Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Cellulite Wooooaaaahs?
Found this interesting article about how coffee can help you get rid of cellulite. Maybe worth a shot? Some say drinking it helps enough because of its antioxidants, but others say grinding it up, adding olive oil, and rubbing it on is more effective. Any takers?
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Totaled
Bah. So my 1996 Acura Integra with 160K+ miles on it was in an accident (everybody is fine!). A lady ran a red light and I hit her, low speed for me, but not her. She drove away, we got her plate numbers, filed a report and called Geico right away.
She called Geico a day or two later with no plate numbers (couldn't even describe my car), didn't know what the intersection was, nor could she tell them the time of day it happened. So, we win! Kind of... My car is totaled so the insurance company won't fix it. They are giving us a little money (blue book) though which is good.
I offered to Nick to get the car he has been pining over and I'll drive his. But since he is an adorable loving and amazing hubbs, he said I should get a new car since I have never had one. Yay! Kinda...
Great, now I have to make a decision. Essentially, I feel like I am wedding planning all over again. I mean, its pretty much the same amount of money and its something exciting and fun and great but important and thus a little stressful (just like marriage).
I want a hybrid. I have compared the Prius and the Insight. The Prius is the nicer car with the better hybrid system and better mileage (although the cost of the car does not make up for its fuel economy compared to the cost of the Insight in 10 years). The Insight is more of a car. Its drives like a regular car and has a clutch based engine like a regular car. The Prius is quiet and you do not feel it shift or convert from gas to electric the same as in the Insight.
Another cool feature about the Prius is that you can use electric only for short trips. You can use Power mode (more gas) for highway, i.e. when you need to merge. And Eco mode for when you want to use more battery than gas.
Nick wants me to look at other cars too to compare them too, but I want to make a socially responsible and ecologically responsible decision and even if I can get a slightly less expensive car, I feel that being ecoconscious is important to me. (Its funny b/c I said the same thing over wedding details).
More details to come.
She called Geico a day or two later with no plate numbers (couldn't even describe my car), didn't know what the intersection was, nor could she tell them the time of day it happened. So, we win! Kind of... My car is totaled so the insurance company won't fix it. They are giving us a little money (blue book) though which is good.
I offered to Nick to get the car he has been pining over and I'll drive his. But since he is an adorable loving and amazing hubbs, he said I should get a new car since I have never had one. Yay! Kinda...
Great, now I have to make a decision. Essentially, I feel like I am wedding planning all over again. I mean, its pretty much the same amount of money and its something exciting and fun and great but important and thus a little stressful (just like marriage).
I want a hybrid. I have compared the Prius and the Insight. The Prius is the nicer car with the better hybrid system and better mileage (although the cost of the car does not make up for its fuel economy compared to the cost of the Insight in 10 years). The Insight is more of a car. Its drives like a regular car and has a clutch based engine like a regular car. The Prius is quiet and you do not feel it shift or convert from gas to electric the same as in the Insight.
Another cool feature about the Prius is that you can use electric only for short trips. You can use Power mode (more gas) for highway, i.e. when you need to merge. And Eco mode for when you want to use more battery than gas.
Nick wants me to look at other cars too to compare them too, but I want to make a socially responsible and ecologically responsible decision and even if I can get a slightly less expensive car, I feel that being ecoconscious is important to me. (Its funny b/c I said the same thing over wedding details).
More details to come.
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