We're LATCH Compatible
May 22, 2008
So, we've shared a lot this week -- we've loved, laughed, learned! -- and I think we've all made some excellent progress towards Better & Fulfilled Marriages, most specifically in the areas of trust, vulnerability, communication and compromise, but I would just like to say that sometimes it is still all about the winning.
While Jason's suggestion of going a few months without a car payment was indeed fiscally responsible, and while I have no doubt that his offer to "work from home anytime [I] needed the car" was both sincere and well-intentioned, I calmly and rationally and lovingly explained that if I had to clear AND justify every single vehicular-based movement with him for so much as a goddamn week, I would stab him in the ears with a fork while he slept.
Sorry, I cannot blog today. I am far too busy thinking of places I can drive my hot new sensible momcar to. Look out world, it fits TWO carseats and features rugged all-weather mats for maximum stray-Cheerio collection. Wicked sweet, dude. Perhaps I shall go challenge some area minivans to a street race.
I want a mini-van so badly.
Is it a Hyundai!?? I can't tell.
Okay, maybe there's a hint in this post somewhere, but I'm not registering it. What kind of car is it?!!! Because I'm one of those loser moms with a minivan (that we're commuting in right now, even though it costs a hundred bucks to fill it with the current gas prices...gah!) and I'm looking for something prettier and more fuel efficient.
(my husband would be able to tell what it was just by the front grill and logo in the picture...but that's due to his maleness)
Hey - that's the same responsible mom car I bought when my little guy was en route (Subaru wagon from the looks of it)
Woo Hoo! Did you get a Lesburu? :-P
Amen.
Squeeeee for new cars!!!!
{I just got a Smart Car Convertible, it'll barely hold an extra soda but I do love it so}.
Yay! I've been gunning for a new mom-car ever since the driver's side door of my Neon stopped opening and something started going wrong with the clutch. Now I have even more ammo!
I had a subaru outback in college, and just got rid of it about two years ago. I loved it. I could fit everything I owned in there, and could parallel park on a snow drift. Awesome.
It wasn't until I sold it (close to ten years old and over 200,000 miles on it, and very very few problems. I think I took it to the mechanic twice) that someone told me that was a "lesbian" car. But I could care less. When I get knocked up, I'm totally getting another one.
You will love it. I LOVE!!!!!!!!!! my suburu legacy. It's the most awesomest car ever.
A MINIVAN.
I can hardly stand it. It's awesome.
I finally traded up my 16yo Accord in Jan. Allllmoossssst went with the Subaru wagon, but decided on the Mazda 5 instead. Not as cool, but cheaper and has better gas mileage. Being responsible sucks sometimes.
we're a two subaru family and love them both mucho. i hope you enjoy the many hot mom miles you put on that bad boy!
Ahh yes -- the main 'takeaway point' I saw in your last (very thoguhtful and insightful) entry was "holy crap, she might have to live without a car." The seemingly unending rain makes that prospect unbearable.
Yeah, you wouldn't have wanted to come up with euphemisms for "I want to go to Target today (again)"...thank GOD you have your own (sweet) ride.
A Subaru will probably be my next car too. Everyone in Maine has a Subaru, Volvo, pickup, or a combination of the three. We have a truck and 3 Volvos (1980, 92, and 97) and I want a Subaru!
I thought everyone knew car logos--I'm surprised at the number of people here who don't. Maybe I'm just weird.
Good for you! Perhaps, you can encourage Noah to throw stuff at their windshields to divert them.
Oh, man, I am so jealous. A lot of the unevenness in my household comes from the fact that we only have one vehicle, and... well, the whole thing about having to clear every single vehicular excursion? That was totally spot-on. Nice job communicating your needs, and hey -- nice car!
I <3 new car smell! Congrats!!!
I have always said I would NEVER drive a mini-van.....then I had three children in five years. Purchasing a minivan changed my life! The automatic doors are my best friend!
Enjoy!
Oh. Uh. It's not a minivan (those would fit like, quite a few more carseats?). It's a Subaru Forester (we loooove the Subarus around here). Sorry for the confusion.
my house, you can drive to my house!
Hell yes to the Forester owning! They're great cars, the turning radius is fantastic (what's a coin smaller than a dime? whatever it is, that car will be able to turn on it!), and they're supposed to last 80 kabillion miles before they poop out. Hope you like yours like I like mine. And good lord, do you deserve having your own vehicle...oh yes.
Remember that "Return to Witch Mountain" Disney movie elementary school kids got to watch the last week of school?
I've just now realized the Subaru emblem is the exact constellation those kids had on their lunchbox purses. The purse that showed them how to Escape! To Witch Mountain!
Damn you, internet, that there is not a photo link to prove this.
Anyway, congrats on the car!
Subarus are awesome- congratulations!
Am I the only one who is completely distracted by the giant moose at the top of the page?
One of the most embarrassing moments of recent life was when I honked at some hot half-naked college guys and then remembered that I was driving a minivan with a kid in the backseat. Jeez. Enjoy your new phat mom-ride!
pretty shiny car. congrats! (esp since it's NOT a minivan. sorry I have minivan bias...)
wow, I am SO JEALOUS. Because we have two cars and one is paid off and the other ... is not. And until second car is paid off, NO new momcar for me, boo hoo.
