Flash Me Friday - "The Garage"

This week's addition of Flash Me Friday call for pictures of our garage (or wherever we decide to park our rides). Our garage is about as standard as they come except for the awesome built-ins that we were left with from the previous owner. I absolutely LOVE the extra storage, although I guess it would be nice to not have to squeeze our cars in the tighter space. Every time we get out of the car or truck we have to take extra caution to avoid any door dings. But, it's the first two-car garage I've ever, so I better stop my complaints :)

View as you pull in the driveway

Two peas in a pod

Extra storage

All that we have in our garage out of storage: bikes, extra tiles and A/C filters

Close-up of our preferred choice of transportation

Are you interested in also participating? This brainchild of Jen over at The Groettum Familyblog is going to be a weekly series in which we have to take a picture of her choosing without any cleaning up whatsoever. If you want in on the action, please visit here for the "rules".

Exciting Day for Mandi

6:00am: It wasn't easy, but I managed to roll out of bed this morning at 6am. J Bell was looking a little depressed to me from lack of consistent walks, so I wanted to make sure I got one in this morning. The weather cooperated with the plan as it was probably only 85 degrees or so during the walk. I worked up a decent sweat, but I think most of that was from yanking on J's leash to stop her from going after the bikers whizzing past us. The road was absolutely full of them today, so I did quite a bit of yanking. If you told me that 50 bicyclist passed by us today I would not be surprised. Hopefully one day I'll be joining them, then again, I'm not so sure about the spandex.

The walk went really well but we walked at a slower pace. Again, a huge factor was probably Jezzy and her constant pulling on the leash, but I did feel that we were moving slower. Good news is that my feet didn't hurt at all during the walk and only started to hurt later on in the day after walking around in flip-flops. I should probably try to wear my shoes around more, but I love rocking flip-flops, especially during the summer. Maybe I can get a flip-flop orthotic? Are you reading this Lindsey? :)

Total Distance: 2.0 miles

Side Note: So I'm sure you're wondering from the title why Mandi had an exciting day....drum roll please....She got a new car!!! We were out car shopping with her parents today (after months of research) and had narrowed it down to a Honda Civic or a Toyota Corolla. We found that they were basically the same car and that it came down to preference in style and how good of a deal you could get. Mandi preferred the Corolla style wise and lucky for her, the Toyota dealership was willing to play some ball in terms of the price. She got a SMOKING deal on an '09 Corolla and she couldn't be happier with her choice. She was walking on air (or more accurately, bouncing around) the rest of the day and couldn't wipe the smile off of her face. I'm so happy for her! I remember purchasing my own car for the first time and it was quite the event. Remember that? I remember saying that I would only hand wash my first car...I'm pretty sure that lasted for about 6 weeks.

So what crazy promises did you make to yourself after buying your first car? Or any good car buying stories? I'd love to hear from you guys.

Total Distance for Day: 2.0 miles