Amy’s Journal

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-amy

Ok, so when is an Acorn Squash ripe? I have about a million of them, and they are all white or very very light green. Most of them are still small though. Someone said its ripe when it is dark green…but this one in the picture is bigger than a cantalope and it is still white. Maybe a different kind of acorn squash it is? Perhaps a white one, maybe? Should I pick it? No-one in my family even knows what an acorn squash is, so they are no help…

help?

My Honda Civic Hybrid finally arrived at the dealership last week, which was all the way in Ukiah (the only dealership that was getting one in the right color in a reasonable time). So I drove out into the boonies to Ukiah to pick it up. I love it! So cute, and great gas mileage (50 mpg highway, 50 mpg city). It has GPS, and is surprisingly roomy inside. Good acceleration too, which I wasn’t expecting from a hybrid.

My favorite thing about it is that I can command it to do things outloud. I push a button and say, “radio on to AM 740″, and it does it! I can say, “Air conditioning on, off, up, or down,” and a gazillion other commands. The absolute best commands are the “find nearest gas station, restaraunt, atm, etc.” You can even say, “findest nearest shopping” (!) and the gps will find all the closest ones, and guide you there. My dad said he’s going to have the dealer to unprogram the shopping command so that I won’t bust the bank. I’m not worried though, I don’t need a GPS to find the closest mall.