Today we ventured out to do some research on buying a different car.  We weren't sure if we would trade in the suburban or the van.....um.....since we only have the suburban here with in Orlando with us we started with that.  We had the Chevy dealership down the road from our place make us an offer.  I was shocked (actually that is an understatement).  Don't get me wrong, I knew that the big SUVs have taken a hit but when they offered me $2,000 for a vehicle I paid 9x that just 2.5 years ago.  I was thinking...."are you serious?!?!"  I told them they were way off and they upped the offer to $4,000.  If I was serious about getting rid of the gas guzzler, I would have taken them up on their offer, but I couldn't find anything on their lot worth giving up my paid off vehicle for.  I had success with CarMax when I sold my Camry last year so I decided that it was worth driving there to see what they would offer....and they felt they were being generous by offering us $2,500. I really feel that God is leading us here...and if we were supposed to get rid of the suburban it would have worked out. We've decided that we are better off selling/trading the van and getting Tommy a small truck.  After our quick trip to the Chevy dealership turned into a 4 hour trip + dinner, we found a truck that Tommy has all but fell in love with.  The draw back for me....it's ORANGE!!!  The dealership was closed so he will call them in the morning.  We also found a white S-10 (just in case the orange S-10 isn't for sell since we think it might be a display truck). 

We will officially be moved in 18 days.  Our goal is 8/13 since we are truly only wasting money going back and forth here.  I started full-time this week at work....yippie!! And we are working on becoming DEBT FREE....I actually have been working toward this for about a year.  But with Tommy starting school and the move and the move again there has been set backs.  We are starting the baby steps using the principles taught by Dave Ramsey. It's not hard, but requires discipline!  I always seem to forget the first step though in my haste to "get started".