Were did spring go?

We took a quick drive today to have a picnic, and a hike at Burro Creek. It was nice even with the 90+ degrees... Still want to know what happened to spring, we go from coats and carrying firewood, to shorts, spray bottles, and fans. Oh life in the sticks!

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More crazy weather

First week of April, after the warmest March on record, we get a... Snow storm? Very crazy weather. We did decide to take the small car out and put it through it's paces. We found it does not like the mud, but did damn well in the snow. Go figure. Little one and I had a great afternoon... That was until we got home and had a flat tire :( somewhere close we picked up an 8 penny nail. Fun part is we'll have to wait till tomorrow before we can get it fixed.

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New wheels update...

Well the little car is working out great. I knew it would handle the goat trail we call a road, but I am shocked as to how well it does it! It does feel weird to own a foreign job, and I'm just not used to motors running at such high RPM's down the highway. It was nice filling it up! It only has a 12 gallon tank, so sticker shock was not as bad. I was also really nervous about it being front wheel drive, that has turned out to be an irrational concern, I think the front wheel drive is handling the roads better than any of my rear wheel only car/trucks I've had out here.

All in all I'm impressed with the Soul. Very nice car... If only I could tow with it ;)



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Very interesting video must watch!

I posted this on my Facebook page, and thought that I should re-post it here on the blog... this is a great video, and really helps to define my idea on life and living. It is about 18 minutes long, give it a look and let me know what ya'll think.

New wheels...

Well after a lot of debate, we decided to take the plunge and get a new car. Crazy I know, especially with all the bad MOJO at work. Our daily driver, a 98' S10 Blazer, was getting long in the tooth, and not wanting to start every day. So we went down to talk numbers with the local Dodge/Kia dealer on a Kia Soul. Little cars look to have decent ground clearance and damn good mileage (27 city 35 hwy)  and not cost an arm and a leg. So after talking to the finance guy for awhile, they pulled a 2010 Soul Sport around for us to test drive, it is a used car, so the price was in our range. Another hour later, and we're cruising down the hwy in a new set of wheels... now to hit the sticks and get our Rally on!

Just need to find a Gerbil suit to drive around in! 

Ya'll know I'm gonna have to Redneck this little thing out!

 All in all the Martin Swanty Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep/Kia  Dealer was great. We haggled price, going back and forth, but in the end they took good care of us. (Oh it was fun when the asked for proof of residence they wanted two utility bills with both our names on it... they didn't get the concept of off-grid = no utility bills, they settled on a cell phone bill and our water delivery bill) We got it for a low payment, they washed it, and filled the tank for us! That really means a lot.

Spring, sprung fast this year!

Its hard to remember that just last week we had snow, today I was surprised to see everything in bloom, even our trees we planted last week. They were still dormant yesterday, but this afternoon... Bloom city!

Today also marks a mile stone in our family... Little one turns ten today... *Gasp* I'm not old enough to be the father of a double digit daughter! I refuse to be!

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Planter Garden

The wife was busy this morning putting together her planter garden.

The wife's garden experiment 

I just hope they make it... Spring has sprung, we've got 80+ degrees  today!