Tidings of Automotive Issues, Comfort and Joy

The poor old Honda seems to be having a tough time of things lately. Yes, our little girl is almost 12....they grow up so fast! Despite Jane's colourful corrective action regarding window issues, following a chilly recent drive home from Kingston, now the engine is acting up. We're limping around on three cylinders, and had to make the age-old decision - how much money do we spend on a 12-year old car with 240K on it before it just makes sense to get a new one?

They make such interesting duct tape these days!

We opted for the new one. We may fix the Honda in time (read: not until spring at least) as a second beater for local runs, but in the meantime we have ordered a shiny new Nissan Juke. Likely won't get it for a month or two, in order to get the exact colour we wanted ("root beer") and in a manual transmission, so we limp along a little longer.

Since we couldn't fit that actual CAR under the tree.....

The cats have fully adjusted to the annual winter rite of passage, whereby we live in the downstairs for a few months to avoid heating all of a large old farmhouse. Rather than moving the bed to the living room as usual, this year we opted for the dining room!

There's a fourth cat around here somewhere.....