I Am Healed!

So, the saga and fallout from Kayt’s accident continues. I’ve never seen such a big, stressful mess in my life! We’re winding our way through the red tape of two insurance companies, two police stations, a driver who speaks no english and an owner who doesn’t care and attempted to lie to us about the situation, and who attempted to put the blame on Kayt (kind of hard when she wasn’t charged, but the other driver was charged with seven serious offenses and is apparently still sitting in jail!!)

Anyways, we’re hoping the insurance will take care of it quickly. She’s going to have to fly to Florida on Saturday to go to school because it’s entirely likely that they’ll not have the mess completely untied by then. But we’ve started scouting for a vehicle for her. Found a NICE one at a used car lot up the road, but I think they want too much moolah for it. (I wouldn’t mind having it myself, actually. But $$$$$$$!!)

We’re also looking around online. I just found Auto123, an online portal where you canbuy used car, read the latest car news and car reviews, and find used cars and car dealerships.

Check out the Drive, Rate and Fly contest to win a free vacation! They want you to pick a vehicle you own (or have owned) and rate it to win prizes.

I *REALLY* like their used car search… you can filter results by make, model, year range, budget range, mileage range, certification, cars with photos – however you like. Very snazzy. Except that you’ve apparently got to be in Canada for it to work! Well – there’s lots of Canadian readers on this blog – maybe you can find a car through them!!

I just found a site with great Amish furniture and memory foam beds at this discount bedroom furniture site. I already have a great Tempurpedic mattress, but I’m very much in the market for the bed frame to go with it, and furniture to match (or, if I got lucky enough to find the matching frame to our existing furniture – not likely, though!)

The Bedroom Space site has all sorts of beds – wood, LEATHER (hello?), metal, four-poster… all sorts of beds. They even carry futons, which I’d consider as a replacement bed for Kayti’s room/guest room.

It’s called The Bedroom Space, but this site also has a good array of dining room furniture – tables, chairs, and sets, too!

It was kind of neat to see that they carry Klaussner brand furniture. Klaussner is a plant (well, a series of them) down the road in Asheboro. We’ve got friends who proudly make that furniture! The Bedroom Space also carries Brownstone Furniture, Lifestyle Solutions, and American Drew, as well as others.

I found a bed frame I like - a canopy bed – but my goodness! What if one of the cats got stuck up there!!!??? We might have to wait until we’re catless to buy it.

As for the memory foam mattress – like I said, we’ve got a Tempurpedic, but within reason they’re all pretty good. Buy one. What more can i say?

Right now, they’re offering free shipping, no sales tax outside of Florida, and – get this – 0% financing. They even offer a neat insurance plan called Guardsman, so you can “rest” assured (pun intended!) that if anything happens to damage your furniture – even cat claws, I assume! – you can get it repaired.

Sounds good to me!