Friday morning

[same_sky]

I woke up with a sore throat, feeling congested. It's so unfair. I was sick last week. And if I have to be sick, for the fifth time this season, then why does it have to be on the weekend?!

I'm really happy with myself, though, because I finished up with the update of my Tatty Blog last night. I wasn't happy with how it looked and worked, before, so i upgraded Moveable Type to 2.63 and changed the format. I'm reminded of that episode of Will and Grace, when Grace was living in the apartment across the hall, and had been for months. Will came in, looked at the boxes littering the living room and says, "Interior Decorator! Unpack thyself!" So in this case, the web designer used a default template for her blog. :) Well, I edited it a bit, actually, changing fonts and margins, and fixed up the bug in IE that caused it to scroll horizontally. I also spent ages fixing the seach engine (didn't work at all) and the archive pages (gave an error but displayed). It's so much fun to look back through the previous pictures, since I started documenting it pretty much when I started learning. We love the picture of the first "pattern" I ever finished. :)

Magnus wants to buy a Volvo. No, not a replacement vehicle for either of us.. one that doesn't run. Before he moved, he had a 1963 Volvo P1800. I actually felt worse about him selling that car than him selling his house or leaving his country. :) I've never seen a car suit a person more perfectly, and I'm not the only one who saw it. Lots of people told him that. Anyway, we've said that when it's more practical, he can get another one here. He found one in the Cinci area for $700 last night. No picture, so we don't know anything about it other than that it doesn't actually run. We've mentioned driving up to look at it tomorrow.. but I really don't think we can justify buying it. Magnus doesn't really enjoy the restoration part. :) We'll see. Might be a fun trip.

Comments

*mgrmbl*

[totte.livejournal.com]

I was thinking that maybe it was sold by now, since it had been listed for a while, but no, it's been relisted today. Would have been so much easier if it wasn't an option. Shucky darn. Guess we have to buy it.

Re: *mgrmbl*

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

We actually don't have to buy everything that's for sale, dear.. which is a very good thing for our economy. :)

[ekatedid.livejournal.com]

OOO that car is a nice one!

Hope you get over the crud, it's just been too long! *hugs*

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Well, I guess it was never my car, but still. :)

I hope I get over it too.. hoping I don't actually get sicker at all. That'd be good.

[ozswede.livejournal.com]

I was about to write OMG not another Swede with a Volvo, when I clicked on the picture! Wow! A real classic. Very nice :) Hope you get well. Maybe you need some of that virtual Vitamin C that you send to others.

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

Maybe I do. :) The pictures don't do justice to the car, either. I'm not a huge fan of old cars, but this one I liked. He drove it year-round, every day, too, which I thought was pretty fun. It was incredibly disconcerting to have people staring at you everywhere you went, though. ;)

See?

[totte.livejournal.com]

Igh. The more I think about it, the more I want one again. Couldn't we just sell your car and your computer and buy a nice one right away? Since you wouldn't be driving anywhere and not buying stuff online we'd be saving lots of money too!

Re: See?

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

You silly boy. Sure, you can sell my car to buy a Volvo.. but it had better be a new one in that case. :) Actually, I could live with it if we DID sell my car and buy one.. just as long as it somehow wasn't my primary vehicle. But then again, the Mazda has limited transmissional function, so it's not as if I'd be out much either way.

Well...

[totte.livejournal.com]

I don't really think we should replace any of our current vehicles with a P1800 right now. It's bound to be stick shift, for one thing, which I seem to remember someone having some issues with. If we move closer to Lexington I could perhaps see replacing MY car, but that's a bit off too for now. Oh well. Even if we bought that one tomorrow I figure it might still be just a tiny little while before it was in shape to replace anything.

Oh by the way. The reason I'm not being all supportive and sympathetic and things about your sick thing is that I've decided you're not getting sick. So now we can go swimming tomorrow. Neat, huh?

Re: Well...

[same-sky.livejournal.com]

I don't really think we should, either, but it's better if you come to that decision on your own.. *grin* I don't see us using it daily the way you did, either. I figure it'll be a third vehicle.. Hey, maybe you can buy yourself one for my 25th birthday, when the insurance goes down. ;)

Thanks for your decisiveness in the sick issue. I don't think that perhaps it will work out as you've planned, but I hope so. *sneeze* I really was looking forward to the idea of going out this weekend. :(