Mom’s Time Out

I’ll Admit It — I’m Spoiled

August 6, 2010 6 comments

Poor Hubby — Chevy and the Chevy Malibu are spoiling me. REALLY spoiling me. Thanks to the remote-start feature, I never have to enter a blazing hot, steaming car. Thanks to the back-seat DVD player, I never have to hear my daughter ask in a tired, whining voice, “How much longer?“. Thanks to the XM [...]

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OnStar – Navigation Service (Not a Mind Reader)

August 3, 2010 5 comments

This past weekend, I attempted to go on a “Mystery Mission,” using the OnStar Navigation in the Malibu to help get to my destination — a destination to which I had never been. I learned something VERY important about OnStar: there’s only so much their great Navigational Advisers can do if you don’t have ANY [...]

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My New TV – Courtesy of Chevy Malibu

July 29, 2010 6 comments

For several month, our cable television has been screwy.  Really screwy — like so screwy that if I believed inanimate objects could be possessed, I would claim my television was possessed by pure evil. Pure EVIL, I tell ya. But, luckily for my over-active imagination, I don’t really believe my TV and/or cable was possessed.  [...]

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I’ve Got Junk In My Trunk

July 22, 2010 9 comments

My husband should really learn to trust me.  To believe what I tell him . . .and to understand that I know my car. Before switching last week to the Chevy Malibu, I drove a “Big Mama” car.  An older model Chevy Suburban . . . to be precise. It’s big, y’all. . . and [...]

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This Mom is in Time Out

July 20, 2010 9 comments

I have a secret. Last Wednesday, I was officially put in “Time Out.”  Shut off from everything except leather seats, XM radio, and a sun roof. Leather seats, XM radio, and a sun roof?  Rachel, have you gone mad? Nope.  Not mad.  Not insane. Just sittin’ pretty in a Chevy Malibu! A few weeks ago, [...]

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