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A Hokey Birthday Poem for Ollie’s 35th
The year was a whirlwind -
both good things and bad.
We went on vacation,
but not much fun was to be had.
Our house gave us troubles.
Thought the ship surely would sink!
We bailed out in time
for a baby in pink.
The holidays had us
running here, there and home.
Then house problems did resurface.
Aching muscles [...]

I just made aware (thanks to Twitter) of this event, and its a great idea. I thought I would post this just to spread the word a bit as this is good for us all. Even if the critics argue that this will do nothing to global warming, it will at least get you to [...]

Updated: SOLD! And it took long enough sheesh! 4 months to the day even.
Hey we finally made up our minds and bought a 2008 Nissan Quest. Now that we have a new family truckster, its time to put the mule out to pasture.

2000 Chevy S-10 Blazer LS
$4500 OBO
116,000 Miles Single Owner
Features:
4.3L V6 4X4 Automatic trans
Power [...]

Oh wait, it was Saturday. But that doesn’t have the same ring to it.  It was man night out last night, Erik and I took in a MONSTER TRUCK SHOW..Car crushing fun was had by all. I had no idea we had so many rednecks around here.

..but this is crazy! Checking in on my financial aid status I came across this number:

Uhh what?!! I almost fell out of my chair seeing that. Once I breathed heavily into a paper bag I of course called right away. “Its a mistake.” Uh, yeah it is! I better not be getting a bill for [...]

Just a quick post to say, car shopping sucks! We have too many options, requirements limitations…
New or used? SUV or Mini Van? 4×4 or not? How much is that a month? How much gas mileage will we get? Does it have a third row? Will my head explode? Gah! So,we’ve gone from thinking minivan, [...]