Betsy was our first "family car", and she was our van for the past 12 years. What the "Magic School Bus" was to Miss Frizzle, that's what Betsy was to us! (at least when the kids were really young) A lot of memories were made inside Betsy; happy ones, sad ones, loud ones, and quiet ones, lost ones and found ones, and yes even changing diaper ones! After 12 years, she had a few funny quirks about her. When I would pick up the kids anywhere, they would hear me coming even before they would see me, even the cat knew we where home before we got in the driveway! She was very retro....she still had a cassette player....not many cars can boast about that these days. :) I know, "she" was just a car, an inanimate object, but we felt safe in her and she got us around.....and she was "mommy's car". But we have now moved on to B.J. (Betsy junior, as the kids have named "her"). She has a CD instead of a cassette, and a bunch of other stuff that I still need to figure out! We are looking forward to our first road trip in B.J., not too sure where that's going to be yet.....in mommy's cool car!Monday, April 5, 2010
Ode to Betsy
Betsy was our first "family car", and she was our van for the past 12 years. What the "Magic School Bus" was to Miss Frizzle, that's what Betsy was to us! (at least when the kids were really young) A lot of memories were made inside Betsy; happy ones, sad ones, loud ones, and quiet ones, lost ones and found ones, and yes even changing diaper ones! After 12 years, she had a few funny quirks about her. When I would pick up the kids anywhere, they would hear me coming even before they would see me, even the cat knew we where home before we got in the driveway! She was very retro....she still had a cassette player....not many cars can boast about that these days. :) I know, "she" was just a car, an inanimate object, but we felt safe in her and she got us around.....and she was "mommy's car". But we have now moved on to B.J. (Betsy junior, as the kids have named "her"). She has a CD instead of a cassette, and a bunch of other stuff that I still need to figure out! We are looking forward to our first road trip in B.J., not too sure where that's going to be yet.....in mommy's cool car!
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ah...a new car! It's so funny how we can be attached to a car, but then again, we spend most of our days with our kiddos in that car! Good luck with the new one!
ReplyDeletethat's exciting to be getting a new vehicle...lots of new memories are sure to be had in your new one! I'm like you though, when we sold our first family car to go to a bigger van I got a bit nostalgic.
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as just a car (says the girl who names inanimate objects also) they have personality and feelings (not to sound crazy) good luck with the hunt. What are you leaning towards?
ReplyDeleteWhere's the photo of the BJ?
ReplyDeleteI messed up my blog by accidentally deleting my google account - what a dork! Here's my new blog address: http://pinkrosecottageknits.blogspot.com
Back in the day, we had Betsy's sister. She was silver. She didn't last as long as you had yours, but she was well used by everyone. Good luck with Betsy Jr!
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