HotWheels

well readers, after a long, long scavenger hunt through the bowels of central florida car dealerships, the houghs finally picked themselves up a (sort of) new car.

me, i already have a car. it may look like a clown car, but it gets me from point A to point B with only a smidget of gasoline. nay, this new additional to our automotive fleet is for kristina, who has driven the same 1998 chevy malibu since the cretaceous period.

so yesterday - after following after several possible vehicles and getting her hopes up more than she would've liked, the mrs. finally found a horseless carriage to her liking: a 2007 chevy uplander (yes, much like the one we told you about before), with 39,000 miles and enough space to pack in a whole litter of hobbit-footed hough sprouts.

i was a little bummed the damn thing didn't have a DVD player in the ceiling like the last uplander did, nor missiles that flipped out from the sides

when Cobra draws near... but the interior is a lot nicer than some of the other vehicles we had smurfed out (with the exception of a couple tears in the upholstery in one of the middle seats). but, as we're reaching that time of year when we can no longer rely on one vehicle to get ourselves to work each morning, we had to forego that elusive dream car and pick up something that was 'very good' instead of 'excellent.'

so there you have it. we bought a new used car. all we need now are some bitchin' flame decals down the side and a couple yosemite sam mud flaps for the tires and we're ready to rock and roll.

vrrrooooommm,

- brian