Arizona

Just checking in- We have moved to Arizona and I no longer have neighbors with Mazda Miatas. I still see them frequently since the weather is warm and conducive to riding in a convertible! I still have the goal to have a Miata by the time I am 40- or in 2017. I am not teaching piano right now since it negatively effects my kid's homework routine, but I am now subbing and plan to use those funds for my Mazda Miata fund.

This is Megan Abbott and this is my Miata Blog.

My Goal to Ownership by the year 2017

I will save $1,200 a year by teaching piano lessons monthly (that's $100 a month).

In 7 years- 2017- I should have about $8,400.

That, my friends, should be just enough to buy me a used Miata.

Thank you.

This is my Miata blog. My name is Megan A.

Mazda Miatas

Mazda Miatas come in all different colors, styles and types. I have three Miatas on my street. One is red, with a tan soft cover, the other is white, older, also with a tan, soft cover and the other is green with it's cover down, so I'm not sure what the cover is. Every time I see a Mazda Miata, which is almost every day, I shout "Mazda Miata!" Asher also shouts "Motorcycle!" whenever he sees a Motorcycle, so I think he gets that from me.

Just today we went hiking and ended back at the parking lot to eat our picnic lunch. Right along past us came a yellow porsche. I was googling it and Asher yelled "Motorcyle!" He didn't even notice the porsche. I guess they are quiter. But man, was she pretty!

Gotta love those Mazda Miatas!

Megan, of Megan's (future) Marvelous Mazda Miata

My Miata

I was just chatting with my sister Amy on the phone and she remembers when I had a Mazda Miata poster hanging in my room. How cool was I? Some kids had New Kids on the Block (although I liked them too!) or a picture of someone like Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt (still not complaining). I had a red 1988 Mazda Miata convertible. Wow.

This is my blog. My name is Megan Abbott.

First post ever!

Well, this will be the 12th blog that I have, or am a part of, and I told myself, 11 blogs? Who has 11 blogs? And I want to do another one? I have to at least delete one blog before I start another one! But, I couldn't bring myself to do it! I love all of my blogs! Even though two of them only have 1 blog entry each.

Those blogs are I love you, Babe- a private blog intended for Josh's eyes only. Originally intended to announce my pregnancy in a new and creative way. I never really got pregnant and stayed pregnant since then, so yes, it only has one entry. We hope for it to have more entrys. A few more entries in fact.

The other blog that only has one entry is Megan's Mission in Life. Yep, I guess I only have one mission in life. And I don't even remember what it is!

Creating blogs for me is liking eating candy. I love doing it and it tastes so good the first time: Look! A new blog! Everyone will read it and I will become famous and make lots of money like Julie from the Julie/Julia project- which I love by the way.

When, in reality, the new blog quickly becomes an old, tired blog and I neglect it because I have too many blogs already.

This blog is different. It's not made to make money or become wickedly rich. It's made for me. To track my progress on a lifetime goal I've had all my life- To own a red 1980's Mazda Miata Convertible. That's right. A red one! The one I saw in the middle of a glossy magazine as I searched for pictures to clip for a fifth grade art project.

I still remember the day. There, I was in class, minding my own business, when suddenly a two page fold out of the cutest, tiniest, reddest, shiniest car popped out at my 11 year old eyes. My heart began to race and I knew I wanted one of those. One day. I quickly cut it out, stuck it in my backpack and took it home to goggle at whenever I wanted. I was like a 14 year old looking at the bare chest of Taylor Lautner (rawr!)

I have reached my other life time goals of getting married (thank you very much, Josh!), having children (and still want more- so, thank you Elizabeth, Ethan, Jonah and Asher), graduating from college with not too much debt and teaching elementary school for one year (thank you BYU and LDS Church tithing payers and Southland Elementary School and it's principal for trusting me enough to hire me after 8 other rejections) and running a 5k. My next goals are to play the piano all my life and own a Mazda Miata.

So, I combine both goals and decided to teach piano lessons from my home and earn enough money to buy my Miata. It will take me ten years of teaching two hours of piano a week, but I am going to do it! Slowly but surely.

This is my 12th blog, my name is Megan A.