Ninth Moniversary - Tribute To An Old Friend

Well, Saturday was our ninth moniversary. It has been an exciting month, with our Hawaii trip and a visit from Robyn's parents. I asked Robyn what had happened this month that I hadn't written about yet. She said, "You left me home for a long long time." She was referring to all the work I did before our trip. So we pretty much decided that we didn't do anything at all this month before going to Hawaii. So it looks like this post will have to be all about what we did on Saturday. We had to say goodbye to an old friend, but we did get to say hello to a new one.

Those who know me well, also know my dear friend. He stays within a few hundred feet of me almost 24 hours a day. He has such nicknames as Chadwick and The Benz. This is what he looked like when he still lived with us.

We had been talking about selling him for a while, but then Barack Obama decided that the taxpayers should help me buy a car. I don't support that kind of legislation, but if he's gonna do it we're gonna take advantage of it. The only deal was that we had to trade in an old car that got bad gas mileage and had to buy a brand new car. So we started looking into new cars and decided we really liked the Hyundai Sonata. It's a pretty nice car and we were able to get a 10 year bumper to bumper warranty on it. So once we decided to do it, we had a goodbye party to say farewell to our old friend.

The next day after the party we drove home a newborn car. I'm sure this one will grow into our hearts as much as the previous one. It was an excellent moniversary gift!

I commented to Robyn that I didn't think I'd ever own a brand new car, yet it's sitting in my driveway right now!