We have a new lawn service for this year. The choice was made based on gut feel. Dealing with a smaller company, whose owner does her own door-to-door estimates swayed us over from one of the large national chains. Let's hope it wasn't the wrong decision.

With respect to car-shopping, I've studied the figures carefully... and I have no idea what I will do. As expected, the "best reviewed" vehicles cost more than the marginal ones, but we do have budget considerations to live within. I just hate to settle for second best, specially when I know going in that it's second best. What to do, what to do...