My Toyota Camry now has 140,000 miles on it but it's still going strong. I think it probably has another 100,000 miles in it if I take care of it. My husband keeps trying to get me to get rid of it so he can buy me something newer. But after the trouble he's had with his two year old Mazda, I'm not so sure. He's taken that care to several car repair shops in Ann Arbor where we live and each one gets it running … for about a month. Then it's back on the fritz again. I think it's just lemon rather than anyhing particularly wrong with the Mazda brand. But it makes me skittish about taking my chances on a new car when my existing car has never given me a problem. I think I'll stick with old and true rather than brand spanking new. I like dependable better than "pretty."

My best friend Anne from college came to town to visit and her car broke down while she was here. We ended up spending her visit trying to get it fixed. Her visit consisted mainly of checking out car repair in Ann Arbor. Somehow we made it fun. We have always seemed to be able to have fun no matter what the circumstances. That's why we're such great friends and love each other so much. We've both gone our separate ways since college but we've kept in touch and see each other at least twice a year. And every time we get together it's like we pick up exactly where we left of the last time. I don't have a biological sister but I can't imagine being closer to a woman than I am with Ann. It's as if we are sisters. So we managed to get her car fixed and have a great time.

I'm one of those people who think of a regular massage as a necessity, not a luxury. It really helps me with stress and muscles that are so tight from poor posture and hunching over a computer. I'm lucky to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan where there is a huge number of massage therapists in practice. I've tried many of them and have found some great therapists. And they practice a wide variety of styles and techniques. I like to try them all – deep tissue, Swedish, pressure point, reiki, hot stones. Massage in Ann Arbor is a vibrant business sector. It would seem that there might be too many to all be successful but they seem to be thriving. Ann Arbor is a real massage town.

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