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My Car Knows I Cheated On It.

Posted on December 4, 2010 | 8 Comments

So this week was sorta hectic. I finished up the “Chevy thang” and had to give back the Traverse. It was pretty fun and I got to be on tv. Twice. I met two new blogging moms in my area. I ended up posting 8 videos for Chevy and 8 blog posts. As it turns out, the commercials that I had been waiting to see have been airing (the one’s we filmed last month). But the producer sent us a link to the finished ones so we got to see them. (#61 is the link, #62 is the second one). My Jeep was parked in the garage all month and must have been pissed at me. As soon as I turned the key… the engine light came on! I fed it some gas and told it how much I loved it and then drove it up to the store. And by day 2, the light went off. *whew*

Okay, so then… since Alan has finished up his cross country he’s been bugging me to teach him to drive. So yesterday we started that whole thing. We did a few hours at the local cemetery a few months back – my favorite ”teach your kid to drive spot”… but then things got busy at school. My goal was to get him out on the actual road; he was hesitant. My girls were given “driving nicknames”: like… “Brake, Brake BRAKE!!” and “Stay in your lane”. I’m pretty sure Alan’s will be “For God’s Sake-Brake when turning!!!”.

You know that ride “The Scrambler” at the amusement park? Yep. It’s a lot like that when he’s turning a corner. Fly to the left then whiplash back to the right. No brakes mind you. This is my last kid driving. If I can make it through this without going into cardiac arrest I should get some sort of gift a jug of whiskey. So we’ve got a total of 3 hours down for the parent/kid driving. FORTY-SEVENNNNN more to go. WOOT. *confetti* Oh, and did I mention it’s snowing here? ha ha ha. Good times.

So I’m hoping this weekend to get the rest of the Christmas decorations up. And with that… I leave you with a link to some handmade holiday treasures! These are easy to make, and actually, even little kids can do these! Check um out, you won’t be disappointed. Would I ever steer you wrong? No. No I wouldn’t. (and there’s a few more in this post as well)

Happy Weekend Everyone!

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Posted in Chevy Missions, Teen Driving

Tagged chevy, Teen Driving, traverse, zensational

Such a Ham

Posted on December 2, 2010 | 11 Comments

Okay, what do you see here? Our saint bernard was laying on the putting green and when she got up, her imprint looked like a pig. Anyone else see a pig outline here? lol. Curious… need to know if we are all nuts.

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Posted in Pets Past & Present

I measured legroom using pizza.

Posted on November 30, 2010 | 11 Comments

Okay…so the other day we shot a couple of segments for Chevy – Gotta Love Chevy NEO in the BEAUTIFUL Downtown Cleveland Flats area. First off, Cleveland is a B-E-A- utiful city so come and visit. We’ve got a TON of stuff to do here! We shot the segments with WOIO a local news channel at the area where Moses Cleaveland (yes, I spelled that right!) first landed in our fair city. It was a spectacular day with gorgeous warm sunshine… and in November in Cleveland lets just say that’s a really big treat!

After I got home of course the first thing everyone asked was, “What’s for dinner?”. I was thinking…. “I wonder if tv stars’ kids ask them that when they get home after a grueling day in the sun, having ginormous fun and doing take after take… ughhh *dramatic hand to the forehead*” But I decided just to answer, “Pizza!” Okay, so where am I going with this? I’m going to the back seat of the Traverse, that’s where! Oh, my goodness… I picked up the pizza’s and opened the side door and plopped them onto the floor. And then I thought…. “WOW!

In my own car I cannot do this. I have to put the pizza right on the seats OR on top the dash. If I tried putting them on the floor, they’d have to go in sideways!” I was so amused (yes, I know it doesn’t take much, lol) that I whipped my camera out and snapped this pic. This… my friends… is the best testament to LEG ROOM in the Chevy Traverse! Seriously, can you fit a couple LARGE PIZZA boxes into YOUR car without tilting them? I bet not! (and there’s even room to spare!) Imagine how COMFORTABLE you’d be minus the pizza! There’s a TON of leg room in here!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the record? I easily hauled around 5 average-large sized teens (or at times… 3 teens and 2 large dogs) with NO ARGUING in this Traverse. No poking. No fighting. No bumping. No biting. (dogs, lol) No lie.