Danauk
<font color=green>I would be sitting on the patio
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[COLOR=990066]DHSsenior007[/COLOR] Do you have anything in common that you could just go over and talk to him about? Perhaps homework or things out of school? That way you could become friends first. My first boyfriend from high school I became friends with for years before he became my boyfriend (he even came to my wedding as we stayed friends after we split up!) Perhaps you could first chat about different things you might have in common first. Or perhaps as he is super smart you could ask him for some advice for your homework or a project you are doing. That way you can spend time together and get to know one another.
OK, my news for today. I have to say CARS SUCK!!!! Petes car has been in the garage for a week now. They phone us today to say that the car needs a new engine!!!! I mean it isn't that old!!!! So what do we do? We could either get the car fixed (which we can afford to do from our savings but would be expensive) or get a new car on credit (which we could afford the monthly repayments on.) Basically we put aside some money each month as we know we are going to need new cars, home repairs etc (our Disney holiday fund is in another account!! - I have my priorties!!). We can afford the car repairs out of this fund but don't have enough to buy a new car outright ( cars are really expensive here!!). However we can afford the monthly repayments out of this fund too (the monthly repayments would be equal to the ammount we would put into our savings account.) But I am not too keen on getting in to debt and having to pay for something we have already bought (we only payed off our student debts a few years ago which were totally unavoidable.) So do we pay for the current car to be fixed (which we can afford) or buy a new car on credit (which can also afford but would work out more expensive in the long run?) We were origionally planning to replace the car in 3 years time which we thought good for the age of the car and by then we would have saved up the money to pay for a new one.
To add to my stress this means we won't be able to get the dry wall tomorrow which means we might not have the room finished by the time I go back to work!!
I hope everyone else has had a better day than me!!
On a plus side Petes toe surgery went well and he is OK. He just had to take a few pain killers as the anasthetic was wearing off and had to go to bed a bit early to keep his foot elivate.
Have a good evening all.
OK, my news for today. I have to say CARS SUCK!!!! Petes car has been in the garage for a week now. They phone us today to say that the car needs a new engine!!!! I mean it isn't that old!!!! So what do we do? We could either get the car fixed (which we can afford to do from our savings but would be expensive) or get a new car on credit (which we could afford the monthly repayments on.) Basically we put aside some money each month as we know we are going to need new cars, home repairs etc (our Disney holiday fund is in another account!! - I have my priorties!!). We can afford the car repairs out of this fund but don't have enough to buy a new car outright ( cars are really expensive here!!). However we can afford the monthly repayments out of this fund too (the monthly repayments would be equal to the ammount we would put into our savings account.) But I am not too keen on getting in to debt and having to pay for something we have already bought (we only payed off our student debts a few years ago which were totally unavoidable.) So do we pay for the current car to be fixed (which we can afford) or buy a new car on credit (which can also afford but would work out more expensive in the long run?) We were origionally planning to replace the car in 3 years time which we thought good for the age of the car and by then we would have saved up the money to pay for a new one.
To add to my stress this means we won't be able to get the dry wall tomorrow which means we might not have the room finished by the time I go back to work!!
I hope everyone else has had a better day than me!!
On a plus side Petes toe surgery went well and he is OK. He just had to take a few pain killers as the anasthetic was wearing off and had to go to bed a bit early to keep his foot elivate.
Have a good evening all.
I wish I had sound financial car advice to share but I basically buy a new car and drive it til it dies. I had my last Volvo wagon for 14 years and hope my new one lasts that long. Although my new Volvo has all the cool new"bells and whistles" and a sleeker body style, I've got to admit I liked my old wagon better and miss it still. Full of good memories...brought Jordan home from the hospital in it and got Cadbury as a new puppy in it.....I know, TMI 
but I'm feeling sentimental as it's the first day of school 
You did more in one year than I've done my entire life! 
