Last Tuesday, June 22nd, I drove Maxine to work. I had hoped and prayed that it would happen mercifully.
#As popular as the first kid to get his drivers liscence movie#
( ASIDE: Among the many memorable quotes from the movie is this one from Elwood Blues - "Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, don't fail us now!")īoth Jennie and I knew that it was just a matter of time until the car broke down. I'm also reminded of the scene near the climax of "The Blues Brothers" movie when their car falls apart outside the downtown tax assessor's office. I'm reminded of a friend's comment that the least expensive car is the one you already own. I've written here in the past about the problems we'd been having with the car. Maxine, the name Mom gave her 1983 Datsun Nissan Maxima and gave to us when she moved back to Texas last year, finally died. you guessed it, at the office.įor more information like this, get a copy of Organizing For Dummies, by Eileen Roth.I should add this book to my favorites list at. Carry just the keys you need, which means you can leave the keys for the storage shed and your spouse's or children's cars at home. If you leave the house with 20 pounds' worth and you don't work as a jail warden, then lighten your load. Use your head when deciding what keys to carry each day. A drawer in the hall table or key rack on the wall provides the place you provide the willpower to put your keys in the drawer or on the rack. The closest use for keys is near the door or the car, so depending on your setup, your key spot should be the front hall or by the garage door. From My Yahoo! - Dummies eTips How many hours of your life have you lost looking for your keys on your way out the door? Having one fail safe storage spot and never yielding to the temptation to put keys somewhere else is an easy cure for the common condition of keylessness.