Yesterday I did something I only do about every 10 years. I bought a new car! It's a Blue Honda Element. It's cute, distinctive, and rated the best dog car around. (Sort of the leitmotif of our lives, isn't it!) Tomorrow I'll be measuring and planning and building a platform for the dogs' crates in the back. And removing the back seats - probably not to be seen again until I go to trade it in in 10 years. I don't know how many people name their cars, but I tend to. Strange names - the last one was Broccoli (Green Grand Vitara). So I'm talking to Fran and ask, "what should I name it" and she says "Blueberry." It stuck. So - welcome Blueberry!
Buying Blueberry was sort of surreal. Last time I bought a car the internet wasn't really a factor. This time, I built it online, asked for quotes, went to the dealer with the best one, got a good deal (I think - please don't disabuse me of this fondly-held notion), great financing, and drove away in my new car. Weird. Pleasant, but weird.
I spent a good chunk of yesterday getting the dog crates secured on the deck I built last week for Blueberry's cargo area. I had to be a bit creative - the crates can't be a permanent installation, since I do so much schlepping for the store. I have to be able to get them out relatively easily. My buddy Mark at the hardware store came up with a great solution - U-shaped thingies with threads on both ends. I secured them under the platform with wing nuts. Pretty nifty, hey? 
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