The Daily Burns

Over the years Jennifer have been given a bunch of free cars… really:

1. 1989 Toyota Camry (thanks Amy)
2. 19?? Volkswagon Jetta (this was more of a loaner)
3. 1990 Oldsmobile 88 Royal (thanks Liv)
4. 198? Chevy Station Wagon (thanks Aneka)
5. 1989 Ford Bronco II (thanks Stephen)
6. 1994 Toyota Corolla (thanks Hollifields)
7. 1990 Toyota Camry (thanks Khuls)

And now, the newest addition and the hands-down winner for nicest one ever given

8. 2000 Toyota Avalon (thanks mom & george)

We should be getting the Avalon a week from sunday. The really cool thing about getting the Avalon is that we FINALLY get to give away one of our cars. We’ve wanted for a long time to give away a car, but all our cars would have been the kind of thing you give to someone you don’t like. However, the Camry we currently have is actually in really good condition, so we’re excited to pass it along to a very deserving young lady.

Giving away cars is fun… and, honestly, getting cars is pretty fun too…

Also, for what it is worth, these are the cars I’ve (we’ve) purchaced over the years:

1. 1985 Honda Accord (sold after 2 wrecks that weren’t my fault)
2. 1989 BMW 528e (smashed into a guard rail at 55 mph)
3. 1999 Honda Accord (got smashed by a truck)
4. 2000 Honda Odysee (still truckin)

I was reminded today why I really love Mr Greene. This mornings sermon was amazing. More than just saying words, Robert’s sermons always seem to cut through the fog of life with the light of the Gospel.

I’ve mentioned this before, but I really do want to start doing a regular post where I write about the impact of the suday sermon on my life… I’m thinking “monday musing on sunday sermon.” However, not sure I’ll get that up this week as I am preaching tomorrow night and will likely spend the entire day in preperation… so, maybe next week. We’ll see…

Oh, Jenn and the kids return tomorrow evening. I CAN’T WAIT! I think Jenn took some pics, so we’ll post them some time soon… maybe on “photo friday.”

Ok, Drew and Sarah stopped by the house this afternoon (which was very nice of them). Drew is moving to Seattle in a couple months and decided to share with me that he was interested in riding a scooter from VA to WA. Me, having my newfound excitement in scooters, told him that it was a GREAT idea. We estimate that it will take 13-17 days and will cost about $87 in gas… that’s right, $87 in gas to go from cost to cost. Is that amazing or what?!?!?

Both of us not having scooters, we decided that we should get honda to give us some and that we’d video tape our journey for them and post it online. I have a ton of ad campaigns that I could think of that Honda could use to sell their scoots… “Hummer = $82 from home to work… Ruckus = $82 to go from VA to WA!”

Anyway, I think we all know that I am not going to go on a cross country scooter trip… But a boy can dream… right?

Well, the used scooter I was looking at was gone this morning… so, no scooter today… but I am now thinking of just buying a new one. It is only a little bit more and, well, new. So, I’m going to post the camry on craigslist and see if I can get any takers to pay way too much. If someone pays me enough… I’ll be scootin in no time (sorry mom).

So, I’ve been looking at ways to save money within our monthly expenses. Right now, I’m thinking about saving on auto expenses by getting a scooter. I think we can save over $150 a month going this route. I don’t know… what do you think?