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My van is gone! Yay!
You’ll remember that our old, beat up, huge van broke down for the last time in May. My plan was to donate it to charity right away, but that plan was foiled due to clutter obscuring my extra sensory perception failing to discern the location of the title. GRR!!!
This past Saturday we got a visit from our friendly City Code Compliance Officer! Turns out there’s a law ‘gainst having a non-working vehicle on the premises. We were given ten days notice.
THAT got the title found in a big hurry! Took us about 2 hours, but Hubs finally located it under some clutter he had stacked up for no good reason. Never mind, the clutter is all put away thrown out now.
And while I was searching in my files for the title I found the number for the Purple Heart Car Donation Program, where we sent our last Suburban when it died.
I know, I kinda personify my cars, but y’all, when you have to drive a car that seats 8 or more, and you’re on a tight budget, you find you are very appreciative when you have one that works out! So appreciative that it leans toward personification. I don’t name my vehicles. That’s just too far for me. But I will tell you that I refer to my new white Suburban as “My lovely Suburban” almost every time I talk about it. That’s not weird, right? RIGHT???
Anyway, the point of all this meandering is that yesterday was the day! The tow truck arrived! The man loaded our old van and drove away!
I’m so relieved! It’s wonderful to not risk a fine from the ridiculous Code Compliance folks, but more than that, it’s another big step in our preparation for moving house!
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I know how you feel. We just got rid of our 15 passenger a few months ago, and I held on to the last. I loved that van – you could get all the kids AND the groceries necessary to feed them in that thing! We got a mini-van when Grandma moved in because she couldn’t get up in the big van, (and it’s not as big a deal now that we no longer have 3 in car seats, plus at least one stroller, hubby’s wheelchair, etc…) but I do miss some things about it. That thing was a much needed friend at one time!
Hey I call the blue van…the blue whale. I like whales they are a nice animal and it is blue. Always want to be nice to the vehicle and not insult it…don’t want it to get mad and stop working properly. LOL Yes our white suburban is dead too.
I miss my white Suburban. It died about two-three years ago and we have been traveling in two 5 seater vehicles since then. Yes, even on trips to Iowa, the Creation Museum and the Smokies! We are praying for an 12-15 passenger van, but are not being diligent in putting the money away to pay for it. Sigh!! We need to work on being more frugal.
One step closer to moving! I know codes are set up to keep junk yards from developing in people’s yards but it seems ridiculous that you can’t keep a non-working car parked in your own driveway. It is NO longer a free country.