My sister's daughter and her family got a late enough start out of Alabama last night that my sister and I had time to spend some more time at the local GM dealership before they got here. We're taking delivery on a slightly used 2 door 6 cylinder 2008 Pontiac G6 GT tomorrow and for now we're also holding on to the '04 Malibu I currently have. They didn't offer nearly as much for it as my sister's online research indicated it should be worth, not even enough to buy the Stratus we'd looked at, let alone pay off the existing loan on the car, so I told them to forget about trade-ins and I'd just buy the G6 outright for cash. After we have time to think and talk without company around we may decide to advertise it in the paper or, if my nephew wants it on a long term basis I may sell it to him and let him pay for it gradually after he gets his GED and a better job. Unless we sell it outside the family we'll go ahead and make payments for the duration of the original loan rather than tie up that much more cash. 

Bobbi and her family got here about 1:00. It's been nice seeing the kids again -- I particularly enjoyed seeing Madysson and Noah giving the swingset I bought last summer a good workout -- but things tend to be a might hectic when they're around. I split my afternoon between sitting in the back yard watching the kids play and hiding in my blogging corner with my hearing aids turned off. I'll definitely be ready for some sleep when things settle down enough but I'll try to get some pictures posted soon.

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From the limited amount of time I've had to talk to Scotty I get the impression he'd really like to end up owning the Malibu eventually. Whether we end up working things out or not, I definitely intend for it to be around till sometime after Christmas so I can drive the G6 to Ft Worth. Heather, that means we have a lot more flexibility on deciding what days I'm spending there since I don't have to tell Enterprise Leasing a month in advance to have a car available and it won't cost me extra to stay longer than originally planned if we decide I should.