"never-ending happiness"

True, enduring happiness, with the accompanying strength, courage, and capacity to overcome the greatest difficulties, will come as you center your life in Jesus Christ. Obedience to His teachings provides a secure ascent in the journey of life. That takes effort. While there is no guarantee of overnight results, there is the assurance that, in the Lord's time, solutions will come, peace will prevail, and happiness will be yours." Richard G. Scott, Ensign, Nov. 2006, 41

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

$120 Oil Change

I saw the bill for the mission van oil change and at the current exchange rate for the Icelandic króna it was approximately $120 for the labor, oil and oil filter. When the Wohlgemuth´s arrived 19 months ago it was equal to about $240. We complain about the cost of gas in the US, how would you like to pay those prices for an oil change! We certainly would not be driving much - makes flying look cheap.

5 comments:

TStevens said...: Can you change your own - or is that illegal?; October 15, 2008 at 6:53 PM
meredith said...: Is that in American dollars? How much is gas over there?; October 17, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Grandpa and Grandma B said...: Yes those are US dollars. Gas isn't as bad as I expected but mainly because of the increased value of our dollar here. Gas is approximately $1.70/liter or $6.44/gallon. Much better than in July when because of our exchange rate it was about $9.00/gallon.; October 17, 2008 at 3:23 PM
meredith said...: wow, we're down to $2.68 here. That's crazy!!!!; October 19, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Grandpa and Grandma B said...: Wow the price of gas has really dropped in the US. We would sure like to see that here too, but I am just happy to see it has gone down approximately 10 cents this week along with 10 cents last week. We are at approximately $5.91 per gallon.; October 20, 2008 at 7:18 AM