Car!

We have replaced selenite's old car, the effectively dead Dodge Shadow. Yay.

We've bought a 2005 Ford Taurus, bronze/tan, slightly under 17K miles. Power lotsa stuff, CD. Technically can seat 6, and has 3 carseat anchors in back, that's nice. Cruise control. Lots of pockets. I am pleased, and I think she likes me. (And people can quibble about me anthropomorphizing. Whatever. They can relate to inanimate objects their way, I in mine.) I drove her home.

I have named her Dwynwyn. (A Welsh saint, and a very pretty name that sadly selenite won't let me use for future kids anyway)

Dust storm

For anyone who hears me bitching about this afternoon's weather - telophase found this photo of the Dallas skyline from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website:



In Fort Worth late this afternoon while selenite and I were out doing errands, it was actually a bit worse than this. I've never seen the sky here that color before. Strong winds, and dust storm. I was hacking and sneezing a lot.

selenite said with all the rain we've had recently, he was surprised it was that bad. I said it just meant that without that rain it would have been much worse - with fires. (As it is, I hope we don't get any fires)