with my new car. Isn’t she beautiful? I’m seriously ready to make a commitment. Like, till death do us part. Her death, of course, as I am planning to outlive even a Volvo. In the fall of 2001 we bought my previous car - a Mercury Sable wagon. It was a great car, but funny - I hardly miss it. We got the wagon since we had two big dogs and figured we’d have kids soon. Now, 7 years, 0 kids, -2 dogs, and 135,000 miles later, a practical car seemed less important. I’ve always wanted a convertible (yes, even living in Michigan), so I bought a convertible. My requirements of four seats, front wheel drive, and hard top limited the selection to the Volvo C70 and the Pontiac G6. The Pontiac is nice, but the Volvo won hands down, even for the extra cost.
I’m thinking of naming her Sassa, a nickname for the Scandinavian “Astrid” meaning “god beautiful”. I’m not sure exactly what “god beautiful” means, but I think this car comes close.
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am
Very, very nice (especially over the praying mantis picture!!!).
Sassa (boy or girl?) rides that fine line of sporty yet classic. And I absolutely adore her (I picked) color. That blue is gorgeous!!!
October 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
You picked right.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I can’t figure out how to post a comment on your book list, so I’ll stick it in here. We seem to like a lot of the same authors: Laura Lippman, Leslie Langtry, Marian Keyes, etc.
I’m reading Laura Lippman’s new short story collection right now — it’s great!
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Treethyme - I’ve been reading the Tess Monaghan series by Laura Lippman and I’m definitely enjoying them. And I only recently discovered Leslie Langtry because she was on a book tour here with a bunch of authors. I went to see Kristan Higgins (highly recommend if you like romantic comedies) and she told me that if I like romantic comedies go talk to Leslie, so I did. I loved her first book and have the second near the top of my TBR pile.