Sunday, December 16, 2012
A car of my own
This was not an easy purchase for me to make and my
indecisiveness/perfectionist personality was certainly a factor in not
helping the process. I searched and researched for literally months
prior to purchasing one and I think at some point in time I considered
buying everything under the sun, at least once.
I started off wanting a Jetta but found them rather expensive, I then turned the more economical Kia but found out they are rather unreliable. I then turned to their sister company Hyundai and found that they suit my needs rather well. I searched and searched for a good deal on one and came upon a used one at *sigh* Camelback Ford. After going through the "used car dealer" experience with them I have declare that company a curse word in this house. They tried to sell me an advertised $13,000 car for $17,000 once we got in the door?!? They are horrible, horrible, scuzzy people in my opinion and hence my Hyundai was no longer an option. Did they really think were that stupid?
My searched continued on to Nissans, Toyotas, and Ford Focus's with private party sellers only, however every time I found a vehicle I liked it seemed impossible to make the sell work. Finally my father came to the rescue one day with the clever and awesome idea of buying a used Hertz rental car. It was PERFECT! The cars are all going to be recently new, kept in good condition and regularly maintained, no young punks will have driven them since you have to 25 to rent one, they give you a great price since no one really wants a rental car, and best of all NO hassle. In my opinion its like buying a car from a vending machine. You just go to the website, pick the car out by category and color and pick the day you want to pick it up. So the search was long and not easy but so worth it since I love my car!
Its a 2011 Nissan Sentra and perfect for my needs. Good gas, cheap but reliable, has an I-Pod connector and backseat for friends/company.
And if your wondering what happened to my truck, I sold to Mexican named Manny. He is one of the hardest working and friendliest people I know here is AZ. He has helped out at the barn where I keep Spark and wanted my truck to do horseshoeing work out of, it worked out perfect for him!
I started off wanting a Jetta but found them rather expensive, I then turned the more economical Kia but found out they are rather unreliable. I then turned to their sister company Hyundai and found that they suit my needs rather well. I searched and searched for a good deal on one and came upon a used one at *sigh* Camelback Ford. After going through the "used car dealer" experience with them I have declare that company a curse word in this house. They tried to sell me an advertised $13,000 car for $17,000 once we got in the door?!? They are horrible, horrible, scuzzy people in my opinion and hence my Hyundai was no longer an option. Did they really think were that stupid?
My searched continued on to Nissans, Toyotas, and Ford Focus's with private party sellers only, however every time I found a vehicle I liked it seemed impossible to make the sell work. Finally my father came to the rescue one day with the clever and awesome idea of buying a used Hertz rental car. It was PERFECT! The cars are all going to be recently new, kept in good condition and regularly maintained, no young punks will have driven them since you have to 25 to rent one, they give you a great price since no one really wants a rental car, and best of all NO hassle. In my opinion its like buying a car from a vending machine. You just go to the website, pick the car out by category and color and pick the day you want to pick it up. So the search was long and not easy but so worth it since I love my car!
Its a 2011 Nissan Sentra and perfect for my needs. Good gas, cheap but reliable, has an I-Pod connector and backseat for friends/company.
And if your wondering what happened to my truck, I sold to Mexican named Manny. He is one of the hardest working and friendliest people I know here is AZ. He has helped out at the barn where I keep Spark and wanted my truck to do horseshoeing work out of, it worked out perfect for him!
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Sparky is Ouchy
My horse is the best horse in the whole wide world! Have I ever said that before? Well true to form, he was coming along amazingly well as we were prepping for our largest horse show ever this November. To my dismay 5 weeks prior to the show he developed a limp. This is any horse owners largest nightmare and fear as its extremely hard to determine where the horse hurts and can be expensive to maintain and treat.
There are theories upon theories out there as to how to analyze their gate and limp to see which leg is hurting them. If your lucky enough to figure out which leg it is that hurts then you have to figure out which joint it is (i.e. ankle, knees, hocks, stifles, shoulders or hips) and then you have to determine whether it be soft tissue, tendons, or a skeletal problem that's causing the pain. Its exhaust me just to think about all the possibilities it could be.
Being the good horse owner I am I have analyzed and researched how Sparky was moving. Its very apparent now that he bobs his head down when his front right foot hits the ground. So it pretty safe to say 1 of his other 3 legs are hurting him. After missing the horse show and having Sparky re-shod, I finally had Dr. Tryon come over and x-ray Sparky's legs.
Here is Sparkys left front leg where you can see the triangle shaped bone that is surrounded by his hoof.
Here is Sparkys right rear hock (if you see there is a large circular bone somewhat in the middle of the x-ray which connecst the lower bones and the top bone and also serves as where the horse rotate and lifts his leg. Well right where the lower bones connects to this circular bone, you will see a pin sized white mark in that joint connection which is the bone spur.)
Although we don't have a confirmed diagnosis, we did find this bone spur in both his right and left rear hocks. I'm thinking about paying for hock injections which will add fluid into the joint and give a cushion for that area in hopes of alleviating any pain. Although its not what I had hoped me and Sparky would be doing in November I am grateful that he is not hurt any worse at the moment.
There are theories upon theories out there as to how to analyze their gate and limp to see which leg is hurting them. If your lucky enough to figure out which leg it is that hurts then you have to figure out which joint it is (i.e. ankle, knees, hocks, stifles, shoulders or hips) and then you have to determine whether it be soft tissue, tendons, or a skeletal problem that's causing the pain. Its exhaust me just to think about all the possibilities it could be.
Being the good horse owner I am I have analyzed and researched how Sparky was moving. Its very apparent now that he bobs his head down when his front right foot hits the ground. So it pretty safe to say 1 of his other 3 legs are hurting him. After missing the horse show and having Sparky re-shod, I finally had Dr. Tryon come over and x-ray Sparky's legs.
Here is Sparkys left front leg where you can see the triangle shaped bone that is surrounded by his hoof.
Here is Sparkys right rear hock (if you see there is a large circular bone somewhat in the middle of the x-ray which connecst the lower bones and the top bone and also serves as where the horse rotate and lifts his leg. Well right where the lower bones connects to this circular bone, you will see a pin sized white mark in that joint connection which is the bone spur.)
Although we don't have a confirmed diagnosis, we did find this bone spur in both his right and left rear hocks. I'm thinking about paying for hock injections which will add fluid into the joint and give a cushion for that area in hopes of alleviating any pain. Although its not what I had hoped me and Sparky would be doing in November I am grateful that he is not hurt any worse at the moment.
Friday, November 23, 2012
Popeye Halloween
Parker of course went through his usual “change his mind 1 million times about his Halloween costume” this year. After much debating the decision finally settled on The Incredible Hulk…sigh. So a secretive purchase was made on dot dot com in hopes of surprising him as well as preventing any repetitive questions about “when his costume will be here?” Lo and behold Parker came home that same day with a new costume in mind Popeye! So needless to say we ended up with two costumes purchased this year and Parker had much fun dressing up in both. Popeye this year, Incredible Hulk next year and we can’t forget Captain America…..we still have that one hanging around, any takers?
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