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It felt weird buying this car because it was like.. we need to buy another car, but we really want to keep the price under 9k out the door so we know our options are limited, but we want to be happy with the car we buy too (very tough to do). That made it tricky. We looked at a ‘94 Nissan Sentra, an Mazda 626, a Nissan Maxima, and a Toyota Camry (the last one). We settled on the Camry. I’m all about aesthetics. If it’s pretty, I can live with shortcomings. I’ve never liked the looks of the Camry but this car drove very smoothly and it was the right price and not as old as the others..

So anyway now we have the camry and funny thing is, I love it when I’m driving it (it drives better than my accord did!), but when i stop and look at it, ehh… I dunno. It’s got a paint problem on the rear bumper, and an annoying issue with the movable shade thingy in the front. (that, I think, I can pull a martha stewart on and fix myself tho) We need to take it in to get serviced because the front wheels feel unbalanced. Aside from that, tho, and the ugly baby-ish blue interior color, it seems like a great car for the money.

The odyssey developed what appears to be an electrical issue in the dash over the weekend which rendered the radio and dvd player unusable. I think that is putting a damper on the whole car thing for me. I just hope to god Dennis manages to find someone who can fix it today so we don’t have to take a 10 hour long road trip without the radio and without the dvd player too.

Pregnant woman tip #1: Don’t get between a pregnant woman and her food cravings/wants/needs. It can get dangerous. Or worse, it can get embarrassing as she raises her voice enough to make other restaurant goers turn their head and stare. heehee

Pregnant woman tip #2: If a pregnant woman asks you to “cuddle” or to be “tucked in”, don’t say no. Or she (and baby) might have a bad night crying her eyes out, develop a migraine and a nose bleed. This can’t be good for the baby either.