When we purchased our land to build our home over six years ago, one of the first things Cowboy did was buy a good ole truck.
The truck’s name was Jimmy. (By the way, Jimmy is a "she"!)
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| Cowboy's old truck named Jimmy. |
Jimmy was perfect. She was in good condition. She was heavy duty. She had low mileage. She had a solid sound (very important to Cowboy). She even had a touch of camo (we do live in Wisconsin, after all!) She was just an all-around great truck to use for our house/construction site and woods.
Cowboy loved Jimmy...and so did our teenage neighbor.
Last summer we hired this neighbor to help out with some yard work and he became obsessed with Cowboy’s truck. He told Cowboy all summer how much he wanted to buy Jimmy and even put in a lot of extra hours to try and convince Cowboy to sell her.
The problem? Cowboy wasn’t even thinking about selling her. But, being the big-hearted man that he is, he decided to help the kid out and somehow convinced himself that he didn’t really need Jimmy anymore. Alas, he sold it to him at a great, GREAT price.
Big mistake.
Where was my wifey intuition?! Why did I agree that it was a good idea to sell that truck?!
For over a year now, Cowboy has missed his truck terribly. It’s like he lost his second best friend. (I think there's a country song in here somewhere!) He's realized that "Gosh darn it Marti, we live in the woods, we just gotta have a truck!"
So, he recently started to look for a Jimmy II. He has very specific criteria with a specific budget.
Cowboy’s Truck Criteria:
- Make: Ford, GMC, or other American model
- Year: 1992 - 2005
- Other: (See Jimmy’s traits above. Okay, so the camo isn’t a "must-have.")
Cowboy has spent hours searching online and we’ve spent a lot of time driving around checking out trucks in car lots and random “for sale by owner” listings. But, nothing has compared to Jimmy.
Perhaps I need to keep Cowboy better focused during our outings….
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| Cowboy, I think this one has a little too much rust...and it's not a truck! |
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| Umm Cowboy, this isn't a truck either...and definitely not in the price range! |
So...the truck search continues for Cowboy and his trusty, patient sidekick :) He's found a few more to look at and hopefully one of them will be THE ONE.
(He's just gotta find a truck...cuz every cowboy "needs" a truck!)
To be continued...
