fun ride and new toy
The week before the holiday I took the girls school clothes shopping. Upon exploring the mall to find the stores on our list we spied a merry-go-round. Of course, Annie and Mimi immediately started to beg me to ride it. I made them promise me that they would behave in every store we were planning to enter and that they had to eat their lunch in its entirety, and in return I would let them ride the carousel. With Mimi in tow, I knew that this would be a daunting task for them, but they “mostly” did well. So they got their ride.
Can you tell they were quite pleased?
And now for the new toy I’ve been mentioning over and over and not following through with pictures. People have been on me via comments here, voicemails for Mike, nasty emails to me about my delay in revealing what this toy is. {Okay, they weren’t “nasty” per se, but I did sense an urgency from a couple of people.}
Any guesses what it might could be?
Well, here it is in all its glory, a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 Mega-Cab Turbo-Diesel. Sorry it’s not as sparkly and clean as the day we got it.
Look at the room in the back seat. There is more leg room than our mini-van by a long shot. And the girls get their own cup holders that they can actually reach.
We wouldn’t want the front seat to get jealous, so here’s a picture of it, too. That middle thingy can pop up to allow a 3 passengers in the front allowing for a total of 6. It also has several compartments for storage. I noticed that Mike already has all his essentials stocked in there such as glow sticks, lighters, and some other strange things.
The 1997 GMC Sonoma Mike has been driving since 2003 was on its last legs, and he has had his eye on huge, ginormous, diesel trucks for ages. We figured it was time for Mike to finally have his wish come true. I was actually the one who made him go for the newer model because I figured he would have this thing for a long time and would put it to good use. Mike’s plan is to convert fry grease from participating restaurants into bio-diesel instead of using diesel from the stations. I’m a little nervous about this undertaking, but we did meet a guy who actually does with success. He was the person who bought our orphan basketball hoop left by the previous owners. Wish Mike luck!
September 8th, 20083:25 pm at
First Jim gets a truck and now Mike. I’m envious. When we bought our KIA I told Sharon I wanted a truck and she said “What for? You don’t have anything to haul around”. I responded that I needed a truck to tow my boat, to which she replied we don’t have a boat and I said that’s because we don’t have a truck to pull it with. NJow I still don’t have a truck or a boat. Maybe I should have bought the boat first.
September 8th, 200810:37 pm at
I think that every man should own a BIG truck at least once in his life. Congrats Mike!
September 9th, 20089:33 am at
Mike is officially a redneck! Next he’ll be flaunting his gator hunting licence. I have never been a truck lover, but I know how guys are. Congrats Mike, I know you’ll use it well. I know that you will actually use it as a truck rather than the family car. Yes, a truck for truck’s sake. I’ll be interested to hear how the biodeisel thing works out for you. I guess the practice with the moonshine still is going to come in handy after all!!
September 9th, 20081:20 pm at
We could have used you last night to help us move a mattress…
September 9th, 20083:34 pm at
I suppose that if the restaurant grease thing works out the exhaust from your monster truck will smell like french fries or hamburgers. Are you going to get very oversized tires and enter monster truck shows? If you do you’ll have to name your truck and “Grave Digger” is already taken.
September 10th, 200810:59 pm at
I am so freaking jealous I can’t stand it. If it wasn’t already obvious, Mike is my hero. I can’t tell you the joy in my heart the day I sit my keester in my very own crew cab 1 ton diesel truck….. I’ve wanted one since I even thought about driving. Enjoy! Those things can jerk a house off the foundation! I used to pull 8 tons of cows in a 20 foot gooseneck aluminum trailer with no problem…. Soooo impressive those machines…. I can’t get over how jealous I am…. green all over!
September 13th, 200812:49 am at
Yum, french fries! Thanks for all your well wishes. Mike really likes to drive his new truck. The girls enjoy it, too. Sherdon, I hope Mike doesn’t get that idea in his head–pulling the house from the foundation. Cow, that must have been in another life, huh?
Denise-
Sorry, we definitely would have helped ya out:)
Jenni-
You already know that Mike has always been on the verge of being an official red neck. The only difference is that he’s an “F-dude” which is the northerners’ version of a red-neck.