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February 28, 2006
big head dream
last night i dreamed that i had a disproportionately large head as a child. i was horrified, but relieved that i had grown into my head over the years.
in other news, i went to the dentist yesterday and i was so not in the mood to have my gag reflex and jaw-holding-open stamina tested, and once again my dentist begged me to get braces.
the waterproofing investigation is interesting. i cannot emphasize enough what a tremendous resource my neighborhood e-mail list is. within minutes of my posting, i'd gotten two horror stories about the waterproofing company that i've gotten a quote from already, and a lot of interesting stories about how others in my situation took care of their gutter drainage issues and that in turn solved their basement water problems, without hiring a waterproofing company. which is something i'd made an attempt at last year, an attempt that didn't work well– but maybe this year i'll have another, more serious go at it.
i was suddenly allergic to something last week. runny nose, weepy eyes at random intervals. it's better now. whatever it is, it's in my house. i put a pleated allergen filter in my heating system last night, and started drooling over refurbished dyson vacuum cleaners.
so, for those keeping track, i am contemplating spending vast oodles of cash on many things, and have made decisions about none. these things include, but probably aren't limited to: a car, a dry basement, a vacuum cleaner, wacky retro dinette chairs, and oh who knows, maybe a little kitchen renovation work.
as for the car, i'm currently torn between the practical (a diesel jetta wagon) and the fun (a new beetle convertible).
i'm leaning toward the convertible.
Posted by lisa at February 28, 2006 09:22 AM
Comments
If you want a small convertible, how about the Subaru WRX with some neck-snapping acceleration? You do like getting your neck snapped, right?
Posted by: Phil on March 1, 2006 12:52 AM
that would be awesome if you could resolve the water problems without having to bring someone in & pay them a lot of money.
Remember I told you Monte was looking for a VW deisel wagon, well his search failed miserably. The dealer told him that due to new gov't regulations they had taken the deisel wagons off the market for this year only. next year they'll be back & conforming to the new regs. He tried to find a used one but the price was so much higher -- for example $5k higher than a japanese (regular gas engine) car of similar size and 50,000 fewer miles. He also test drove a Golf but didn't like the styling. Plus he frequently has to transport 3 kids and didn't think the Golf would be big enough. So he ended up buying the japanese car. It's too bad because he really wanted a deisel & went to a fair amount of effort to find one. I guess the timing just wasn't right.
Posted by: Sarah on March 1, 2006 07:46 AM
oi, i wish i could have talked to monte before he made his decision. i'm highly, highly suspicious of a vw sales person who says that a diesel is off the market for a year. it may mean that they don't want to go to the work of finding one for the customer.
Posted by: lisa on March 1, 2006 09:12 AM
phil-- as far as i know, subaru has never made a convertible. and at this point, i'm mostly a volkswagen kind of girl :)
Posted by: lisa on March 1, 2006 09:16 AM
I would third or fourth the gutter advice. If you do end up hiring someone for waterproofing and not solving and gutter issues, the gutter problems would still be there causing havoc. Bad/broken/in disrepair gutters are notorious for being the little problem that causes much much bigger problems.
Posted by: Elizabeth on March 1, 2006 06:27 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.