Well, not too much going on in the Stuffel house these days.....but here's a little update nonetheless:
So the Rodeo that we bought nearly a month ago still doesn't have a title. Oh how I love the DMV. One small benefit of the military is that you get to declare a "permanent state of residence," ours of which is Ohio. Now, the nice thing about this is that it allows you to conduct all sorts of legal paperwork through your home state, even though you are not currently living there. So for an Ohioan living in California, this is good, because everything in California is ridiculously expensive.....and this allows us to retain ownership of vehicles, pay insurance, etc. all through Ohio. Which brings us to our current situation. The idea when we bought the Rodeo was to obtain a title transfer and register the vehicle through the state of Ohio, which would save us a butt-load of money and allow us to become exempt from all of the emissions BS that California mandates. Now take into account that I bought the vehicle in California, the previous owner had titled it in Alaska, I am trying to complete and out of state title transfer to Ohio, AND the average DMV worker has the IQ of Forrest Gump.......and you will begin to appreciate how difficult this has become. =) I finally sent off all of the forms that I was instucted to a few days ago, so wish me luck!
Unfortunately, it looks like we will not be home for Christmas this year. =( We really had all intentions of trying to make it, but the Air Force keeps messing around with Jessie's training dates, so we were unable to book any flights. Now that we've waited so long, prices are a bit high. Better luck next time......
And speaking of Christmas, we finally got some decorations up this weekend! There will be no live tree for us this year, as they have to truck them in from Oregon and are all $100+. So our little $15.99 Wal-Mart tree will have to do the job this year.
Merry Christmas, and we are thinking about all of you!
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