130,000

My car rolled over 130,000 miles last week and is still going strong! And the best part, the car is paid off. It better be with that many miles on it.

Twilight - Rick's Thoughts

Rick bought me Twilight for my birthday. Since then we have watched it twice together. Both times he wanted to watch it. (I have watched it one or two times besides the ones with him.) He also asked me to get the book from the library for him. He read it in 4 days. That is about how long it took me!

Rick calls me every night on his way home from work. It is a nice time to just chat with nothing else going on. It is a good time for him to decompress and get all he wants to about work out so by the time he gets home we don't have to deal with work and can just have time together. Last night he called me and right off the bat he wanted to talk Twilight. Here is generally how our conversation went:

Rick "So talking about the book versus the movie, (He assumed I knew what he was talking about even though it took me a moment.) I like to think of myself as Edward but not being a Vampire, but I like to think we have a good relationship like they do. Do you think they showed the passion and love they have for each other in the movie?"

Michele "No I really don't. And you know, when I read the book I thought of us as being Bella and Edward. But dood, you need the car."

Rick "So you really think we have passion like that?"

Michele "Yes I do. I think that we are both so deeply in love with each other."

Rick "I am glad cause I do too. It isn't just a I want to have sex with you love either."

Michele "You are right, it isn't lust but it is a deep passion. Unconditional love."

Rick "Yeah! So I need a new car, but I want it to have the shift paddles on the steering wheel. Think Volvo does that?"

Here is where the conversation went on to discuss cars and other things. We did discuss in the movie that Edward needs to show how much he loves Bella more. That there are a few scenes in the movie where he looks happy and like he wants to be with her and those are great.

The point is...I have such an awesome husband! He is totally a romantic. He is into the Twilight series as much as I am and he wants to make sure we have that type of passion between us, even if it is fictional and sometimes people don't think that it is real.

Let me tell you, passion like that is REAL and it is ALIVE between Rick and me!

My Subaru

So I have this Subaru. I like my subaru. It has been a good car. It has taken us to California several times and kept me from being stuck in the snow more than once.

So I have this Subaru. I hate my subaru. Ok maybe I don't hate it. I sure don't like the parts that break though.

On 08/14/07 I had the alternator replaced. Today is 08/12/08. The subaru is now at the fix it place, having the alternator fixed....AGAIN. I am SOOOOOO happy it was today and not this Friday, which will be 08/15/08 and there would be no warantee on it.
Last night I was driving home from Harmon's when the radio stopped working. I thought, dang. No more radio. The guages then went a little crazy jumping around. I stopped to get the mail and thought...maybe I shouldn't do this. Then I thought, no it is too hot for me to walk back out here I will just turn off the car and grab it.
That's when I couldn't start the car again. I called my visiting teacher to come and give me a jump since I was parked in the red zone and Rick was going to be at work for a few more hours. She came right over and of course the car started right up. I was able to back into my spot. This morning Rick came home from work to jump the car. As soon as it was shifted into gear, it died. We tried this a few times. Rick was finally able to get it to move. We made it about a mile then it died and we started all over again. This time we almost made it to the light. There is a huge intersection just before the fix it place. 12300 south and the frontage road for those of you familiar with Draper...right were Flying J, Panda and all that stuff is. Rick pulled the car into the parking lot at Fazoli's to charge it up hopefully enough to get it through the light. We waited for about 7 min then pulled the cables off. While Rick was putting them away, the car died. It was having none of this. We decided to take the other car over and say...Help!. The guy was cool and said he would get it from there. (I guess they took a battery charger over and attached it and drove back with the hood partially open. It was crazy.) Something that should have taken about 15-20 min ended up taking more than an hour. That is why I don't like cars. I really do like cars, but I wish I could just get a new one every 2 years and have a lease so it was always under warantee. That would be nice.

Next time your car makes odd sounds, like high pitched screetching, or flashes it's lights at you...get it checked out. You never know when it is going to say, enough is enough.