I think I don't want to spend the money for the VW New Beetle. It's a very cute and safe car, but cost about 17,000Euros new. I can find it for 13,000Euros (this is the most basic model) but that's more then I would want to spend. I don't really drive that much. I'm pretty cheep at heart. I need real value for my money. I keep thinking we really should take advantage of the money Germany is offering to trade old cars in for 2500Euros towards a new car. If I buy a car that's around 10,000 Euros, then the Government is actually going to pay 25% of the cost of that car. That's really a very good deal. Since I know I will need a new car in the near future, I feel I should get a new 10,000 Euro car. The Opel Agilia is around 9,900 Euros. It's got 5 doors, and room for 5. It is pretty safe, and comes with a 6 year warranty. I would not call it my dream car, but I could easily afford it. I'm trying to be wise here. There are other cars in thi...
I thought I would share an update on my garden. We picked our first gladiolas today. I’ll have allot of flowers in about 1 week. And I ate my first artichoke today. I have to say it was the very best artichoke I have ever had. I guess it’s because it was fresh…not days or weeks old. It traveled from my garden straight to the kitchen. I saved the water I cooked the artichoke in. They call this artichoke tea. It’s suppose to be very good for your liver. You keep it in a jar in your refrigerator. You can drink a cup per day. It is only good for a week. It is suppose to help lower cholesterol if that’s an issue for you. And the artichoke was so sweet I didn’t need to add anything to it. No butter or lemon. It was awesome! I don’t know if I want to share my artichokes. I have about 10 growing on my plants. I could easily eat these myself. The good news is they are only about 50 cal each if you don’t add butter! But I’ve also read a good plant can produce 30 artichokes per year. So maybe I’ll share a few. The peas are growing. I’ve got lots of green tomatoes. I am also getting lots of cucumbers. Those few days of sunshine helped us allot. Now we are getting rain. That’s good too. 
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