On a completely separate note, I wanted to talk to you about speech therapy issues and don't have an email for you? Could you email me, please? I promise not to be a stalker (too much).
I love my subaru with a hot burning passion. (wow...is that weird?) Have fun showing off the mom-mobile.
This is why I cannot understand why my sister in law CHOSE not to get a drivers license. I do not understand for 1 second how she can rely on other people for every single errand she needs to make or trip she needs to take. People have to go with her to get her haircut, or prescription filled, or ANYTHING. The thought drives me crazy.
Oh, Lord, I just signed the papers on my own new Momvehicle. A minivan. What? I have one kid, another on the way, and two nephews who ride everywhere with me. And it has navigation for when I get lost on the way to work (not that I've ever done that or anything) and DVD players and way more stuff in it than I deserve. But I have to drive it until every kid goes to colelge and the wheels fall off.
Love love LOVE a Subaru. The b/f has had one for three years and still says 'good looking car, eh' (we're Cdn) every time we approach the thing in the parking lot. It's fiesty and fun to drive b/c they don't look like they should be that fast.
Sweet emblem...is it a crossover...I'm so in love with crossovers right now! Of course, it will be awhile before I get one, but I think they're great - mainly because they're not a minivan!
Inside pictures, please!
Welcome to the club mama! LOL We got a Dodge Caravan WITH DVD PLAYER YO!!! Best.thing.ever.
Subarus are the PERFECT alternative to mini-vans! I'm guessing it is one of the new 2009 Foresters (awesome room in the back!) but maybe you got a Tribeca? They are the ultimate not-a-mini-van but still a mom-car! I hope you like yours as much as I love mine :)
I am dying for a new car - lucky you!
Have fun! And thanks for giving me MORE ammo to approach my husband with: "...but AMY got a Forester, and SHE loves it"
ohh fancy! have fun in that baby!
I'm in the blue Dodge Grand Caravan. Bring it on!
I've got a toyota minivan myself, which I love, but BigDaddyFish has a Subaru Outback wagon - stick shift. Hot ass zippy little car and I fight him to drive it. It rocks.
Congrats on yours. May it be as trouble free (5 years and 100K DC miles) as ours has been.
congrats on the new wheels. I love the new sensible momcars that aren't vans and am really considering down/upgrading to one from my MVP minivan, which I adore.
I love my Subaru - it may not look sexy but it is fast and fun to drive. It will serve you well.
Snaps to you for keeping the mystery alive as to whether you actually in fact have children or you just enjoy kayak expeditions every weekend when you aren't at bike festivals and cliff diving club meetings. You just can't be mysterious in a minivan. All minivans should come standard with one of those corny little road sign shaped window decals that say Baby On Board. You know, the ones that all brand new parents deem to be top ten worthy on the must-have list. Subarus are snazzy and sporty! Great pick.
omg. you were so me. i was pregnant and the mom of a toddler. we went for the subaru outback. i loved that thing all silver and sporty. we so totally outgrew it the moment two carseats, two babies, one dog and all the gear went inside. my baby is almost two and we just upgraded to a four door tacoma. hope the forester is bigger. not trying to burst the new car bubble or anything.
How did I go to an all women's college and drive Subarus for the last 22 years and not realize they were perceived as a "lesbian" car? Duh? Where have I been? All the lesbians I know drive mini-pickups.
Our 2000 Forester is about to hit 100,000 and the only thing we have ever done to it is change the oil and headlight bulbs. LOVE!
I've got an Outback - Subaru's are awesome! I LOVE my car! I will be so sad when my boyfriend and I move in together and have a combined total of like half a ball team and I'll be forced to get a minivan. Enjoy it!
Ah, I loved my Forester! I sold it to my sister about a month after the twins arrived, however... with two carseats in back, there was just not enough legroom for DH to drive comfortably. Hopefully that won't be an issue for Jason. Sure, both infant seats & bases fit fine -- but the driver/passenger room gets tight.
So, we bought a used minivan. I love it too, but I love my Forester more. This will work for now -- someday I'll go back to a Subie!
Have fun -- they're solid and reliable and fun.
Fiscal responsibility is nice, but winning is awesome!
I'm guessing Subaru Forester...
Dude, I so get you on this. I'm a stay at home mom of two. I was in a rollover car accident with both my kids, a two year old and 10 month old at the time and the car was totaled. Thank God for Britax, both the kids were fine and I was only slightly bruised. But both our cars are leased through my husband's work so they were giving him the run around about replacing the totaled vehicle. I was at home without a car for a month when I lost it. It was March and cold and we couldn't go outside and the kids were going insane. I told him he had to get on the phone and get me a car or well, something similar to ear stabbing would occur. Two days later they magically found a car for him. He thought it was easy cause he HAD to have the car for work and I just needed it to get out during the day for "fun". Good for you for standing up for what you need. And a pretty, shiny new car always makes things better.