Slowly but surely mama is feeling like her old self again. This past Christmas really knocked her for a loop. She is still sending out her Christmas care packages in time for the Chinese New Year.
Mama found a great website yesterday called Mandys Moon. It has a bunch of stuff you can purchase online regarding multicultural adoption items including Chinese.
One thing about moving is that once you put the furniture in place in your new home, it starts to look rather crappy. Our old green sofa and recliner looked good in our old home but not this new home. As a result, mama's Christmas present this past year is a new leather sleeper sofa and two recliners. It should be arriving at the end of the month. Ollie and Stanley got two new kitty sofas too.
Another new item we will mostly likely lease this year is a new SUV. It was very interesting reading Princess Teri's blog on how much she loves her new SUV. For several years now mama and papa have been considering getting a hybrid and now since the lease is up on our Honda, it's our chance to do it.
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- try the toyota highlander hybrid, same great engine as the lexus.
ReplyDelete- hybrid engines have a large software component to control engine to battery handoffs; be wary of buying used, there's no way to upgrade the software. hybrid engines are new and in the lexus, still being tuned. testdrive both used and new. with the lexus, i could tell a big diff between used and new in driveability (acceleration, braking) that i believe was due to differences in engine programming. there have been software updates issued for the lexus to address, for example, engine oscillation at 60mph.
- tax breaks and carpool lane stickers are long gone, but my credit union gave me a rate discount for buying a hybrid.
- you won't save money driving a hybrid but you will be reducing your reliance on oil, and creating fewer emissions.