A New Car!

That's right! The deal is done and my totaled car has been replaced! It has been a crazy couple of days for sure. We have been looking for cars without having too much luck in the last week. On a whim, David decided to put our car on craigslist to see if we could get any offers and get more than what the insurance company was going to give us for it.

Little did we know, we were going to be FLOODED with calls and emails. David's phone literally rang all day on Friday and I answered emails from home (I was off for Good Friday). We had no idea and it was so overwhelming! We quickly decided that the right thing to do to maximize our money with the insurance company was to keep the car and only take the money for the repairs for my car and try to sell it ourselves.

We sold it last night! The car had been on craiglist for less than 24 hours by the time it was sold, and we got $1,800 more than the insurance company would have given us in the settlement. The realization that we had basically one day to find me a car hit us pretty quick. We had an appointment to go see this car this morning, and thankfully, it was perfect! My old car was a 2006 Honda Accord with gray cloth and 62K miles. Here are the stats for the new car: 2007 Honda Accord, tan leather, heated seats, dual air control, sunroof, with 58K miles. We got a great deal on it and even managed to add some money to our savings account in the end!

Here she is!



The hog is back on!



Inside view from the driver's side.



Dash.



Passenger side view.



Back seat.



We are so excited about it. Who knew that a terrible hail storm could turn out so good? We really feel like the Lord provided us exactly what we needed in exactly his timing. We have been really sad about making the choice not to go home for Easter, but we are glad to have all of this car stuff finished. David's truck is still in the shop, but hopefully will be done soon.

After buying the car today we came home and detailed it. Then David mowed the yard while I headed to the grocery store for our week's provisions. :) This week is the start of finals time for David, but I don't have class anymore! I'm done! Woohoo! I am finally Rachel Rainwater M.A. Ed. We don't have too much going on this week except for studying.

Tomorrow we're going to go to the early service at church and then go to an Easter brunch somewhere, we're not sure yet. Happy Easter!