Old man winter is sure letting loose on the midwest. A couple local weathermen were wetting themselves over this storm, suggesting it rivals the one that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald in '75. We didn't get a ton of snow here, but the wind is evil. Needless to say, the kids are happy to have a day off. We haven't had a snow day in a while.
Yesterday the van wouldn't start. We charged the battery and drove to Midas where they said it didn't have enough cold cranking amps or some such gobbledygook, so we replaced the battery. I don't like our dumb van. It's always clunking and groaning, which those Midas guys say is a flaw in the rack, whatever that is. Meanwhile, it's one of the Windstars that's been recalled due to the fact that it could spontaneously combust. Something to do with the cruise control...the letter from Ford says to park it outside just in case (goody). The dealership couldn't get us in yesterday, but we plan to get that fixed before we head to our extended family Christmas gatherings. A fiery van would dampen our holiday celebrating a bit.
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