New toy

Grumpy got himself a new toy - we went car shopping on July 4th and he found a 2006 Trailblazer he liked. Since the car had been on the lot for 6 month we got it really cheap it only has 35000 miles on it.

I am in Charlottesville this week and then head to Vegas Sunday just to get back Wednesday midnight and turn around 19hours later to fly to Chicago .... I will post pics from the car later

Also I updated the other blog with what's been going on and some back story to the whole mess. I hope the guy goes to hell - Karma has got to kick his ass. Go here for the post - again I am sorry its a private blog.

On happier notes I lost 13lbs since starting to work out - its been slow going but at least its going. I almost fit back into my favorite jeans - almost

Spaceage parking garage

So I get this email today from my mom (a fwd she got) about this new parking garage in Munich that is all automatic and takes only 20% of room to store of normal parking garages holding the same number of cars. Included in the email were the following two pictures. And since its all automatic its not like the parking attendant is gonna scratch your car right. As I am looking at these pictures I finally figure out why they look so familiar. This isn't a parking garage this is the VW storage facility in Wolfsburg.

And how do I know that you ask well well, when Grumpy and I went to Germany 2 years ago for our honeymoon one of my friends had given us tickets to a Sunday brunch at the Transparent Phaeton factory including a tour of the facility. It is really neat you can see everything. And the tower where they store the cars is like the one above. The factory is right next to the botanical garden and the area of the factory is beautifully landscaped.

I told Grumpy right then and there that I WILL have one of those.

I will pick out every feature I like, go to the factory and pick it up after a yummy lunch in their restaurant (the brunch was amazing!!!) It will save me the money for a rental car while in Germany. And at the end of my trip I will drop it of at a port (now being a used car) and have it shipped here. I can't wait I figured maybe 5 years from now give or take a few. I know it looks just like any other sedan but you can't see the goodies that are inside!