Down to a one-car family.

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Some years ago, after our first trip to south-east Asia, I came back home full of resolve to pare my excesses down a little. To give away half my clothes, to stop being so wasteful, to eat less, to spend less. Basically, to live to minimum, not excess. Naturally, that resolve went out the window and within a few weeks we were back to our normal Aussie lifestyle. Spend, waste, etc etc. In the back of my mind though, was the thought that 'one day we could become a one-car family'. The environmental and economical savings of cutting our car ownership by half would be great, not to mention the increased fitness. Well, that time has come, but only temporarily. Our son is away at University, and his old car has broken down beyond repair. We've given him one of ours to use, as he can't afford a new one, so we are sharing the car that is left. Hubby suffers from sore feet, so I have been walking to work and home. I am really enjoying it, even if it is still cold and frosty in the mornings when I leave for work. It's a half hour walk for me, and it feels like the town is just waking up. But hubby is not happy. It's my car we are sharing, and I think my little 2-door Rav4 may be a little bit girlie-looking for him. He mentioned today that he would let our son keep the car, and he was going to look around for another. That will happen in the next few weeks, I guess. It may be nice, if the new car has all the whizz-bang things that mine doesn't; a place to plug in the ipod, a gps system, a reverse sensor. However, the weather is going to change for the better, our winter is nearly finished, so I may continue to walk, at least a couple of times a week. I marvel at the fact that when I walk to work, I arrive at work in a much more positive frame of mind than when I drive. Walking is a real spirit lifter. And we have saved money on petrol too. I hope my hubby cant find a car for a few weeks. We'll have to drive to another town to get a decently priced car so it may even be a christmas present!!