"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. Everyone can create. You don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty. You might say, I am not the creative type. If that is how you feel, think again. Creation is your opportunity in this life….. Start small. Creativity does not require a brush, a pen, or the keys of a piano. Don’t let the voice of critics paralyze you. You will make the World a better place. Improve, beautify, extend, smile, cultivate, develop, create."
~President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

11.20.2009

Holy Crap! (sorry for the language)

WE BOUGHT A CAR YESTERDAY!

Finally

That's all I have to say.
Well, I guess not. It's a Nissan Rogue. Crossover. 2 years old. 40,000 miles. It was quite a bit more than we wanted to spend but the monthly payment was still in the range we wanted. And I COMPLETELY LOVE IT!! Corey is finally convinced after driving it to school today. (He told me himself.) We are planning on having this car for a very long time and hope that we will grow out of it before it wears out! I can't even tell you how excited I am to have a car with me during the day.
Ah, the simple pleasures. Expensive. But simple.

Also, on other fun notes, here's a few things we've been doing.

I took the garbage out and when I came back, this is what
I found... an almost full bag of Craisins in a nice pile. Of course pictures took place before clean up.

In our new living room (I just realized I haven't posted pictures of our new place. That will be remedied quickly) we have a fireplace. A real fireplace. But it either hadn't been used in a really time or the past residents cleaned it out really good. So we were starting from scratch. To keep the fire going and get it hot, Corey got the blow dryer. Naturally. It worked great and I think next time we have a fire, it'll be a little easier.

Push-ups on a Sunday afternoon. Nathan is really excited to do anything with Daddy and tries to do push-ups. Then he wants everyone to do them with him. This time he just climbed on Daddy's back. Funny kid.

4 comments:

The Ballash Blog said...

That's so cute!

The Holmgrens said...

You're car looks great Mindi. I'm sure it will be nice to have two cars! How was the ball? I saw a pic. on Facebook. You looked beautiful. Cute pictures. I jealous of the fireplace!

Jay Strong said...

If "crap" is bad language, then I'm in trouble! Justin and I have been spoiled with 2 cars since we've been married, and I can't imagine life any other way. You'll enjoy the freedom!

Anonymous said...

I didn't see this post until just now, so I didn't even ask you about your wonderful new car at Thanksgiving. Man oh man. But I am so happy for you! It will be so nice for you to have a car! Yea! Yea! Yea!