Martin has offered a name for the new car – “SilverBall.” It isn’t out of committee yet, but I like it for a number of reasons. Mainly, it adheres to the age-old naming convention of taking a previous name and making something new. When the girls were Martin’s age, they named a car “Golden Car.” Yes, it was gold and was a car. The next car they branched out and named a green Taurus wagon “Pickle.” The old Geo Prizm was named “Snowball” because of its size and shape. So Martin’s name of “SilverBall” honors the original concept of “Golden Car” while keeping the continuity with the previous car “Snowball” in naming the new car SilverBall.”

The girls are out with Grandma in Dubuque and Maquoqueta Caves (or at least that’s what we are led to believe).

Today was a hot one – The starter died on the truck, so I got that in to the shop for replacement and the new car to get a once-over – all it needed was a new belt and alignment. Also made a trip to the dump, picked some cherries, cleaned out and sold the old car (sad to see it go) and more.