SOLD THE HONDA! Put the ad up on Craig's list last week and within an hour, offers started coming in. I wasted the whole weekend waiting for flaky people to not show up, but by 8pm on Sunday night, the car was sold to a very nice guy, who happened to have be the first response to the ad. Sold it for $1400. Much lower than the Blue Book, but almost double what CarMax offered at $750, and better than the $1000 we were willing to sell it for to Eugene's friend. E's friend is a grad student, and wouldn't have the money until October. I just couldn't hang around that long. Mama and Papa got a little mouth to feed!

I was a little sad to see it go. I really loved that car, even with the stupid seat belts and non-working A/C. It was a very pretty car, and an end of an era for me. I bought that car right around the time that Steve and I started dating, and it even had the "Shag" sticker on the back that looked like Ernest. Now Ernest and the car are gone, and Steve and I are a couple of old married folks with a baby. And it's 2007. And stamps are 41 cents. And these kids with their Rock and Roll music. Get off my lawn!

Dexter and I spent a few days up in Santa Barbara with Betty, my MIL and his Nana, getting us a little quality time with her before she heads out to the east coast for two months. The funniest thing happened at dinner, under the Out of the Mouth of Babes category...

Dana, myself, Betty and Finn are sitting around after dinner chatting and relaxing. All of a sudden Finn exclaims, "Nana! You have splinters on your chin!" At this point we all start to giggle, but Dana can't take it and scrams. Finn gets out of his chair to examine Betty closer. He's absolutely fascinated with the little whiskers (aka Hag Hairs) on Betty's chin. She's mortified, but as a gal who doesn't embarrass easily, she's still able to somewhat keep her composure. After Finn finally wanders away and Carolyn comes back, we tell her the story and the three of us laugh about it the rest of the evening. Betty decides it's about time to step up her beauty routine, and the next day we all trouped down to the salon where she got her first eyebrow and facial wax ever. Can a spray tan and hair extensions be far behind??

She looked great and perhaps she will meet that wealthy older man yet.