Auto Loans

I think most people like nice things. I like nice things. I know people that like nice things. At the same time, there have been times in the past where my peace of mind has been destroyed by nice things that I shouldn't really have. It's these same nice things that folks have experienced a lot of grief over in the past couple years and many years to come.
I will say that I have been a lot more responsible with money in the past 4 or 5 years than I have been in the past. I think I am a completely different person in this respect. Its a good thing to. Especially when I am getting emails from my bank like this....

Hello! (love the exclamation)

Our records indicate that you are near the end of your auto loan with us and may be in the market for another vehicle. We would like to invite you to apply for another auto loan today.

Seriously!? I just spent a couple years paying off this loan feeling so excited that it will be done...cleared, and now you want me to jump right back into another one? How many autos should one have? How many relatively new autos should one have? How old should an auto be before one decides ehh, its paid for....lets jump into another loan. I guess different folks answer these questions in different ways but me....I was able to laugh, delete the email and look forward to next month where that financial burden is lifted.

Almost Disney

A few weekends ago we went down to Anaheim for a concert. I still haven't been to Disney Land but the in-laws gave me tickets for Christmas so I think that is in my near future. On the way back we stopped by the Disney Concert Hall to check it out. It was a cool day to go because downtown was completely empty. So empty that a Mercedes commercial was being filmed driving back and forth in front of the Hall.

The pictures ended up being pretty cool.Okay back to work.........

Mammoth

The little lady has been talking about going to Mammoth for pretty much our entire relationship. She spent some of her younger years living there and loved it. Naturally she has been wanting to show it off. That time finally came this past weekend.
We had awesome time. We spent the first full day cruising around, checking things out, and pretty much eating the entire time. I always thought the amount of snow at California mountains was exaggerated but there was truly an amazing amount of snow. We hit the mountain the next day and pretty much covered the whole mountain. Lines were relatively small and we had an early start. The only thing I wish is that it was a little closer. Six hours of driving each way on a weekend is a bit heavy.