I woke up today and peaked outside to find we were in the middle of a decent ice/snow storm. Because the broken-down Mazda is stuck in the garage, my car now has 4 inches of ice to be scraped from the windshield.

So, I worked around the house, made a killer batch of chili, and played with my new kitten named “Oscar”, who has made it clear to Shadow he is taking over the role head-of-household.

(Yes, now I have 2 all-black cats.)

The Mazda broke down RIP. -40 degrees windchill, thank god i have a garage. After determining the ignition coil was not putting out a spark, I swapped it out with a new one from Napa. Started right up, drove around the block, parked, shut it off, tried to turn it over and it wouldn’t start back up. Checked the ignition coil again and found it was fried.

Continue dumping cash into a heap-o-junk, or look elsewhere for wheels… A friend came to my rescue and sold me his ‘99 Pontiac Grand Prix GT! 90k mileage, power-everything, sunroof, 2-door, ABS, SRS, etc, etc.

Stress is relieved.