The usual "it's been a while" post or cars and such

Yeah, yeah, I know I'm slack. But summer is here and life is busy. I do think of plenty of things to write about but rarely to I have the time to actually put digits to keyboard.

We bought a new car a few days ago. A 2008 Toyota Corolla. This a big step for me.... I've never had a car payment before. I'm a used car type of guy. Colonel Mustard (my truck) cost $2300, My most recent cars.....
2003 - 2006 :1992 Mustang ($1750)
2002-2004 : 1985 Cadillac Coup deVille (inherited from my dad when he bought a new caddy)
1999-2003 : 1981 Suzuki GS750E (yes this is a motorcycle and I did actually use this as my primary transportation for the summer of 2002. Grocery shopping with a backpack and saddlebags was always an adventure!)
2000-2003 : 1981 Chevy Malibu Classic sedan ($2500)
1997-2000 : 1988 VW Golf ($900, I LOVED this car.... I was in college and it took me everywhere!)
1996-1997 : 1979 Chevy Malibu sedan (free)
1993-1996 : 1980 Chevy Malibu station wagon ($800, Ah, the original Chuckwagon!! Remember the road trip of 1994 after camp)

Kimberly on the other hand has an ex-husband that would buy her a new car whenever the mood hit him or her. She's driven Bessy (our 1997 Windstar minivan) for the past 5 years. She starts school in a few weeks and will be driving about 70 miles a day, so we decided to bite the bullet and get a little fuel sipping run around car. We didn't trade in Bessy so we still have something to move all 5 of us in together in comfort. As much as I now dislike having a car payment the upside is that the Corolla will easily outlast the payments while getting thirty something mpg. We're hoping for 500 miles to the tank.

That's all for today. I do have a draft post of our Atlanta vacation. I hope to finish it up this weekend (a month late). Anyway, ta ta!