sand toys were crammed in. I -
still looked “cool, whizzi

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day,”

p. Mt.: Seymour.

Parkway, I didn’t t quite: pull

over: in time: and : threw. my

‘cafe, mocha and ree cat

pastry up all over’ the dash
Pregnant again

2: Doomed :to oie - income

forthe unforeseeabic. future

‘now, and with trunk space at

a remium, ‘I consented.to
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wagon, moping around for a:
week because T had’ “morphed ¢

into “a. suburban: stereotype.

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van,

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NEWS photo Julie Iverson

: OLIVER Pusch bought his first Ford Mustang in 1979

and has been in love with the Ponies ever since. He
‘has been mn driving this 1970 BOSS 302 Mustang since

14994,.

aha’ kid-friendly car

respect othe... Volvo's °
‘endurance, ‘but needed yer
more room for all those fam-

_ily members I dragged along .

-with me to help with com-
«plex tasks.:. like shopping.

I cried: for. days. People
thought Iwas hormonal, but
I was just: upset at my. new
car’s name. What the hell is a
Windstar anywa} v2

Buc it’s roomy, my hus-
band pointed out, the visibil-
ity is  Breat; it’s not the Miata,
but: it comes: wich ‘all those
“extras that my third Beetle

didn’t have... like a floor you”

“can’t see through.

And now, i’m OK with i it.
Tn fact, I like it: I really, real-
ly like it.)

/Which isa good thing, -
“considering the ‘amount of: -
time I Spend driving to the’

grocery store, pediatrician,
preschool :and_ playdates
gaiore. It. has become my

juice-stained, cookie-encrust-..

ed sanctuary.
1 don’t. know. what the
Miata will look like in 2015,

. when my two boys are finally

old enough to get their own
wheels.
But I'll be at the dealer-

. ship, my hand ‘held cue for

the keys.

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