Craigslist works. I'm late to Craig's List but I at least knew about it because Christopher has bought and sold there for years. I had not.

Mom decided a week or so ago that the time had come to make the Mustang go away. Seriously, does this look like a car that a 79-year-old with bad knees and a fused back should be driving? No. She could hardly get in and out of it! I drove it for a day and I could not believe that she had been getting in and out of it for so long. I felt sort of like a bad daughter.

Rather than asking Chris to list it for me, I decided to go on Craig's List myself. It was amazingly fast and easy. I started my account. I built an ad. Poof. Done in less than 15 minutes (that didn't include the time to take and crop the photos but that didn't take long either.)

We had three emails within an hour, none of which panned out. But today there was an email and (poof again) the car is gone and mom has cash. Steve did go to the bank first to find out how you can tell if a $100 bill is real or bogus. He checked each one.

So – word to those who have something to sell – go to craigslist.com and tap into the market of those who want to buy in your locale. It's fast and easy and it really really works!

PS – Mom got a bit misty-eyed to see the Mustang go. It was Christy's car and she did love it. We have a history in our family of taking 'car pictures'. These are really leaving-Mom's-house pictures, next to the car.

I cannot believe I don't have Christy next to her Mustang, but I don't. Can't get one now. (FYI – you should remember to gracefully pose for those pictures that you want to be there when you are gone.) Anyway… here's a sample 'car pic' from 1993:

I had a perm. Oh my. The kids were little. My brother was still speaking to me! (His wife still does speak to me and his baby daughter is 19 now.) Those were the days. I have lots of car pics from OKC and they bring back so many memories. We always huddled and smiled by the car before driving away. It was a good tradition. I need to remember to start snapping pics before we drive the kids to the airport to go home.