Karen’s Opinion

We are heading to St. Louis to visit our son and daughter in-law and grandpuppies. If it doesn’t rain, we hope to help get some yard work done. If not, we will probably enjoy sitting inside, playing card games, watching television and each of us holding onto our laptops. Does your house look like ours? Everyone sitting around with their laptops?

I like to get to know my blogging friends. I saw this on my friend’s blog and thought it would be fun to join in.
Meet Me on Monday
1. I keep putting off _________
Taking off chipped fingernail polish.

2. What is your current weather?
cold and only about 50 degrees

3. What is the nicest room in your house?
My bedroom. I just got new flooring in there. I still go in and look at how pretty it is.

4. What jewelry do you never take off?
My wedding rings and a blue sapphire ring.

5. Do you eat a snack before bed?
I try not to but sometimes I get icky feeling and a small dish of ice cream really helps.

Blogging is the ultimate way to meet new people. If you want to read opinions that differ from your own, blogging is the way to open your horizons. Learn new ways to cook, exercise and live. Get reviews on products and find out what others think about new books. I love blogging and bloggers!

I had a blast with my sisters and my mom this past weekend. We went to the quilt festival in Cincinnati and shopped until we dropped.
I amazed myself by not buying any more projects. Well, except one. I did buy a pattern to make a pillow. I still have things to make that I bought at the Houston quilt show. That was 2 years ago!
I bought two quilt hangers to display things I have made. I had looked at them online so I saved shipping charges by buying them at the show.

I came home to find that my husband and our daughter had put down laminate flooring in the master bedroom. I love it! We actually took it out of our showroom in our flooring store. The style was discontinued. We put new down in the showroom and this flooring has been sitting in our barn (storage building) for a year, waiting to be installed. That is another advantage to laminate floors. They can be taken up and re-installed! I absolutely love the look in my bedroom. My daughter said I would have been shocked at how much dust was under our bed. I can believe it. We have a Select Comfort bed. It is not easy to vacuum under that type of bed. I think our sinuses will feel better having a hard surface floor in our bedroom. I can’t stop going in there to marvel at it!

I am afraid to even mention it but in a few months our car will be paid for in full! I hate to say it because that is when things start to go wrong with a car. At least, that has been our experience. The last car we had was paid off when the air conditioner quit. That was going to be a big expense and we were wanting a car with third row seating so we went car shopping.

I like to be prepared when going to the auto dealerships. By using the auto loan calculator at sunrisefinance.com we can be informed and know the amount we can afford. That always allows us to be more influential with a salesperson. I like to have the upper hand when car shopping. Now, if my husband and I could just learn mental telepathy, we could buy a car and not be irritated with each other. I never know if he is interested or not until we get home. Buying a car is stressful enough. Be prepared knowing what your payments will be when getting car loans. It is not fun to have your heart set on buying a car then finding out you cannot afford it.

Does your husband like to stop at car lots? Mine does. It drives me crazy. He usually does it when the lots are closed. That is not too bad but when he stops when the sales people are waiting, they attack like vultures. My husband likes to talk. I know he is not going to buy a car so I feel sorry for the salesperson. They don’t seem to mind but I know they are hoping their talk will turn into a sale. If the talk turns to fishing, I am mad at my husband and the salesperson. Get me outta there! I have things to do.