Economy will not get me down . . . . will NOT

Monday's random joy . . .

Well our auto insurance renewal arrives in the mail with news that we GET to spend 20 more a month for the same exact coverage for no reason. . . . just a random "rate thing" they said. Ahh joy that we will continue to alter the budget & survive. Grateful that God provides. I only wonder when all the "random rate things" will stop increasing, groceries & gas will chill out & quit depleting our funds so quickly?

Next random joy . . . .
You buy 4 brand new tires . . . . they are supposed to last 50,000 miles . . . . a month down the road 1 of the 4 tires bubble out like a belt's broken . . . . on our wedding anniversary road trip almost a year ago. Spokane Les Schwab replaces tires at no charge and we're back on the road again. Then it happens again . . . . that's twice within 1 year of buying these warrantied tires . . . a bubble - broken belt thing. . . . can cause a deadly blow-out if ignored. Well this time Sandy Les Schwab explains that no problem covered under warranty of course . . . but it will cost me approximately $100 - a prorated cost of a brand new replacement tire because they cant just give away free tire tread. In other words they will only pay the cost of the remaining 65% unused tire tread. Interesting. Tire is defective: we all agree. Not driver or cars fault: we all agree. But in order to fix problem it will cost me $100. Long story short: it was a long day at Schwabs waiting for them to find a used tired w/ the same amount of tread remaining . . . . afterall who in this economy is not going to use up most of their tire tread before replacing? I wont ever throw out a tire w/ 65% of it's life left. Well someone somewhere did so that was the only way the warranty of THIS economy saved me from having to pay any moola. Buyer beware! If your tire is defective & is warrantied for 50k miles - you will still have to buy replacement unless they can find an exact match used tire.

Speaking of cars . . . . am I the only person in the world who right when your nice car is all paid off - and you owe free & clear . . . . that little things start going qwuirky with your car? I mean I will not be suprised if the car wont end up needing to be replaced in a year or so. What happened to the little 76 toyota corolla wagons of the world that just kept going & going & going? I swear that thing lasted my entire childhood & beyond. It crawled thru snow, hauled 4 bales of hay on the roof rack, transported hundreds of heavy 8 pack glass diet pepsi bottles to IGA for bottle refunds. . . . plus a family of 7's commuter.

I tell ya . . . . someone buy our home PLEASE . . . . in a better economy we have 150k equity in our home but now we're told we could count on 100k . . . . . find us a quaint little farm . . . . 3 acres even would suffice. . . . . and a horse & buggy. Please oh please I just want to be Amish. Car insurance & Les Schwab would be terms of the past. Im not giving up on this dream.