Today we spent the day speaking to and touring local DMV's...we had so much fun! Especially since we had the girls with us who loved visiting each one as well as all the driving time in between being stuck in the car!
Jody and I bought our Toyota Echo brand spankin' new a few months after we were married. We loved this car (plus it got 36 mpg) and the only reason we wanted to sell it was because it was small (we didn't think long term) and it only fit three car seats across the backseat (squeezed). We loved hearing all the clown jokes and funny looks when I would go to the grocery store...but it was time and the Echo got the boot! We could make it work for now, but not in a few months! We had a minivan and also sold it a few months ago in order to buy something bigger...yes I said bigger than a minivan. I wanted a suburban....plenty of room to fit lots of kids (only 4 of ours of course), dogs and all their stuff!
A large part of our morning was spent calling 3 different DMV's, a trip to the bank, gathering and filling out all the necessary paperwork and making car re-arranging arrangements at the DMV in Raleigh. We had a few hours to kill so we went and visited the grandma's (my mom-Wanka and Jody's mom-Meemaw or Eesa) at work and surprised them! We spent the late afternoon in Holly Springs buying a suburban, then driving to the Cary DMV to get tags so we could drive our new car home. We had a few snags...the car wasn't ready when we originally had planned on being there (45 min later), we had to find the nearest DMV near Holly Springs which turned out to be Crossroads in the city that I dislike more than any other....CARY (side-note lots of stories) and I wasn't able to transfer my "vanity" plate to my new car (2 more calls to other DMV's)...I now have a regular old plate just like everyone else! We finally got to the DMV a little before it closed got the new tags then back to Holly Springs to put them on our "new" car so we could drive it home. By that time we were stuck in traffic coming from Cary towards home :-( But it was a good productive day, we sold a car and bought a car! I forgot to take pictures before it got dark tonight, whoops...
Jody and I bought our Toyota Echo brand spankin' new a few months after we were married. We loved this car (plus it got 36 mpg) and the only reason we wanted to sell it was because it was small (we didn't think long term) and it only fit three car seats across the backseat (squeezed). We loved hearing all the clown jokes and funny looks when I would go to the grocery store...but it was time and the Echo got the boot! We could make it work for now, but not in a few months! We had a minivan and also sold it a few months ago in order to buy something bigger...yes I said bigger than a minivan. I wanted a suburban....plenty of room to fit lots of kids (only 4 of ours of course), dogs and all their stuff!
A large part of our morning was spent calling 3 different DMV's, a trip to the bank, gathering and filling out all the necessary paperwork and making car re-arranging arrangements at the DMV in Raleigh. We had a few hours to kill so we went and visited the grandma's (my mom-Wanka and Jody's mom-Meemaw or Eesa) at work and surprised them! We spent the late afternoon in Holly Springs buying a suburban, then driving to the Cary DMV to get tags so we could drive our new car home. We had a few snags...the car wasn't ready when we originally had planned on being there (45 min later), we had to find the nearest DMV near Holly Springs which turned out to be Crossroads in the city that I dislike more than any other....CARY (side-note lots of stories) and I wasn't able to transfer my "vanity" plate to my new car (2 more calls to other DMV's)...I now have a regular old plate just like everyone else! We finally got to the DMV a little before it closed got the new tags then back to Holly Springs to put them on our "new" car so we could drive it home. By that time we were stuck in traffic coming from Cary towards home :-( But it was a good productive day, we sold a car and bought a car! I forgot to take pictures before it got dark tonight, whoops...
8 comments:
Yay! You are a 'burb owner! My Dad loves his, and you are right: you can fit a whole lotta kids, dogs, and stuff in it! So happy for you- Post pictures soon!
Congrats on your new "burban"! What a blessing and answer to prayer! Enjoy your new ride!
I so enjoyed my surprise visit yesterday! It was good to see all of you. I love the new colors of your web page! Good job!
Love,
Granma Teresa/Memaw/Easa
I am glad u finally got a suburban. I hope you enjoy it. Hope to see u soon.
Love you guys lots,
savannah
I do not the DMV, I can only imagine with the kids too! But now you got the big car! And gas went down a few cents!
Welcome to the Suburban Time Zone, the Suburban Assault Vehicle and the Suburban Environmentalist Annihilation Legion...
Best vehicle ever made for families... and the leftists hate it! What more can you ask?
John, Teresa, Savannah, Ian, Maggie, Monty, Tiger, Whiskers, Lucky and an assortment of broadhead lizards, frogs, turtles and leopard geckos...
We love the new car! It was fun eating lunch with all of you to!
Love, Wanka
YEA!! I bet you are so excited! I can't wait to see it. What an answer to prayer for you guys!
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