{"id":128,"date":"2012-12-09T20:54:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T20:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2012-12-09T20:58:47","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T20:58:47","slug":"the-little-rocket-that-could","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"The Little Rocket That Could"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had some work done on my Little Rocket at the local Audi dealership a few months ago and when I stepped out of my Little Rocket, the rep asked me how I liked my “Little Rocket”. \u00c2\u00a0Of course I love her! \u00c2\u00a0And that is how I started calling my car, the Little Rocket.<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo of her cute back side.<\/p>\n

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I love, love, love my car and I’m sort of surprised that this is my first post about her.<\/p>\n

Today, we Minneapolites are living in a winter wonderland:<\/p>\n

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It’s been snowing nonstop since last night and it is now 2:44pm. \u00c2\u00a0The first photo is my patio, looking onto the street. \u00c2\u00a0The second is from the opposition direction. \u00c2\u00a0My place is behind those two smaller trees in the middle.<\/p>\n

I needed to go to Super Target to get some supplies for the various baked goods I will be making. \u00c2\u00a0Don’t worry, it’s for work and a dinner party tomorrow. \u00c2\u00a0I’m in Beach Bod Mode, so hopefully won’t be eating too much of it.<\/p>\n

I decided to venture out in this snow, which is the first time I took my Little Rocket out into such snow. \u00c2\u00a0Last year’s winter was so mild in Minnesota (yay for me, but boo for Minnesotans who love the winter and keep hoping for more cold and snow — really??). \u00c2\u00a0Oh, and my Little Rocket was originally from Atlanta, so I don’t think she’s seen much snow.<\/p>\n

We barely made it back. \u00c2\u00a0It was slippery and when we would get going from stop lights we’d slide all over the place. \u00c2\u00a0I felt like the little Engine that could — slowly stepping on the gas, trying to keep the wheels straights, as we inched along in the inches of wet, slipper snow. \u00c2\u00a0Come on my Little Rocket, you can do it! \u00c2\u00a0On the freeway, I didn’t need to shift higher than 4th gear and that was pushing it. \u00c2\u00a0And plus, with the sight of many, many cars on the shoulders, in the medians, and off to the sides, I didn’t feel the need to put the metal to the pedal, which, if you have ever ridden in my car with me, is how I usually drive.<\/p>\n

The snow fall is unrelenting. \u00c2\u00a0I finally figured out how to light my gas fireplace. \u00c2\u00a0I’m tempted to go lie in front of it and take a nap.<\/p>\n

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Oh, and I wanted to share one more thing. \u00c2\u00a0I went out to lunch with some coworkers on Friday. \u00c2\u00a0When I came home later that day after having dinner with Stephanie and Mike, I saw this little gem in my car:<\/p>\n

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I laughed out loud in my car because I knew exactly who left if there — MIKE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had some work done on my Little Rocket at the local Audi dealership a few months ago and when I stepped out of my Little Rocket, the rep asked me how I liked my “Little Rocket”. \u00c2\u00a0Of course I love her! \u00c2\u00a0And that is how I started calling my car, the Little Rocket. Here’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.motebu.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}