Car? What Car?

My knees are sore, my back hurts and I am just plum tired. I know you think it's because I am getting old and I have two crazy babies at home, not to mention the husband, but no! We have given up the use of our car...why? Mainly because of my rediculous sense of pride and my love for saving money. I read an article a while back about a New York man who quit using his car. He stopped taking cabs and busses and using his private jet too... He built this neat thing to pull his family around the city in and he even wrote a book about life with out a car. I did not read his book and I did not give up using my private jet... I did however decide that if this man can quit using his car then so can we! I went on down to the bike shop and after looking at a few bikes and picking my self up off the floor after seeing the prices I knew I had to start somewhere else... Yard sales! We found Joe's bike from a rather hefty man who thought he'd get into shape and ride his bike all around town, he then decided that was not such a good idea and that brand new bike sat around until his wife convienced him to sell it. Good for us! There was our first purchase totaling $20.00... Later that same saturday morning we found one of those pull cart things that the kids sit in ,and, bonus it doubles as a jogging stroller. That was also brand new. The owner of that decided it was not manly for him to have it...score! $20.00 later we had a complete set...almost. Mama's bike was harder to find but low and behold we found a perfect bike just my size...okay... it is a kids bike but you really can't tell. That beauty was only $10.00.Sure the pedal is half broke and the handle bar is a little crooked and the seat makes my butt so sore I wish I could inject my butt muscles with novacane but thats no problem because it is perfect for me... So $50.00 later we were all ready to go. And go we did! We have quit driving cold turkey... Don't let me fool you it is not easy. It's hot and people stare at you and the kids like to kill each other sitting so close for so long. Also, I cannot wear make up... thats all I will say about that. But... it is a great experience we are teaching our kids to be aware of the environment and that a good time does not have to cost anything at all!! We ride to the park and to the grocery store and to the pool...well, we ride everywhere!! This is day three friends. The adventure shall continue and I am sure that we will have so many stories and picutes that we won't even know what to do with them all!