SERIOUS retail therapy

Friday morning I heard a radio promo for a car dealership that was having a $1 down special yesterday. Wray’s car has been paid off for three years now, and mine will be paid off in January. I know it is against the whole Dave Ramsey principal, but we decided to go have a look yesterday, and we drove off the lot in a (pre-owned) 2010 Ford F-150. Now I am an official Texan, as there is a truck in my driveway. I love it, and, of course, so do my boys.

Wray asked Gavin yesterday morning if he wanted to go buy a truck, and his eyes got SO BIG. He is really excited and he was very patient yesterday through the three-hour process required to purchase a truck. I feel good about the purchase, though, because I feel like Gavin may drive this truck as his first car. It is really beautiful. When we go to Fort Worth for Thanksgiving we are taking family photos, and I want to take a few with the truck, which Gavin has named “Truckie”.

Things are improving at work. My students are great, and my boss seems to be warming up to me. It will be fine, even if it has to go on for more than one year, although we still hope to move back north after this school year.

We hired a new preacher at church. They went with the candidate that Wray and I were the most comfortable with. They will start the first Sunday in January, so we are looking forward to that. This morning at church they recognized our veterans, which was nice. There are quite a few, since there is an NAS base here.

After church this morning Wray cooked hamburgers for us, and I announced that I will never be the one cooking hamburgers, since his are so amazingly delicious. Then I took my “mandatory Church of Christ nap”, as Wray calls it, while he cleaned the living room. He earned major points today.

Keep prayers coming our way, and I will try to update this blog more faithfully.

Thanks,

A

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