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I do have some advantages. The snow rarely lasts a week, there are almost no bugs [there are buffalo gnats which I am allergic to in the spring and mosquitoes in the summer], the sand is wonderful. Even if you track the wet sand into the house, you can vacuum it up, no problem
I'm surprised you have mosquitoes in such a dry climate. They need still water. Do you have a swamp nearby? I can't imagine you do from your descriptions and photos.
I've found it doesn't pay to own a car that's more than 10 years old. About that time, you spend as much money in repairs as payments on a new car would be. Well, I don't mean a brand-new car. I also decided that it pays to get a gently used car with low mileage and only one other owner. You pay a lot less, and it's practically a new car. I was lucky to have found my Subaru. I had to travel to a dealer up near Rochester to get what I wanted.
It also pays to sell the old car myself, not trade it in at the dealer. I got quite a bit more money for my old car than the trade-in value the dealer quoted. I had a 1986 Honda Civic, advertised it on Craigslist, and it was gone in 3 days. Yes, it was a hectic few days, but if I considered the profit by not trading it in at the dealer, I made a hefty salary for those days of answering inquiries and showing the car to people. I never expected such a huge response to my ad! I was a bit overwhelmed, in fact.
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Sandy...I think I've caught your drawing fatigue. I haven't touched my drawing in 3 days. I'm not having any problems with it but I just don't feel like working on it. I hate this!
I read where another artist said she works on several works at the same time, alternating between them so she doesn't get bored or in a hurry to finish. I might try that. I haven't gotten very far on this drawing so I shouldn't be bored but I just can't seem to get motivated. I wonder if it's the nerves again.
I say don't draw if you don't want to. It's supposed to be fun. It's not like a job that you need to do. I've been thinking of starting something else, too. I think my lack of motivation is because I'm not particularly inspired by the picture of Gabe. Or maybe it's because I do better when I have the pressure of a deadline, like I had doing all those pictures before Christmas for Deb.
Wow, I'm just the opposite. If I was under pressure I'd be a nervous wreck and would probably screw up the drawing.
What do you think you'll do next? Another horse or something else?
Time to say good night. This evening, I decided to show you a vineyard. We have a lot of them -- we're in wine country. That's Seneeca lake in the background. I took this photo about this time of year, so if you visited the wineries, this is probably what you'd see now.
What ^^^^ She said.
My little Celica is very good but she has issues with corrosion on the battery cables every spring.
Have to Take them off and use that nifty tool to clean them. Her top leaks and the hinge for the trunk is broken. The (m)oron who had the car before me wrecked it. The little dealership where I got her said the engine caught on fire, WRONG! You can plainly see where they had the front welded back on(ugly weld) and caught the insulation under the hood on fire and burnt a hole in the windshield washer fluid holder. Yeah when an 17yr old girl points that out to her Dad after she bought it and he agrees, you know the salesman isn't too bright.
My little Celica is very good but she has issues with corrosion on the battery cables every spring.
Have to Take them off and use that nifty tool to clean them. Her top leaks and the hinge for the trunk is broken. The (m)oron who had the car before me wrecked it. The little dealership where I got her said the engine caught on fire, WRONG! You can plainly see where they had the front welded back on(ugly weld) and caught the insulation under the hood on fire and burnt a hole in the windshield washer fluid holder. Yeah when an 17yr old girl points that out to her Dad after she bought it and he agrees, you know the salesman isn't too bright.
I'm not a nervous wreck about drawing. I like it, though sometimes getting it just right can be puzzling and frustrating. I especially like when it turns out OK to admire what I've done.
I was thinking of trying the colored pencils Rave sent me on a picture of Penny that I took recently. But maybe I should do something else. Hmm a flower? That might be interesting. I usually stick to animals. I have to test the pencils yet and get a feel for them. I have a test paper here that I used to see how my pastels mixed with water. It's waiting for another test. I should get off my .... and just do it. I've been lacking motivation these days. I think it's the weather. But when it gets sunny and the flowers are out, I'm going to want to get my camera and go for walks with it.
I don't know. I'll just go with the flow. Whatever I'm in the mood for.
If you have to pay for repairs, and you don't have resources to do that, then I guess you can't get a newer car, but then you have a car that needs repairs, which you can't use till it's fixed. So I think it's no different to get a newer car than to fix an old one, and it's a lot less headaches.
I am going to stay with her, since I am hoping that chronic need for repairs has not yet set in. My regular mechanic did offer me a newer car, same make, for a price I can pay, but I want my nestegg to last at least six months longer. I know that I cannot live easily on $700-some a month, and that kind of grinding poverty is outright depressing. So far, I am hoping she will be dependable enough that I can sub at least one day a week.
Having a selection of three (maybe four) independent mechanics helps.
Having a selection of three (maybe four) independent mechanics helps.
I hear ya, Zero. Hang on to the one you have as long as possible. The trick is to get rid of it when you find a good deal on another vehicle but while your current one is still running
One year we had to buy a car in one day. Hubby was rebuilding the '78 Chevy and I had to have my car on Monday and his car blew up. First time we had a car payment but we had to get a car right away.I feel luxurious in our 2008 Honda Fit with A/C and a working radio! Of course, we are making payments on it for what seems like a lot of years. We will run this car into the ground before replacing it.
One time I was driving another elderly car, and asked my uncle whether I should get another, and he told me to drive it until the wheels fall off. Its last mechanic told me that it was unsafe to drive, the wheels were ready to fall off. LOL.
I've come to the conclusion that a car is just a hunk of iron. As long as the heater, AC, electric windows, electric locks and radio work I'm happy. All the crap they put in today, NAV systems, Bluetooth, heated seats and yada yada are just more things that break and need to be fixed, at major expense. The KISS principal works best, at least for me. Like Rambo said, I drive 'em til the wheels fall off (and yeah, that happened to my IH Scout)
This is the prevailing attitude these days, which is why it was so hard for me to find a gently used car, only a couple of years old. But I, too, will drive my car till the repairs start happening. At that point, I'm giving up on it. I used to sink money into my older cars hoping that at some point, it'd be like a new car inside, even if the outside was crumbling. It's just not worth it. After doing it for years, I came to this sad conclusion.
I bought new and kept forever. I had my Chevy Luv pickup truck for 14 years, my Ford Escort for 19 years. The Mustang was a used car, but it's in good shape, so I hope to keep that one, until I die. LOL
We didn't buy the the Fit new but it was only a couple of years old and it had low mileage and was half the price of new.
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I think the line between until the repairs are frequent is whether you can find an independent mechanic with low overhead. When the car needs more repairs-- just to keep moving, than it is worth, it is time to get rid of it. My previous car got like that, I got an offer from a junkyard, but sold it to a shade-tree retired mechanic. He kept it moving for several years more, until some kids stole it for a joyride and wrecked it.
I tend to grow fond of my cars, illustrated by giving them a gender, but not so loving that I give them a male gender. 
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