The pumpkin

Matt's beater of a car finally died.  On the interstate no less. Of course we had to tow it back to town because it really was in the middle of nowhere.  I just about died at the tow charge.  Then came getting it fixed.  That was a total waste of time and money.  I should have gone with my gut and told them to trash it.  But instead we decided to try and bring it back to life.  This was no Frankenstein's monster; it was NOT coming alive ever again!  Mind you, this also happened right after my little trip down the stairs.  After realizing we no longer had a car and Matt needed one for work by Monday we set off on our search for a reliable car.  Debbie was nice enough to take me around and look at cars while Matt was at work (using the van of course).  We narrowed the choices down so the next day Matt just had to compare, select, compromise on price, and purchase.  Part of the deal was them "buying" our old car.  All this meant was we didn't have to pay to have it towed away.  Now we have a nice 2006 Kia Rio and a car payment again.  "Yay" for the car, "boo" for the new monthly bill.  I'm sure you are wondering at this point why in the world this blog is titled The Pumpkin.  This is why:

Zach wants to paint a jack-o-lantern face on it for Halloween!