Good bye 2008......... Hello 2009!

WOW! What a busy last couple of weeks. Hope everyone had a good Christmas and a Happy New Years. I personally hope that 2009 brings better times for us. (ME specially!) The month of December has been a rough one.

On December 3rd I got into a minor fender bender =( I actually rear ended another van. After all was settled, we were all OK and I drove my van home. The very next day the insurance company came out to do the estimation of damages. Well providing he didn't tell me he was coming I wasnt here and unable to open up the hood for him to look at that damage, he submitted a quote, a quote and an assurance that it was fixable. Well they towed my van off on the following day into Clint Newell and proceeded to tear it apart and re evaluate the damage. After all is said and done....They deemed it a TOTAL LOSS! Which sound great and all but really screws us because we owed more than what they said it was worth. SO after going rounds with the insurance and finance companies.......we ended up with no van and STILL owe money on it! So meanwhile I had been driving a rental but as soon as the insurance company deemed my van a loss they took my rental away! So I then borrowed my mother in laws car until we figure out what we are going to do. Cause I am really not wanting to finance another car seeing how I only had 18 payments left on my van! Well on Sunday morning it had been raining something terrible all night and all day. About 1/2 mile from my house I hydroplaned across the center line on Days Creek Road into the path of an oncoming vehicle that was driving fast! I jerked the wheel back towards my side of the road and ended up wrecking into the ditch and hit a cement culvert and finally coming to a rest about 100 yards up the road(ditch). IN MY MOTHER IN LAWS CAR! SO needless to say I did gather some sore muscles and a headache and a pretty severe whiplash but I did drive the car the rest of the way home. SO I am on the prowl for a good running, reliable vehicle. Keep me in mind if you see one anywhere.

I will leave with a few Christmas pictures. The kids had a really good Christmas and all of our family was safe and sound.