Ok, The Driver's Papers Are Filed and Waiting....

Thankyou all for wishing good luck with my daughter's driver's ed course. She is getting very excited about it. Luckily, she is my only child out of 5 who will actually listen. Maybe it's just a stroke of luck. I filled out that simple form, sent in my $20 and it should be back on it's way soon. Then the chore will begin. Here are a few other things that I am going to teach her along with the driver's ed, which is very important for me.
1. Never talk on the cell phone while driving. That means no texting either. Pull over somewhere if it's important.
2. Never get so close behind another car that you cannot see the back tires on the road. This at least gives you a little room in case someone rear ends you... you don't want to hit the car in front of you.
3. know how to follow rules of putting gas in the tank, that means locking your doors while outside the vehicle, no cell phone talking, paying attention to what you are doing, and your surroundings.
4. always keep a couple of extra bucks in your car in case of an emergency. That means trying to fill up before the car is completely empty.
5. Always watch out for the other guy!

Teen Drivers Ed

Am I brave or what? I checked around to all our local drivers ed locations and it is a whopping $375 cash, or $400 if paid in payments. Wow ! That is alot of money for me these days and since I had put all my other 4 in drivers ed, it was a given with my youngest. I just couldn't believe the prices and how they had jumped so much. Actually, where my oldest daughter lives (many hours north), the price is much more reasonable, but it's also in another state so that wasn't going to work either. With my teen, I have had the very good fortune of her doing well in school, listening to what I have to say and I found it quite beneficial to call around and find out about the parent-taught drivers ed, and just thinking about it sounded like alot of work, but it was only $20. I filled out the application that I found online, printed it out and sent in my check....now I have to wait for the packet to come back. I am hoping and praying that this will be something that isn't too difficult because I know that there are many lesson plans in the packet. Well, wish me luck. Oh, and by the way, I did call my insurance agent and discussed with her the amount of insurance that will raise with my daughter.....she said that while she is on a permit, she is under my insurance but after that, once proving that she's a "B" average student and taking a little test for the insurance, our insurance will be less than $65 a month....I was so happy about that.