to wash or not to wash...

I've been trying to take better care of the car recently (despite the engine light that came on yesterday). Part of this involves cleaning the inside of the car and thanks goes to Ally for helping me Lysol the dashboard. The other part involves cleaning the outside of it more regularly; washing it to be specific.

I was holding off on washing it because I couldn't understand why anyone would bother when they get dirty again almost immediately. But I was shamed into it when a middle aged man in his sparkling Audi sent me despairing looks of pity when I tried to Lysol the dash while stopped at a red light. I was embarrassed so I vowed to wash my car at the next available moment.

Today I learned the error of my ways and that nothing comes of vanity. I also learned why people don't wash their cars in winter. Yes, they get dirty again in a matter of days. But more than that, locks freeze shut. I spent a good five minutes staring at my trunk today trying to figure out what physical transformation could have happened to my key to make it not work. I tried 3 different locks to no avail before I finally grasped that the "suped-up" ultimate wax and wash which I had splurged on to make my car look prettier had frozen my locks shut.

Here's hoping they melt and I make it to work tomorrow...

i will look like an idiot and pay lots of money for awesome

I just saw Avatar. How did it take me this long? Who wants to go again tomorrow? My face hurts from smiling.

2010...year of new beginnings and new stuff cause i break everything

I had an interesting start to Thursday this week. Not only did I drop my cell phone into a glass of water but I had about a ten minute panic attack when I thought my car had caught on fire. What do you do when you're on the highway, there is nowhere to pull over and you can't even call 911 cause you just dropped your phone in water and it has the blue screen of death?

Luckily for me, the car wasn't a blazing inferno (I love the word inferno). I have surmised that the smoke that seemed to be coming off the hood of the car might have been the exhaust from the car in front of me.

At least that's what I'm hoping. Either way, I'm going to test drive cars next weekend. I'm too young to have blood pressure this high.

Recently read novels....

The holidays are a great time to relax, curl up in a snowstorm and open a good book. Luckily I got to do all three this past December. Some of my most recent reads are as follows....

1. The Hunger Games and its sequel Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. If you like YA literature these are the two best books to come out recently. They are fast paced, well written and AWESOME!

2. Graceling and Fire by Kristen Cashore. Again, YA literature but more fantasy based than the above two. Fire is a loosely based sequel or "companion" and only has one recurring character from Gracling. I loved Graceling so much that I found it hard to get into Fire but once I did (around page 150) I think I loved it more.

3. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley. This book was as delicious as it sounds. It is a murder mystery set in 1950's England with an 11 year old girl who is obsessed with chemistry as its main character. She is incredibly morbid and would have got along well with Edward Gorey. I am on the edge of my seat for the sequel coming out this year.

4. The Gargoyle by Winnipeg author, Andrew Davidson. To be honest, if I hadn't been stuck on a 5 hour flight from Halifax to Calgary I might not have finished this. The book flashes between the present and "fictional" (?) tales from the past. The present story line was not something that held my attention but the author's creativity with the medieval story lines was what kept me going. Overall, an "ENH" book.