Daddy Comes Home!!!

Chad was able to come home for Memorial Day weekend. This was the first time he's been home in 6 weeks, so the babies were very excited to see him! Seeing as how I get to do it every day, I let him play daddy for the weekend and take care of Gizmo and Foxy. They (meaning Chad and the dogs) loved every minute of it!

My new money saver!

So, after driving to Alabama to see Chad a couple of times in the Durango, I realized I had to buy a new car with better gas mileage! I drive thirty miles to and from work each day and it's a 360 mile drive to Alabama (one way). So........... I knew I wanted to get a Honda, but I couldn't afford a brand new one. I looked around for a couple of weeks and looked at a couple of different Hondas before finding the one I got. I found it online and went to look at it in Greer the next day.

It's a 2001 Accord and it had less than 35,000 miles on it when I bought it! That's 7000 miles a year, and i've already driven almost 8000 miles this year alone! I drove it to Alabama two days after I bought it and was amazed at the gas mileage! It used to cost me $60 to fill up the Durango. Now it costs $35 to fill up the Accord. I used to have to fill up about 40 miles before I got to Chad's house in AL, and with the Accord I still had 1/4 tank left when I got there!

So basically it boils down to this..... it used to cost me $180 just to drive to and from Alabama once, and now it costs me less than $70. And............. I do it in style!

Marissa

Our CRAZY Life!!

Ok, so for those of you who are completely unaware of our crazy life recently, here goes..... Chad has been at Ft. Rucker in Alabama for flight school since January of this year. We anticipate him graduating around May of 2007. We know, May of 2007 seems like a long way off! TRUST ME, WE KNOW!! I keep hearing that it will all be worth it in the end. We'll see..........

We try to see each other every other weekend when possible, but it's a 5 1/2 hour drive each way, so it's not always easy! Plus, Chad is really busy with homework and studying, so weekends off aren't always an option. We're doing the best we can though, and both have internet cams for our laptops so that we can see each other every night. It definitely helps, but it in no way compares to the real thing.