Josh got a dirt bike, I got a vacuum!

Ty loves to ride the dirt bike! Dad bought helmets with the $200 mom gave him!

Daddy's new riding boots! Ty loves to put these on!

Just the perfect height! What a smart idea!

Okay, so this is a little late, but life never seems to slow down for me! Josh has been using Ty against me the past month or so. Ty loves to ride on Grandpa Jensen's dirt bike, so Josh tells him to ask mom for a dirt bike! This was happening everyday, several times a day! Everytime we get our tax return Josh wants to buy a "big purchase"! This year I finally put my foot down and said "no, absolutely not!!!" I still didn't hear the end of it so I made him a deal. I told him if he sold the 4 wheeler, then he could use that money to buy him a dirt bike. Every night he would be on the internet searching for the perfect bike with the perfect price. He tried to get his dad to buy the 4 wheeler, but his wife said "no" too! We finally put it in the paper and the next day I have 2 men at my house looking at the 4 wheeler. Before they came to my house, I had 2 salesmen knock on my door and they were selling cancer insurance. I invited them in and listened. Then, Josh calls and says, "can you go clean up the 4 wheeler, there is a guy coming in 20 min. to look at it?" I LOVINGLY say, "honey, I have 2 men at my house talking to me about cancer insurance, but I will try to get to it if I can." About 15 minutes there is a knock at the door...it is the man who is looking at the 4 wheeler. I leave the 2 salesmen in my home, while I got outside to open the shed and get the 4 wheeler out. He makes me an offer, I can Josh and we make a deal. Right after this the other man shows up at my back gate (salesmen still waiting for me) and wants to look at the bike and will pay full price for it. At this point I was soooooo mad at my husband. We had already made a deal and now this guy is going to pay more! AHHHH... what do I do! I call Josh and he laughs and says, "take whoever will pay more!" I am thinking I am going to have a bidding war in my backyard, while I still have 2 men waiting for me in my home! I tell Josh, "you are in so much trouble and I will just take care of it!" I tell the second guy, "I am sorry, but we already made a deal with this man!" Needless to say, he was not happy with me, but I felt like I did the right thing! Yes, we could have made $200 more, but what about my integrity? Josh wasn't too thrilled, but I told him I would just give him the $200! About 20 min. later I return back to the salesmen and finish up the presentation! I loved the plan because you get all your money back if you never use it, but if you do use it we will have great coverage! I felt it was like a savings account!

Now I had to go get the bill of sale ready for the man who bought the 4 wheeler! He came back and brought his mother with him and I knew for sure that I had done the right thing. He was buying it for his father-in-law and they were probably in there 70's! She was the sweetest little lady and I felt so good inside! Josh was just happy that he sold the bike and could now buy his dirt bike! He spent every spare moment on the computer searching for a bike and found one.

The next day I am at home again and I get a knock on my door! What is it with my house? Do I have a sign that says, "I am a weak women who feels bad for salesmen?" This time it was a vacuum salesmen! Okay, so I have been wanting a new vacuum cleaner for probably 3 years now...since we bought this house! Ours was a cheap one and it was sooooooo loud! Even Josh hated how loud it was! Of course, they show you all the nasty stuff in your couches and carpet as a way to get you to purchase the vacuum! Well, my carpet wasn't even a year old...how could it be so nasty? Josh got home and I thought for sure he would tell the guy, "No, Absolutely Not!" I was shocked when he said, "Is it quieter than my other one? If so, she can buy it!" What was that? You were suppose to save me and tell me, "No!!!" To this day my husband thinks I spent $800 on the vacuum, but I will never really let him know how much it cost! Lets just say my sister and good friend know the truth and it will stay with them! I decided I was going to put a sign on my door that says, "Go away, I can't afford anything else!!!" Do you think that would do the trick! I guess I just need to not be afraid to say, "NO" to people who knock on my door! Does anyone else have this problem? I will say that I love the vacuum, it works great, and is so quiet compared to my other one. I have since vacuumed everything in my house, including the ceilings where the cobwebs start to form! With that said, I have a 10 year warranty on it, but Josh says I will never buy another vacuum again! He's right....we can't afford another one!

Good thing about the vacuum: I can adjust it to Ty's height! He already vacuumed his room with a little help from mom! I am teaching him young!