The older car is all charged up but it won't start. It is making that ugly clicking sound that means, in my experience anyway, that it needs a new starter. *sighs* Still, we need to do this. That car has much more leg room and is easier to get in and out of with my knee. The Toyota is fine when I am driving and can have the seat all the way back (because my son is still little and he sits on that side) but in the front passenger seat it's not very comfortable, because my long-legged daughter sits behind it and it can't be all the way out. DH does all the driving when he is home because my knee aches if I can't stretch it out all the way so I don't drive anymore than necessary.

I wish we could get that Sienna now. *sighs again*

We went to the courthouse today to get tabs for the older car (which we are in the process of getting going again). I'm not particularly fond of the way the courthouse is set up. The handicapped access is on the far end from where the most commonly done things are, licensing and tax assessor offices, as well as where you need to go through the metal dectector to get to the second floor for jury duty. So if you don't want to deal with their stairs or if you don't have a wheelchair that can attach to the chair lift, you have to walk the entire length of the courthouse and back from the handicapped parking.

I got my permit right before we went to Virginia Mason, but the more I've used it, the more I've noticed just how inconvenient it can be for people who have difficulty walking but aren't in wheel chairs. Like at rest areas. I've always had a pet peeve with rest areas anyway, because for some unknown reason the women's bathroom is always on the side where the truckers park (who are typically made up of 90% men) and the men's bathroom is on the side where the cars park. Cars that generally have women and children who go into the bathrooms with women.

I do not get the sense of this. Never have. Well, the handicapped parking spots are even further from the women's restroom than parking in a regular spot. So while you can get in and out of your car easily and up the ramp to the sidewalk, it is an even longer walk to the bathroom than it should be. And if you don't want to walk through the cloud of smokers you have to go even further out of your way.

Oh, well. End rant.

Anyway the tabs cost us $43.75. When DH gets back from picking DD up at school we are going to put the older car on the battery charger and get it charged up, then take it to the car wash if there is still time. So that will be around $13.

ING paid its interest on my savings account today, a whopping .70 bringing the total of my EF there to $828.06. I finally made it to CU#2 to deposit my coin jar savings. I added in a spare twenty dollar bill to my rolled coins and ones. The deposit was $66.50. This brings the part of the EF there to $285.91.

$828.06 ING EF
+285.91 CU#2 EF
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$1113.97 New EF Total

We got gas today at $3.62 per gallon. It's really dropping. We got 11.172 gallons for $40.54.

I paid $90 for physical therapy yesterday and $25 for a prescription. This is the medicine that cost $150 before we hit our medical deductible. Much, much more reasonable.

We are taking the car down on Friday for an oil change and to check the brake pads and see if they need replacing since last time we took it in they said the next time the pads might require replacing. What with how many times we will be going to Seattle in the next several months I want to make sure we stay on top of that. We also need to change the back windshield wiper. It stuck to some ice this winter and it got pulled free unevenly and it's stopped wiping properly since, leaving massive streaks every time we use it.

We may test drive a Sienna while we wait at the dealership. Still a year off (at the very least) from buying one, but I'd like to see how it handles.