Yes, in your honor, I thought I’d post a pic of your dad. Just think, in thirty years (or less!) this is going to be you. You’ll be running around New Hampster with a single miner’s light on your head at 8:00pm at night. You are going to be great fodder for my best selling novels, cousin. I promise I’ll let you do the cover art work, ok?
So, I encountered this jeune fille while with my kidlets and friend one Saturday while we were at the Alliance Francaise in Boston. She was hanging out by a lampost (or shall we say on a lampost?) in Boston’s affluent Back Bay.
Why is she so stressed? Did the new Prada purse not arrive? Her garcon left her astray? Check out that hair! How long did it take her to tease it that way? Wowsa!
Silly accents - I can’t do them right now! I will soon look like this Back Bay Babe! My hair will be askew and my outfit - quelle dommage!
I love my local coffee shop. Nothing says love better than having something written to you in your latte, doesn’t it?
I saw this car in the Burlington Mall parking lot in September. Can you believe this? You may not know about the whole Saab vs. Volvo rivalry. You know where my allegiance stands, obviously. However, if my kidlets came home with a Saab looking like this, I think I’d be ok.
Can you believe this car? IT’S AWESOME! Kickin’ mobile, I must say. What was even funnier was how people tried to glance at it, yet ignore it in the mall parking lot. Yes, as if one can ignore a car that has multiple pez and cartoon figures cemented upon it’s body. Can you imagine the wind effect going 65 miles down the highway?
Love it. Now THIS is America!
I just wanted nice thoughts before I sleep. My poor V70 had to be towed tonight, so I’m going to dream about this and not think about crappy tires or bent rims or anything like that. I’m going to think about the ultimate, restored S1800 Volvo that will be the mate to my lovely V70. Oh yes… Dream a little dream with me!
So, it’s been awhile since volvomom.com has been active. I’ve decided to let the kidlets participate in this online thing, and get volvomom.com back into the swing of things. We (mistakenly) tried out another blog site, and that just isn’t working out. Here we are, ready to write and roll!
The kidlets and I have started a “graffitti patrol.” Basically, as we travel about we look for goofy graffitti, snap a picture of it, and talk about putting it in a blog. It started this summer, and now I’m finally getting around to posting about it. I think it will be interesting to see what the kidlets have to say about these sitings. We’re also taking pictures of odd stuff about Boston.
Today’s entry was found near Lake Champlain in Vermont this past summer. Hmmm… Also known as dark?
Kidlet B says, “I think it’s always cool when I see graffitti and stuff. It makes me think of the website. It’s always done at a cool place.” (I wonder if Kidlet B considers trash bins cool? Probably so…)
For those of you who used to visit my Volvo blog, you notice that things have changed. I decided to separate my writing from my Volvo diary. Now, this page will be solely dedicated in my quest to reach that million mile mileage point. Although Volvo no longer issues the medallions for the grilles of the Volvos (zut! zut alors!), I still strive for the day when I will pull over to the side of the highway (5th Avenue? Zakim Bridge in Boston? my driveway?) to shout to the world, “SEE?! I DID MAKE IT TO A MILLION! MY BABY MADE IT TO A MILLION YOU FOOLS! I LOVE MY VOLVO!”
Yes, some people love going to the beach. Others are enthusiastic about skiing or the Red Sox. Me? My Volvo. Other Volvos come in second. My blessed Volvo is my solace, letting me blow off steam when my day is totally in the bucket and I need to clear my head. When I’m so tired from grad school, teaching, and volunteering, I jump in the Volvo and off to coffee I go. It’s the Volvo that’s my escape pod. All is well with the world once I’m in the Swede mobile.
Today after church I hit another milestone. We are one step closer. We hit 85,000 miles! Here are the specifics:
When: Around 9:45 AM.
Where: Exactly at the intersection of Davis and North. Riding from breakfast with mom and dad (four cups of coffee) to go to Starbucks to get a latte.
Listening to: You Don’t Know by The Indefinite Article
Who: Just me in the car. But I shared the joy with a painter who saw me taking photos in the car. I had to explain it to him in Starbucks, as the looks he was giving me were really strange. It was pretty funny. Once he heard my enthusiasm, he understood. The baristas understood. Baristas are cool. They rock.
How: Driving in snow. How could it be any better? And the roads were kind of slick. PERFECT Volvo driving weather. The best. Bring it! Volvo should have had a camera in the car for an ad. Nah, that would have been a bad idea. No one would have bought a new Volvo. They would have invested in their old ones. Old Volvos are gold.
Off for more miles. More and more miles to go before I sleep!
Welcome to Kristin’s world of Volvo! Here’s where I keep track of my V70’s quest to be the next million mile car! Right now we’re at 84,000 miles (approximate -blogging after midnight without caffeine has its disadvantages).
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