Fingers Crossed

Check out http://www.seasonalgourmet @ wordpress for fantastic quiche recipe. I’m going to make several for Thanksgiving weekend. Margie’s not fond of onions so I may have to do one or two with tomatoes and spinach and feta, or something like that. Even classic Quiche Lorraine with bacon and gruyere would be fantastic. Because I believe that real men DO eat quiche!

My first car, single gal, aged 20, sat eight. It was my Mom’s old 1972 Vista Cruiser wagon, a gift for college graduation. It lasted about six months before I cracked the block. It wasn’t exactly the “stylin'” car I wanted to drive to my first real job.

After years of driving a clunker (pea-green VW Bug with fuel injection and semi-auto transmission, a double no-no), buying Mom’s 1980 Honda Accord (great car), first new car (Jeep Wrangler), driving my husband’s 1997 Honda Accord… I’m about to come full circle.

Here’s where the fingers crossed part comes: we saw an SUV we liked yesterday and are having our mechanic check it out today. Had another a few hours away fall through last Friday when it needed significant amount of mandatory work done. We had it checked out at its location and it was the best $90 we ever spent! So we’re hoping this one checks out.

If so, I’ll be an SUV “Mom” taking her kid to soccer practice (read taking Zoe to doggie daycare or to have her nails trimmed) and toting groceries. Since we’ll never use the back seats (car seats seven) they do fold flat and that can be Zoe-land with her sheepskin and I may get Jim to agree to the separator so that she’s comfy but doesn’t scratch the leather seats or get her voluminous fur everywhere. And it’s so much more stylish than the Vista Cruiser “woody” wagon. What a difference thirty years makes!

After the car situation is sorted out, assuming it passes muster with our wonderful mechanic, it’s time for a pilgrammage to Penzey’s for herbs and spices and dark cocoa for Margie. I have to do my menu for the girls’ cooking class Thanksgiving Friday and shop accordingly.

There’s a milestone coming up early November. Let’s just say I’ll be eligible for an AARP card. Yea! I love making our money go farther on trips by staying at good hotels for less, renting cars for less et al.

Fingers crossed! Cheers, Dee