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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Parent's new car

My parents finally gave in and have bought a new car for tooling around Atlanta. Presenting the new 2006 Honda Civic - from what I've seen on the 'net and from them, it is quite futuristic! We owned a 1987 Civic (my first car...) and there was nothing futuristic about it. They were tempted by the Ford Focus (no one had 2005s), the Toyota Corolla (sorry Lu, I just couldn't sell them on it - Paul and I really liked the Corolla we drove out in Arizona) and possibly the Mazda 3 (they still have a few bugs none of us were keen on). So, in sticking with what they knew, the Honda won!

But get this, they bought it WITHOUT EVER DRIVING A 2006! They did see this particular car come off the truck, peeked in the windows, BUT NEVER DROVE IT! They had it delivered to their house and completed all the paperwork in the comfort of their home. And since it is a small world, the couple that drove it knew my grandmother growing up (in Monroe, GA) and the man had worked at Conyers Honda in 1987 when we bought the first Civic. Small world...

Here's some pictures (I love the color!):
I think Dad looks pretty happy about the new car.

Compare to the 1987 Civic... (thanks for google image search... it's amazing what you can pictures of! the civic we owned was a pretty light blue with much nicer hubcaps)

Friday, October 07, 2005

Another Friday morning

I know that I shouldn't find this funny at all, but I'm slap happy this morning and I do:

Sinkhole reported in Wake Forest

I am glad that is isn't on my commute to work. The rain was enough to make it yucky - although my commute time is down in the morning from 45+ minutes to around 25. Leaving by 6:30am does make quite the difference. If I leave after 6:40am, it tacks on a good 10-15 minutes more. It is really dark though, makes me feel like I'm back in high school, commuting to school in the dark. Ugh.

Is it the weekend? So close, yet so very far away... trying to stay busy to make the time fly at work. I did find this to do - word seach to win free power. That took like 12 minutes of my time ;) Only 5 hours and 40 minutes left in the work day...

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

2 thoughts for the day

To succeed, it is necessary to accept the world as it is- and rise above it.
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Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not by what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life.

A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst....a spark that creates extraordinary results.
-source unknown

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Whew! What a week. And it is only Wednesday!

Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Forecaster Predicts Above-Average Hurricane Activity In October

Colorado State University hurricane researcher William Gray predicted there will be two more hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean this month, one of them a major storm.

The long-term average for October is one hurricane.Gray and fellow researcher Philip Klotzbach say the likelihood of a major hurricane hitting the U.S. coastline is 49 percent, compared with an average of 29 percent from 1950 to 2000.The probability of a hurricane making landfall in the U.S. is 21 percent, compared with the long-term average of 15 percent.Through the end of September, this season has had nine hurricanes, five of them major, and 17 named storms.Hurricanes Dennis, Katrina and Rita were this year's major hurricanes that made landfall. Ophelia hit the North Carolina coast as a Category 1 hurricane, though its eye remained just offshore.