Oh Happy Day

Today was a day for the Car shop Literally.  Well the Smog Shop anyway.  We sold our jeep about a month ago and forgot to put that lovely "as-is" clause on the bill of sale.  Though the man Mike sold the Jeep to was told about a few issues the Jeep has, he was insisting we fix it in order for it to pass smog.  The man had taken it to be smogged and said it didn't pass and it was going to need $850 in work done to it.  Mike knew the guy was being taken and offered to take it to be smogged.  Wouldn't you know, it passed the first time.  While Mike was doing that Aliyah and I went to Ikea that was only a few minutes down the road.  

I guess it was a girls day at the "Carr Shop" as well.  Her and I have needed to spend some quality time together for a while but usually whenever we have alone time together... well it doesn't go well.  She gets mad at me, I start counting down the seconds until Mike gets home and the attitude will be gone.  We had a good day.  She wasn't as interested in being in Ikea as I thought she would be but we got along.  I took her a treat and we went to In and Out.  We don't normally eat out and if we do it is off  a dollar menu  but i felt it was important to show her that good behavior and respect gets her respect back.  

We all did some housework when we got back and I had a great phone conversation but details on that will have to wait for a few days.  Aliyah went to Breakaway Games up at Bayside.  She is doing Cheer and loving it.  We watch cheer moves and listen to cheers a lot these days.  It is great for her to gain the esteem and self respect during events like these.  I am really excited to see the growth that has been happening in her this summer.  Here's to praying that it sticks and also continues!!  

We have been going for a lot of family walks lately.  So when we got back from Breakaway, we got the dogs ready and went for a two mile walk.  It felt so great and its been a great habit for us to get into as a family activity.  It's maintenance for us Carr's and boy do we need it.  

That's what I know I personally need to concentrate on these days the "maintenance" part of my life.  Right now the Maintenance needs to be a tune up, oil change, tire rotation, new spark plugs, gasoline and so much more but daily taking care of these areas... well it will become maintenance!