2-2-14

10:35am

Got the last of my laundry in the washer.

I only had three loads to do this week.

I have a super capacity washer and dryer so

it holds more than your average machines.

Thank goodness because I don't have much detergent.

I have been working more on my meals menu for

the next two weeks because I picked up a few more

items last night that wasn't originally on my grocery list

but was marked down at a good price.

1.  Meatloaf with tater tots

2.  Breaded pork chops with corn & garlic fries

3.  2 homemade pepperoni pizzas

4.  Breakfast casserole (sausage, potatoes, eggs & cheese)

5.  Spaghetti pizza casserole with garlic bread

6.  Smoked sausage with bell peppers & spaghetti sauce over rice

7.  Cheddar spiral pasta with ham

8.  Baked bean chili with shredded cheese

served with corn bread.

9.  Fried potatoes with smoked sausage rounds

10.  Scalloped potatoes & ham

11.  Baked potatoes with butter, french onion dip and bacon

12.  Spaghetti with broccoli and butter garlic

served with pork chops and garlic bread

4:00pm

We left around 1:15pm to go out to Milford, OH

to check out a pickup truck and got home not long ago.

It's owned by a subcontractor from Tony's work.

It was pretty much out in BFE, farm fields and flat

land everywhere.  When you pass a fork lift tractor

driving on the roadway hauling a cow in it's forks

you know you're not in Columbus anymore, LOL!

I had to do a double take on that one.

Anyways we drive all the way out there and

find out the truck is a stick shift.

Me and Tony both can drive a stick shift

it's just that with Tony's nerve damaged feet

he really can't drive one anymore without his feet hurting.

Didn't stay and had left and went to a carry out

in town right up the road.

That's when I got the idea to go back

and look further at the truck and take it for a

test drive.  I thought maybe I can have the pickup truck

and give my Suburban to Tony.

The price is cheap enough.  I thought it was $600

but the guy was saying $800.  He said if we bought

it today we could have it for $700.

(that to me says he'd probably take $700 any day

if you flash some cash in front of him)

I just told him I'd take some photos of it

and go home and think about it.

What he doesn't know is that we don't have any money

for it at the moment.  But we do know he has had it

for sale for awhile.  It's in a very small town out in

the middle of nowhere, there's no for sale sign on it

and it's not listed on Craigslist.

I'm hoping to have some money in the near future.

Even if I had money on the spot I never like

to buy something right then and there.

I like to be able to go home and research it some.

The truck had one major flaw even though

it ran and drove well for me.

When I turned on the heat there was what smelled like exhaust fumes coming through the vent.  

We've owned vehicles like this before.

It could be-

defective manifold studs ($20.00),

doughnut gasket (less than $5.00),

manifold gasket ($7.99),

manifold could have cracks in it ($70 to $100),

along with a few other things.

Is it something I want to mess with and try to fix?

Sitting on the fence at the moment and have to sleep on it

or wait til I get some money if I decided to get it.

It's an Eddie Bauer Ford F150,

inline 6 motor, 5 speed stick shift.

I hate car buying or selling!!  The thought of it just stresses me out!!