Family Living: Abbott Style

Not to brag or anything, but I am getting paid to sit around and do nothing all day long. I feel like I should be paying her and not her paying me.  Seriously this is great.  I should go into the business of house sitting. Because here is the thing, when I am in the apartment, I can always find something to do.  Laundry, cleaning, cooking, etc.  Here, there is nothing.  I can just sit here, take care of my kidlet, and relax.  So I am officially opening myself up for business, if anyone would like me to house sit for them, apply within.  I'll let you know my rate.  Just kidding...kind of. But anyways, that is not my point of today.  My point of today is to discuss Johnson County drivers.  First, I have to state that in high school, I was voted worst driver of my class--by a landslide.  Which is pretty terrible considering I rarely drove my friends anywhere.  In high school, I hit a curb which ended up bending my a-arm an...

We've all heard it a thousand times from our parents and grandparents--"Well, back in my day...." And we never actually picture ourselves saying such things.  But now I am starting to get it. It started last week... I WAS driving a very nice Lincoln MKX.  It was a SUV with all of the bells and whistles.  After Haley was born, I became very fond of the remote opener/closer for the back hatch.  It made pulling out the stroller almost effortless.  The only problem with it was we owed a little bit of money on it still.  Not a big deal, nothing that was breaking the bank, but I just hate car payments.  I hate paying for things every month that we already "own", that are depreciating in value. Also, I am a stay-at-home mom.  I don't even need to drive everyday besides to the gym and back.  The most I really drive is 10 to 15 miles from the home.  What's the point in having such an expensive SUV when I don't even bring in an income any...