We just bought a new car, the nicest one we’ve ever had. In bad news, it’s caused a bit of an existential crisis for dh and I. We aren’t used to having nice things. 
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Time to take a deep breath and give yourselves permission to enjoy the new car! Congrats on the purchase.
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Yes, H put a deposit down for a Toyota Camry but we convinced him to switch to a Camry & he’s pretty happy!
I had a bit of hard time now that I have a pretty nice car. My 19 year old Odyssey was kind of my proud image. But I do love it (except for some learning curve) and am glad to have cameras and better safety features.
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We are trying. We were both, “You drive it.” “No, YOU drive it!” Cars always have been a tool in which to get from Point A to Point B, and you can do that in any old used car. But we are trying to quit white-knuckling our spending. Our FA and the numbers have shown that we can have nice things so why keep being so cheap when we don’t have to be?
And just to be clear, this is a slightly used loaner dealership car so 5k miles on it. If I ever bought an actual brand-new car y’all should call the doctor as I would have clearly lost my mind. 
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Yeah, I think of myself as a beater driver not a shiny new car driver! Two years ago, we sold a 20yo car that is one of my favorites ever. We traded in a 13yo car that needed a new transmission for this one.
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That’s cool! I think it might be challenging to prove that my ancestor served in the American Revolution. His name was a very common Scottish one. I probably won’t bother with it. But the Texas link is easy to prove, fortrunately.
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I am truly delighted that my cousins worked sooo hard to include my dad (age 98, 2000 miles away from me) and his wife in their Thanksgiving celebration. This meant one cousin doing the pickup (almost 3 hours round trip) while his wonderful wife cooked dinner for 15 people. And another cousin doing reverse dropoff trip in the dark. Dad is the very last of sibling/cousin of his generation, and it warms my heart that he had such a lovely time yesterday.
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That’s so nice, Colorado_mom!
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My D is hosting dinner for her girlfriends tonight. There are seven of them - close friends for thirty years, since 4th/5th grade. What a blessing!
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Our kids are in their early 30’s and we’ve been together for the holidays every single year.
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My kids are enroute to meet for Christmas with grandparents. One is driving a few hours to get there with his wife, and the other flew all night to make it happen. My father is 98, still at home with the help of his diligent (and much younger) wife. They’ve done this gathering a few times before, always lots of fun for all.
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This is the FIRST year that S is NOT spending Christmas with us. He’s in NYC and spending the holiday with his wife, who can’t get away. We told him that’s appropriate, especially since he was just here twice in the past few months. We will miss them of course, but D is here and H and I, plus all my sibs and many of my niblings & grand niblings.
He will be back in a few weeks as well, to spend two weeks in January. Yes, we are very spoiled being able to spend time with our kids & loved ones!
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Mom was released from the hospital today. Hopefully she will be on the mend and accept (much needed) help from the lovely aide we hired. Christmas won’t be perfect – but definitely looking happier than I was expecting.
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It’s our year for Christmas at my in-laws. Almost all of the food they make is from scratch.
Christmas dinner consisted of:
Home cured country ham
Fried oysters
Corn pudding with corn from their garden
Creamed Lima beans from their garden
Pickles made with cucumbers from their garden
Homemade rolls and biscuits
Homemade apple butter
Amazing coconut cream pie
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Alas, not everything what’s on Facebook is true.
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Oh well! It certainly sounds like a great idea. Maybe Mayor Mamdani can institute it here with pigeons.
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I wish! If someone learns how to train pigeons to do this, they will be worthy of a Nobel Prize! 
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If they could only train HUMANS not to litter, there woudn’t be a problem in the 1st place!
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