new stuff

Actually, just one new thing. But, it's the biggest thing we have purchased since being married. We just went outside where it was parked and took a few quick pics before the sun went down.


It is a 1996 Mazda B2300 with about 97000 miles. A gutless 4 cylinder with a manual transmission. Just what we wanted. We weren't specifically looking for a Mazda but that is what was available - and we like it. It was fun driving down to Utah with all the cash we needed to buy it. I am glad to know that even though we have two cars now, we still have zero car payments.

It rides really well for a little truck, has almost brand new tires on it, gets good mileage, and is pretty quiet on the road. Best of all - Erin has the Buick all to herself and can go wherever she wants, whenever she wants. She is pretty excited and I feel all extra manly with my gutless truck - I can carry... stuff now.

Here is one last picture of us all tired out after the photo shoot.


Also, as a side note - This is awesome...

This truck has the factory tape deck stereo. And, if you can't tell, that is my handy dandy Tape-->CD converter that I have had for like a million years. You know, the one that plugged into the headphones of the CD player and had a fake tape-type thing that tricked your stereo into thinking it was playing a tape? Yeah, I have kept that thing with my portable CD player for a long time and have contemplated chucking it many times. I am glad I didn't. Now I can listen to the ipod in the truck and I didn't have to buy anything new to do it.

All talked out

I think one reason I haven't been posting very often lately is that we are still living with my parents and close to so much family. A lot of the kinds of things I would say here end up being said to at least a couple different people before I get a chance to use the computer. Just so you know...