September 2005: Joe the Bike - just $30 at an Idaho Youth Ranch thrift store! He was a work horse, but he had issues. As the saying goes, you get what you pay for.
July 2006: TT the Car, so named since she was "Teal and Tan," and the name reminded this homesick Boston girl of T.T. the Bear's Place. This little 1992 Saturn got great gas mileage and ran pretty well for her age.
In this pic from August 2007, you can also see Boise Bike #2 (BB2) that I had bought earlier that summer. At $60 from the Youth Ranch, it was an upgrade!
August 2007: TT's dramatic end. 
That was a rather difficult day, but the story ended well, especially since a few months later a friend gave me...
That was a rather difficult day, but the story ended well, especially since a few months later a friend gave me...
...a 1996 Mercury Sable! This pretty girl looked very grown-up and professional, and she served me well...
...until the transmission finally went out in Ogden, Utah in May 2009.
I then lived car-less for almost 4 years. At first, I biked most of the time on BB2, but after the elbow injury in January 2012, I walked. I bused some, too, but mostly I walked... A LOT.
Finally...
Thus, inspired by facebook chatter, I named this new-only-to-me car "Alexei Hondeski Accordakov," or "Alyosha," for short.
A few months later, this guy, Sean, came into my life! You may have heard that the two of us even got hitched in April of last year.
A few months later, this guy, Sean, came into my life! You may have heard that the two of us even got hitched in April of last year.
Since about that time, Sean has been saying how we should look for a better car for me, but the need became more evident this spring as multiple costs for repairs suddenly cropped up. It's just painful when, in the span of a few months, you have to put much more into a car than it is worth just to stay safe while driving!
And so, on 15 July 2015, my dear, sweet, amazing husband bought a beautiful, all-new, blue (!) Honda Accord for me to use around town and for us to use on road trips. It is still unnamed, except for the requisite patronymic, "Alexeyevich," after my first Honda and in honor of the trip Sean and I took to Russia last month.
And so, on 15 July 2015, my dear, sweet, amazing husband bought a beautiful, all-new, blue (!) Honda Accord for me to use around town and for us to use on road trips. It is still unnamed, except for the requisite patronymic, "Alexeyevich," after my first Honda and in honor of the trip Sean and I took to Russia last month.
Now this is an upgrade!
