New Truck

Guess What? I Finally convinced J.W. he needed a new truck. Well, maybe it wasn't so much as me convincing him as the fact that our family doesn't even fit in the truck. But really I think it was that he can't pull his trailer and 4 wheelers very well with it! Whatever the reason, he finally got a new one!

The Ranger, believe it or not, is still running okay. J.W. has had it for 15 years! The truck has 180,000 + miles on it. It has a leaky transmission seal or something like that but it works fine. He is going to give it to his mom because she has been without a vehicle for 3 or 4 months or something like that.

J.W. has always wanted a Dodge Dakota since forever so that it what he tried to find. If you know J.W., you know he is a total internet shopper. He looked online for quite awhile. I made him go to a dealership so I could touch & feel & see what a Dakota even is! We found one at a dealership, it had a "Cowgirl Up" decal on the back and that kind of deterred J.W. from getting that one (along with a bunch of other mess). Well, he found one on the internet that was perfect for him, great price, right color, everything. Only problem.... it was in Idaho Falls. He was actually so excited about wanting that truck and getting that truck he couldn't sleep!

Well, guess what? We took a 36 minute flight to Idaho Falls on Tuesday and he bought it! It's a really cool truck. It's blue, just like he wanted, has 4 doors, 4 wheel drive, and all the bells and whistles. It is stick shift, which makes it fun to drive. We had a really nice drive home and got Sammie from a friends house.

And guess what else? My crappy minivan is in the shop getting a stupid expensive repair done just so it can pass inspection, although it drives just fine. But the good news is, I get to drive the new truck! J.W. took the Ranger to work for five days. Sammie and Felicity both love the truck. Felicity keeps saying "coooool truck". Sammie just loves it, almost as much as her 4 wheeler.

So, how long is the longest you have ever kept a vehicle? Anyone beat 15 years? Okay, the rule is, it has to be the primary vehicle you drive. Anyone, Anyone? I'll bet no one can beat that.

Here it is.

WHACK! Sammie's New 'Do

So J.W. came to me Monday when I got home from work and said "Sammie needs to talk to you, it's a girl thing". Oh great, I thought. Wassup? Trouble with friends? Well, Sammie took a deep breath and sat me down and said "Mom, I want to cut my hair". That was schocking! I said okay, well just think about it for a little while and if you still want to you can cut it. I could tell it was the only thing on her mind at all when she went to bed that night and the next morning that is all she could talk about. When she got home from school on Tuesday she begged and begged and really begged to go to the salon. Here are some pictures ......

I'm gonna miss that long, beautiful, silky, shiny hair. Except the tangles in the morning. I really think it looks super cute. Sammie loves it. It will much better for swimming and washing her own hair and brushing her own hair which was all but impossible before. She insists on donating her hair to Locks of Love for cancer patients although I begged her to let me keep it and make a hair piece from it. The total length cut off turned out to be 15"!

Blogging

Okay, so I am gonna try this blogging thing. I've tried Myspace and Facebook and haven't really gotten into them so we will see how long this thing lasts. But for now this is just a test and I am getting very dizzy seeing how it is 2 1/2 hours past my bedtime! Hopefully I will get this figured out soon!