Sprigfield Farm

I'm still planning to go to Poly-face Farm in April, but I thought I'd get myself ready by visiting a farm nearer us.

We bought a Prius!!!

Mark and I bought a 2008 Prius (hybrid) last Saturday.
I looooooooooooooooove it! Our camera is currently out of commission so I snagged a picture off the internet. This looks exactly like ours except they have suped-up rims and green grass. :)















Why I love our Prius:
1) no more stick shift for 2, 3, 4, 5, and sometimes 6 hour driving days
2) Smart-Key--I don't have to take my key out of my purse to do anything (not to open the car, start the car, or lock it)...this is wonderful, since I am usually a mess of bags on my way to and from work.
3) Navigation system!!!
4) Hands-free bluetooth phone
5) Voice command activation for navigation and phone
6) 4-doors with enough room to actually comfortably seat 4
7) Steering-wheel buttons--everything I need to adjust (phone, air, audio) is right there at my finger tips
8) Audio jack, so I can plug my iPod right into the audio system (instead of dealing with the static of an FM transmitter)
9) JBL speaker system
10) 45 miles to the gallon!!!!!!

AND...I'm also feeling pretty cool because I totally negotiated the price I wanted and better. Mark said he was pretty impressed with me :)

I almost forgot!

I probably represent about a hundred of the 15 million who have watched this video since super tuesday. I'm a little bit hooked...it's the pop-music addict in me. :) Enjoy.

I cried twice today...

Once, as I lay my whoozy head back on my sticky mat--nauseous, just as my instructor told me I would be during my first day of "hot yoga." 103 degrees. 90 minutes. And a surprising drill sergeant of a sweet little yoga teacher. Just a tear or two as I psyched myself up to give another go at the next pose.

Then, again, at the sound of our national anthem being sung before Obama gave a speech at a Baltimore rally this afternoon. Why? Normally, I grimace a little at the anthem...especially at ball games and other "luxury" settings. And today I realized that it didn't necessarily have to be that way--that my bitterness is not for the song, but for the reminder it serves of lost pride (worse...of false pride?). I realized that I just might have the chance to wear that pride rightfully again--pride in "my team," "my organization"...my country. It hit me kind of by surprise, so again I let the tears roll, and I let myself hope for a country that truly can lead--and can lead by example.

I can't wait to vote tomorrow. Can't wait.