Things

The snow is almost gone and the weather is warming up.  Of course with the warmer weather comes howling winds again.  We've sad outside a few times now, and to celebrate "earth day"  we cleaned up 2 big pails of dog poop from the yard.  Oh Boy!  Jim phoned me at lunch on Friday and said he wanted to trade in the truck on a car.  Saturday we bought a new Equinox.  We should get if tomorrow.  We checked the dealership in Neepawa and the one in Brandon and Neepawa didn't come close to what we could get in Brandon.  There was almost $4000 different in what they offered for a trade-in on the truck and the car was a better model.  They are all so computerized now it is scary.  We have back up cameras and sensors.  Our side mirrors tell us when someone is in our blind spot.  We can link our phones to our car to start and stop and other stuff I can't remember.  We also have a sun roof and data ports for our phones (or laptops). I'm leery of having payments again, but the financing is .99% for the life of the loan so it isn't that bad.  I am going to miss the truck though.  It has been a really good vehicle.  I won't miss spending $120 to fill the tank.  I guess tomorrow will tell.  Meanwhile I am thinking about the garden and flowers and summer.  Can't come soon enough.