Spring Cleaning

Can you have Spring Cleaning when it is 30 degrees outside and snowing??? Jason and I decided to take advantage of the bad weather and stay inside all day. We slept in and spent the early afternoon cleaning. Doesn't sound like a lot of fun, but it was very much needed and we now feel very productive! Our closets are now spotless, carpet is vacuumed, garage is organized, and the laundry is done. Tonight we are going to watch the NCAA basketball games and order pizza. Not bad for a snow day!

Our new ride!

So here it is. The new Heine-mobile! We were so excited to get this 2008 Honda Civic. Truth be told, we actually purchased it before we went to the auto show, but thought it would be fun anyway to put up those pics first. :) We got a great deal on this car, and it is loaded with cool features. It has leather interior, sun roof, and a navigation system just to name a few. Our main objective was to find something with four doors and I personally wanted something with a manual transmission. I'd say we got exactly what we were hoping for! We've had it for about 3 weeks now and at this point there are really no complaints. It was previously owned, so that helped us get a steal on the price. But it's still just like new and will hopefully last us a very long time. I had been driving my Honda Accord for the last five and a half years or so and it was great. I'm sure we will have this one much longer than that. Speaking of the Accord - we've sold it to Jess' sister, Brittany, who is up in Philadelphia...hope you enjoy it Brit!

We bought a new car...

...This past weekend, Jess and I took a trip (made the 25 minute drive dowtown...) to the 2009 Kansas City International Auto Show to check out the latest and greatest in the world of automobiles. This is the second year in a row that we have attended the show (mainly because I beg her to PLEASE let me go see all of the "cool" cars) and we really enjoyed it. We've recently been in the market to upgrade my set of wheels and this would be the perfect place to see every kind of car out there all at once! My brother Jeff also went came along this year to dream big with me. :)

We saw everything at the show from the Kia Rio to a pair of Maclaren Mercedes SLR 500's with a price tag of $495,000 on them --- EACH! We had a lot of fun getting inside all of the different vehicles and imagining what it would be like driving them. We also made sure to bring our camera along to take pics of our favorites. Take a look - see if you can guess what we've ended up with...

Is it a Dodge Ram pickup truck that I need to feel manly driving down the road?

Maybe Jess has something more "family friendly" in mind - like this Acura RDX...

I'm still thinking that a sedan is the way to go, and I really liked this Acura TSX.

Then again something really fast and fun would be AWESOME! This is the Infiniti G37-S.

Who are we kidding though - Jess has always really wanted this Range Rover.

...and if I could have absolutely any car on the planet - it would, hands down, be the Ferrari F430 - Not a faster, meaner, more eye-catching machine on the road. :)

We really have gotten a new car, but you'll have to check back in a couple days to see what it is.