It's time to say goodbye...

yes, it's finally time to say goodbye to my beloved jetta. it's been a great car and i loved it very much. it was my first "big" purchase after entering the working world (also, my first real loan). i loved the color, i loved the moonroof, i loved how the lights inside were neon blue and red (one valet guy said it was like a dance club inside my car), i loved how comfortable and smooth it is to drive in.

but i feel it's time for me to move on....my jetta is slowly breaking down. i've already gone through an expensive round of replacing things (water pump, brakes, timing belts, etc) a couple of years ago. now it needs more work again (tires, windshield, maybe more). i feel less and less safe and secure driving it and with winter around the corner...well i just think it's time.

so i've done my research, i've submitted my request to dealerships for quotes and i'm praying that this new car buying process goes smoothly and quickly. i REALLY hate this process, but i'm hoping that by going with the online/email route it will save me some stress from dealing with the salespeople. so far so good....i've got quotes from 4 different people and i feel pretty good about being clear with what i want. hopefully within a week i'll have a new car! i can't wait!

but then again, i also feel that tinge of sadness as i realize i'm that much closer to having to say goodbye to my jetta *sniff*

hello world...i'm back!

Wow, it's been 3.5 years since I last blogged! I've thought about blogging again every so often over the past few years, but like a lot of things in my life, I just put it off. This summer I came really close to starting it up again when a friend whose blog I read occasionally did a 30 day challenge. She challenged herself and her husband to blog every day for the month of August. It was fun reading the posts as she reflected over the past year and got "caught up".

Now, I don't write nearly as well as she does (not even close) but reading it did inspire me to want to start blogging again. I was a great reminder of how great it is to have a log of events and experiences I've had in my life. (sadly, I also realized that my memory is not what it used to be and with how technology-filled my life is I can't even think about writing in a journal anymore)

So I'm finally doing it! I've updated the links on my blog...got rid of the old student blogs and replaced it with baby blogs (wow, does that show my age or what). Surprisingly, I didn't really need to edit many of my friends' blogs (most of them have kept up with blogging) but I did add a few new ones I like to read.

And now I'm set and ready to go! ....now what to blog about? hmmm, I think I'll need to sleep on this and start slow. :)

*Edit: ok, so as soon as I posted this I scrolled down on my blog to read my last few entries and it looks like I attempted to start blogging again in 2006 and then again in 2007. So history seems to indicate that this might be my only post of 2010. But perhaps this time will be different...