It was kind of a late night last night.  Jen and I both took off right a 5 and met at the dealership.  We walked into the business managers office and started signing.  Jen signed her old car over and then we moved right on to the papers for the volvo.  Took about 10 minutes and then we walked back to the salesmans office and he went through the manuals and walked us to the car.  Went over the car a bit and the menus on the cars computer and then we were off (about 6:10).  Headed home, actually beat jenny home and I don’t know how I managed that.  Relaxed for a few while talyor ate and played in the backyard and then took off to get some dinner.  We did a few other things like driving around and taking a few things to jenny’s office and driving around a bit more and stopped a good friends house to show the car off and driving a little more.  Man that car is fun to drive.  Didn’t get home until about 9:30.  Everything was great with the car, the only thing we thought was a bit odd and kind of funny at the same time was the windshield wiper fluid was low.  The car was telling us to add fluid so I did that before she took of this morning.  Hopefully it was just low and not a hole or leak in the container.

Just called the bank and the insurance office to make sure everything was in order and we are all set to pick the car up tonight.  Our insurance did not go up as much as I thought it would go up.  Not bad at all.  I plan on shopping around in a bit and checking to make sure other insurance companies would not be cheaper for comparable policies.  We tried that once before with AAA becuase jen and I both like AAA.  Our current policy with Citizens was cheaper and I have not had a problem with them on any of our policies as of yet. 
So if all goes as planned we will be rid of the cirus tonight and have a nice new volvo in the garage.  I want to get the garage floor cleaned up and mopped if time permits this evening.  The cirus had a small oil leak and I have a few spots left over from when I was mudding the ceiling.  I wanted to clean up the floor once more before the winter sets in anyway.  It gets dirty very fast as soon as it starts to snow and they start laying down the salt on the roads.  The epoxy paint treatment I put down last year has been great.  It has not started to chip at all.  Well one of the cracks in the floor that the builder put in does have a small 2 inch section that the edge has chipped but that is cement not the paint chipping.  I can’t think what I did there but you can’t even see it unless you know what to look for.  Otherwise the floor has been great.  Only downside of this treatement would be that it is a bit slippery when wet.  I was thinking about putting some mats down in the winter in the two areas we walk on most, then we would not be as apt to slip when exiting the two cars.

We found a 2005 volvo s40 T5 AWD that was a demo car (driven by the sales manager at our local volvo dealer) that had 5661 miles on it.  After doing some research and asking many questions we went with this car over a suv.  The Engine looks a bit weird.  Dont’ think I will be working on this car anytime soon.

This car as you can tell below is not a very large car at all.  Should be great though since it is a small sporty All Wheel Drive Turbo.  The color we are getting is called Metallic Silver.  It is a bit lighter than the car pictured below.


The dash is setup nicely.  There is a small area behind the radio/controls area that is interesting but nice.  It was a bit of a change from the large area in the jeep but I think jenny will love this setup.

In this picture you can see how tight the back seat will be and that is also the interior we have I believe.  It is called T-Tec I believe.  Not leather, but still has heated seats and the fabric is different than anything I have been in.

If everything goes smoothly the loan will be approved today, they will touch up the few spots we saw on the car and then send it off to get a 3M paint protectant that I totally recommend.  I have it on my jeep and you do not have to wax the car at all.  Just wash it and the water beads up.  Will probably get another coupon book after the initial 5 coupons are used up.

UPDATE:
Salesman just called and the paperwork is all set.  The car was in the shop getting touched up and was scheduled to go over and get the paint protectant this afternoon.  It will be ready for us to pick it up tomorrow evening.  We will be able to show it off by this weekend :)


Jenny and I just got back from a nice weekend in chicago.  She went to a conference and I met up with a couple of friends.  Had a great time with derrick and kevin on michigan ave.  Jenny met us for lunch and we shopped a bit more.  Jen and I finally made it to a Cheesecake factory and oh my.  We shared a peice of their carmel cheese cake.  It was the best cheesecake I have ever had.  I told jenny that is what I want for my birthday dessert.  We made it back to michigan in the early afternoon.  Jenny worked on catching up on some stuff at work for a few hours.  I got the heat turned back on at the house and got things unpacked and looked at jenny’s car.  It was acting up on the trip so I just wanted to make sure it was nothing obvious.  We will be car shopping this week.  We figure it is time to get a reliable car for her.  Hopefully in the next week or two we will be able to agree on a nice car for a great price and get a good rate on a car loan.

Since it is getting cold at night, I have been trying to get everything set for winter.  Over the weekend I finally got all of the hose all unhooked and stored in the garage.  I did not get it soon enough because one of my sprayers is done.  One of the seals does not work anymore due to freezing I believe.  Oh well.  I still have to figure out what I am going to do with the deck furniture.  I tried putting the chairs against the house next to the deck.  I noticed they were getting dripped on and probably would not be a great place to store them.  I am thinking I will bring the table down stairs.  Will take the legs apart and try to put it behind the furnace.  The chairs I am not sure what I will do with those.  I would like to try to tie them up to the ceiling or something in the utility room.  I will have to think about it a bit more and see what I can do with them.  I probably could make a rack that would allow them to hang from the ceiling actually.  Maybe I will see what I can put together one evening this week.