New Ride

We bought a van on Tuesday to replace our poor squashed Taurus. I was happy to be able to replace the 5-seater with something nice we can all fit in. Our 'new' vehicle is a 2000 Dodge Caravan with 86,000 miles. We were able to bargain, saving $500 off the asking price. The cost was well within the amount we received for the totalled Taurus, leaving us with more than enough to pay the sales tax, license and registration fees, and title transfer.

These are the pix from Craigslist, which is where we found the van listed. I haven't taken any of my own photos yet, since when we brought it home it was dark and right now it's covered in several inches of snow. I will be going Thursday to get the license plate, now that it's insured.

I am most excited to have sliding doors on BOTH sides. This is the first van we've had with that. It's also really nice to have HEAT that works great, since our other van's heater struggles. And it's BLUE!!! YAY!

Stitches & Squishes

This morning Emily stepped on part of a speaker the boys were taking apart and gashed her toe quite deeply. Both Bob and I thought she needed stitches, so i took her to the ER.

She was taken into the exam room. While we were waiting, a security guard came in and asked me if i had a 99 Taurus.

Me: Why yes, I do.
Her: Follow me, please.

My car got hit in the parking lot. By an EMS vehicle.

The driver thought he might have left it in gear. @@

The collision guy predicts that my car will probably be totalled.

Emily ended up with 5 stitches in her big toe, by the way.

I wasn't even going to leave the house today.





No pictures of the toe. Be thankful!