Vannigan Again

Well as the 4th of July steadily approaches Van has started readying things for our "mostly family" party. By "mostly family" I mean that we have succumb to the semi-nagging of Vince's mom who's beloved sisters have still yet to see her prodigal son's lovely home (can you believe it? from the trailer to all THIS). haha. And I've never had my aunts over so we figured we better now before the mini-van gets here and we retire into an exhausted state of baby care.
So Van goes to Sam's on his day off for some "party" items. I am at work so this unattended shopping trip most undoubtedly ends up with at least one interesting item. Item of note: giant barrell of cheese puffs. Well I find immediate amusement in this because, like I said, this is a mostly family party and while there may be a couple kids here I doubt anyone will be digging into that barrel of puffs. The best part, Van won't let anyone eat any puffs "until the party".

Van-car.

So Van calls me at work the other day, we are both busy and don't have time to talk but "all he wants to know" is whether I'd "rather have a Jeep Wrangler or a Mustang GT". "ok, quick Meredith I got to go! which one?". So reluctantly I offer up what I figure is the best choice of the two and blurt out "Mustang" to which he immediately hangs up. Now not that I want either of these cars but if you had two kids which would you prefer? Infant in carseat, wind taking his breath away, while "dad" cruises down 55 with the doors off? "Meredith, it's warm for November, they'll be fine". Or a two door sportscar that takes 20 minutes to get a carseat in and out of?
Now see until Van actually sees the mini-van I don't think he realizes he's having one. Like the dogs. They have no clue what's going on other than they can't sleep on the bed anymore and are pissed off about it. Leave it to Van to purchase a Jeep Wrangler or a Mustang G-frigging-T when he's got a mini-van or two to think of. Then he'll try to convince me that either of these are perfect family cars. Oh and did I mention that stick shift is the only transmission option with these cars? I decided a long time ago that I didn't need to learn how to drive a stick because when I tried to learn it made me want to cry. I have NO patience for learning a stick.
So what have we got here so far: A "good" family car, that only Van can drive. mmmhmm. Well I'm lucky that when he took the Mustang out to test drive he thinks he "broke something" so now he's not getting that and I ix-nayed the Jeep already so he can't get that. He settled, thank God, on a truck instead. It's a nice truck. Roomy, nice backseat for the kids, truck bed for the dogs. But I have to laugh, in all his haste to get a new car....he got a truck that is about 2 inches from fitting in the garage. It's going to be a long, cold winter Van.