is an acutal driver.

We really hoped when we bought the minivan we were done with vehicles for the next 10 - 15 years. Didn't happen, but now we're hoping again we will be. He really needed to get rid of it, he was caught in a few snow storms last year that were really nasty in the minivan (this from a guy who has gotten speeding tickets during snow storms )

The only caveat is the amount of miles DH puts on for work. He originally bought the Pacifica for a work vehicle, but he was putting way too many miles on it too quickly, and for what we paid for it, he was going to run it into the ground long before we had it paid off. I've been driving it for a few years, so I've kept the mileage down, and it will be paid off within the next year. The van was paid for, as well as the pickup, which we hope will be handed down to DS7 in 10 years (if I can bear to part with it, particularly to a teenager! )

 

[AnneR]

I ordered my MNSSHP (October 20th) & MVMCP (December 13th) tickets today. Woo Hoo!!!

I have my MNSSHP for November 1st but haven't gotten my MVMCP yet - we're going on the 13th as well.

 

[tlcoke]

I missed it - Congrats Liz. I have a long way to go.

The funny thing is I now have more posts in this thread alone than I did in total before this thread started.

Anne, I have posted more this summer than I had in my first year on the DIS.

 

[firsttimemom]

Liz, congrats on breaking 1000 posts. I am only 75 posts away from hitting that milestone.

all it takes is a couple good posting wars and you're there!

 

[Minnie Lor]

Well no wonder you were unhappy. Camping in a snow emergency? I know you Minnesotans are tough, but that's just bull headed.

Cute!

We get snow and ice here but not as often as we used to. Now watch that we get hit with a doozy this year. Knock on wood.

When I went to MouseFest in 2007, I had to stay an extra day. My home town had been hit with an ice storm. Knocked out power for most areas for over a week. Looked like a bomb had gone off with tree's split, power lines down, etc.