Feeling Guilty

We traded in my wife's 2000 VW Beatle for a Hyundai Elantra Touring. This kid from Dearborn Michigan is feeling a bit guilt for buying a foreign car. Not guilty enough to not buy the car, but guilty just the same.

Now to be sure this is my wife's car, not mine. We are trading in a VW, a German car made in Mexico for a South Korean car made in South Korea. Last year we purchased a Ford Escape for my primary ride. My sister is purchasing a Ford Fiesta which is made in Mexico. My wife does not let me forget when I insisted we buy American and purchased a Dodge Caravan and found out that it was built in Canada with a Japanese engine.

I guess I feel all the more guilty because I really like this car better than the used Plymouth Vibe we were considering. Of course that is really a Toyota Matrix with an American name plate slapped on it. I liked it better than the Ford Fiesta, the one made in Mexico, or the Ford Focus.

I am feeling guilty, but I will get over it.

The Waiting Game

My Blog is boring, my sister texts me this morning. I haven't posted anything sense June. She is right, of course.

I made my deadline to get the house ready for showing. After mistakenly calling it a "viewing" the joke has become that if the house wasn't ready for listing, I would be made read for a viewing. With the listing posted for all to see (click here) it changes to a waiting game.

It is a waiting game with a strange twist. I have a checklist of items to do before each showing. The house must be in pristine condition at all times, or at least close enough so that at a moments notice it can be returned to that condition. There is a box into which I must toss certain items which would clutter the house and take with me. There are the towels that are out just for show and the hand towels we actually use. There are glass tops to be polished and kitty litter to be cleaned. Even my wife has stated it will be nice when we can go back to living normally.

So far we have had two showings scheduled with one canceled and the other was no sale. There has been nothing the last week. During the past week I interviewed three moving companies and learned the details of what is involved in a cross country move and how expensive it will be. All this was done in case someone walks in with a cash payment and we have to leave quickly. Life is full of preparing for "what if" scenarios.