The endless loop of Christmas music in my brain has started now, despite having avoided turning on the radio since before Thanksgiving. So I guess this means it’s time for me to start getting ready for Christmas. Dragged the tree out, strung the lights and hung decorations on it. Working on Christmas cards now. And the Christmas baking has begun. Soon just about every available container in our kitchen will be stacked to overflowing with sugar cookies, destined to be shipped off to relatives.
Only a couple more weeks to go…
Blogger evolution
Jeremy Wright has an interesting take on blogger evolution. I think on his scale, I’m somewhere around a familial blogger, although I don’t think too many people have found my blog. I’m still pretty comfortable with what I write here though.
175 000 miles!
Finally reached 175 000 miles on my beater car last night. Yes, it took me almost 4 months to put 1000 miles on my car. Yes, it doesn’t get driven much anymore. Basically all it does is take me the 10 mile round trip to and from work, with the occasional trip out to the mall or other shopping destinations. And only if my wife isn’t with me. If she is, we have to take her car because she doesn’t like riding in mine anymore. She’s paranoid it’s going to break down and leave us stranded on the road. But it still runs pretty smoothly, and seems pretty reliable. I’m pretty confident I can keep it going to 200 000. My wife might have other ideas though. Guess we’ll see what happens.
‘Tis the season
The endless loop of Christmas songs on the radio has begun. Started off my morning drive to work to the sounds Christmas music. Halfway through the second song, I had to change stations. Fortunately I have a very short drive to work. I’m just not ready for never-ending Christmas music yet. It’s hard enough for me to get into the holiday spirit around here without snow and decently cold weather. I mean really, how can you feel Christmasy when you’re still walking around in shorts and sandals?
Maybe I’ll go get some bags of cotton batting and decorate my office to make it look like it snowed in there. It’s too bad the thermostat only goes down to 60.
New Trucks
My wife has decided our next vehicle should be a Nissan Titan. She wants the crew cab version. It’s a big monstrous truck with a big engine, big truck bed, big wheels, big everything. Made a quick trip to the local Morris Nissan to see if we could find out more info. They had the 2003 King Cab version, so we poked around it a bit to check it out. Definitely a big vehicle. Very nice and looks very comfy inside. Hate to think of what the gas mileage will be on the beast though.