Showing posts with label New Car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Car. Show all posts

Friday, September 18, 2009

This and That

Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them. ~John Shirley

DD has to make a potpourri pie for her art lesson this week. It's different smelly things in a dish covered with strips of felt to look like a pie. She went outside with our harvesting basket (the one we use to pick veggies) and came back in with stuff I wouldn't have thought of putting together. Her "pie" ended up being chives, rosemary and cinnamon (which she grated from cinnamon sticks). Surprisingly, it smelled AWESOME. In fact, I think I'm going to put it in my bathroom :-)

Tomorrow our 4Runner goes to its new home and I won't be able to avoid learning how my new-to-me car works anymore. How sad is it that I'm overwhelmed by The Pea? Mary mentioned yesterday that she had family members who recently bought brand new cars and had to attend a class to find out how everything works!! A CLASS.

Dear heavens.

Our local fair is coming up in two weekends. DD is bouncing off the walls about it -- says it's almost as good as Christmas. She asked me what I liked best about it (I said "the food" ... lol) and she said, "I like the horse shows and the exhibits and the rides and the cows and the food... I like EVERYTHING."

She's thinking about going on the big Ferris wheel this year, but isn't sure because I won't go on with her (yeah, I'll do roller coasters, but Ferris wheels terrify me). We're torn between going on "bracelet day" when you buy a bracelet for $20 and can ride rides until you vomit, or going on a different day when the fairway won't be so crowded, but you use tickets -- and she'd only get to go on 5-6 rides. Tough decisions to make at ten.

We're not sure what to do with Dakota on fair day, either. We'd either have to crate her for 6 - 7 hours or take her to day care. Every time we've taken her to day care, she's gotten sick, but I don't love the idea of crating the little bundle of energy for that long either. Days like these, I really miss my last dog. She was so easy.

DH wants to get a log-splitter for our three cords of wood this year. The past couple of times we've taken down our own trees for firewood, we've split it all by hand. It's great exercise, but very time-consuming, and we're running out of time this year. Guess we'll find out...

I'm going to pick all the apples off of our trees today. I think I might make applesauce, though the idea of it exhausts me. But, we got enough this year we can't just eat them all, so I have to do something with them.

Got any fun ideas of what to do with a bunch of apples?

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You Are North



Like a Viking, you are assertive, decisive, and dominant. You seek power and destroy those in your way.

People admire that you are so confident and independent. You seem to have the world figured out.



Sometimes you come across as pushy and aggressive... not that you mind! You like being seen as tough.

You make a fairly good leader, especially in times that require grit and ruthlessness. You are a warrior.




Next stop: World Domination! ........ muhahahahahaha.......

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Saturday, September 12, 2009

Something New in our Driveway

A bargain ain't a bargain unless it's something you need. ~Sidney Carroll

Busy day for us yesterday. DD was working on a science project for school (which required a little hunting in the woods), and DH & I bought a new-to-us vehicle. He can never sleep the night before he drops a significant amount of money, so he tossed and turned and tossed and turned. I finally got up around 2 a.m. and crashed on the couch with the dog, who snores but doesn't toss and turn *G*

My DH is a car salesman's nightmare. He does massive amounts of research on something before he even shows up on the lot and he's an incredible negotiator. He will dicker them down to a price that's nearly painful. He knows what something is worth, and won't pay more. He'll allow the dealership a profit, but not an obscene one, and WILL walk away if they won't give him what he asks (we almost had a nearly new 4Runner ... *sigh*... but the dealer wouldn't come down enough in price). I'm lousy at negotiating, I HATE to do it, so DH goes by himself, because I have a lousy poker face. Then, when it's done, I come down and sign the papers. *G*

In any case, we got one of these (this is almost exactly what it looks like, except it's solid green):



And since every vehicle has a "call sign" in my DH's family, and there is already a "green bug" (and a black bug, and a gold bug and ... well, you get the idea), and since this is a bit shorter than the trucks and vans and SUVs that everyone else owns, it's been dubbed...

The Pea

My DD doesn't like the name, and calls it "Sweet Pea", but I told her that she can be the Princess in the Pea. *G*

We're selling my beloved 4Runner (**sniff**) and already have a buyer who's been bugging DH for it for a couple years. That's good, I suppose, but I'm going to miss my baby.

So, we're on the poor side of middle class again, but I have a fairly new, reliable vehicle and on the plus side, it gets much better gas mileage.

Still, I really love my Runner.

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Your 80s Hunk is Kirk Cameron



Back in the 80s, you would have been the most popular girl around.

And obviously, you'd want to be with the cutest, most popular guy!



You like a guy who is friendly, funny, and a bit of a troublemaker.

Yes, you're a bit picky. But you're willing to fight to win you're dream guy's heart.




LOL... I did watch his show, but the rest? Not so much...

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