Three New Stickers

We have now moved to the side of the GTI as well (yeah!), if you look close enough you can see some of the rust around the wheel well :)


Marblehead: My parents, M&M, gave us this bumper sticker. Marblehead, MA is not only the town I grew up in and graduated High School from but the same goes for my father. My mother grew up in the "city of sin" :) Although Marblehead is a town I have not lived in for over 15 years, it is still a place I care about. I have brought my hubby to all my favorite places in town many times (Ft. Sewell, Redd's Pond, Old Burial Hill, Old Town Hall, basically anything in Old Town - oh and don't forget Deveroux Beach) and he has grown to appreciate some of the same things I love about the town. Although I don't see us ever living there in the future I know Marblehead MA will forever be a place I can always call home!

Thanks Mom & Dad - I love having my childhood hometown on the VW!

READ: J works with my husband and I have met her on a number of occasions (hi J!). J wrote "Baker Books gives these out to customers at their store in Dartmouth, Ma and at the Working Waterfront Festival in New Bedford in the Fall. Baker Books is one of my favorite independent bookstores - lots of New England Whaling history and lore books, lots of Portuguese stuff, lots of nature stuff, etc. We go there twice a year; January after the Moby Dick reading and September during the Waterfront Festival to stock up!"

Thank you so much J. Before you sent L home with this sticker I had never heard of this bookstore but now I have been on their website and checked them out. I can understand why you and N find this place to be one of your favorites - they have lots of neat stuff! This was a great addition to the GTI - Thanks Again :)

American Barbecue: Well, I asked who left this sticker on the VW in the last blog entry and we found out... this is a great story :) We have lived in a condo building for the last five years and although there are many units in our building we know most of our neighbors fairly well, well at least we thought we did :) :) :) So our neighbors S&D have been building a home up in Rowley, MA for the last four years and they are finally moving (so sad for us). When we saw this sticker on the GTI we thought it might be from S&D because it was from Rowley but then I remembered S telling us she was a vegetarian so the thought of any Barbecue place being someplace they frequented and enjoyed seemed kind of "off". A few days later we saw them in the parking lot and the conversation went something like this...
S: so our bumper sticker was not good enough for your GTI? (sarcastic and teasing)
Me: we thought that was from you guys but we found it odd that you would give us a BBQ sticker when you are a vegetarian
D: who's a vegetarian
Me: S told us she was a long time ago
D: she is NOT a vegetarian, she eats meat, we eat at the American BBQ all the time
-Total Silence :)
S: D, I don't always eat the meat - honestly, they make the BEST garden burgers and have the most amazing french fries and onion rings
Me: so wait, are you a vegetarian or not
S: well... D: NOT - responding at the same time :)

Too Funny!!!! Well, S your cover is blown, we now know you really eat meat and we now also know who left that sticker on our car, mystery solved! Just blogging this story was worth getting that sticker and putting on the GTI, Thanks S&D :)

New Sticker

Amnesty International: B is a girlfriend of mine going back to my Middle School days, someone I have been through lots of the ups and downs of life with and knows me way too well. B wrote "While I think you are big goofballs for doing this I figured I would contribute a sticker anyway! I have no idea why P and I were sent this sticker, but we both thought of you and the VW project as soon as we saw it. So now we will have some representation and an entry on the blog"

Thank You B&P, you are correct, you do have representation on the VW now; and although your not sure why you received the sticker and think we are goofballs for doing this we are glad you did think of us and glad you sent it. Thanks for the support, we are more than happy our GTI will be carrying the sticker of such a great organization.

Quick Question: someone left an "American Barbecue" bumper sticker on our windshield and we don't know who did it or what the story is behind it - please be in touch and let us know, Thanks!

We Have Stickers!

Annie's Sticker: T is a girlfriend of mine going back to my Middle School days, we reconnected at our 15th High School reunion. T wrote, "I must have gotten that about seven years ago? I sent a self-addressed stamped envelope to Annie's per the instructions on the mac and cheese box to get it and I have yet to find the right spot for it - perhaps the GTI would be appropriate. Annie's Mac 'n Cheese is a staple at our house, even before our children were in the picture!"

Thank You T! Although I've never eaten Annie's my husband has and he raved about the products. After seven years your Annie's sticker HAS found a home :)

The League of NH Craftsmen: another sticker from T and she wrote, "The Leaugue of NH Craftsmen is one of our favorite stores, BEAUTIFUL artmanship/pottery, etc. If you've never been, be sure to go on your next visit to NH, there are several stores throughout the state. Anyway, I was in there over the weekend to buy a wedding gift for my college roommate, and I was at the checkout counter, and this box of "FREE" bumper stickers stared back at me... I thought "how random" - so I figured even though its not too exciting, it was just meant to be!"

Again, Thank You T! I have to agree, this WAS meant to be :)

"MEOW", "Wag More - Bark Less" and "got Vermont?" all came from K. T works with K and T forwarded K our blog. K wrote, "I live in Vermont so I had to send the cow sticker. I have two dogs and four cats - hence the "Bark More, Wag less" and " MEOW" stickers." She goes on to say "I always owned VW's and loved them, especially my red GTX Jetta. Aspen (my first dog) was trashing my sweet ride so I decided I had to go against all my "car rules" and get a wagon. I was going to get a Passat wagon but the day I went to do a test drive there were three other soccer Mom's with their kids test-driving the same car... so I just couldn't do it (I don't have children). So I became a traitor and bought an Outback and now the pups ride in the "doggie tail" in the back."

Thank You K! I have a few things to say here, first we have two cats of our own and I've always wanted the MEOW sticker but my husband and I promised we wouldn't buy stickers for ourselves during this project. I'm SO glad I have it now, thank you! Second, your story about the Passat wagon absolutely killed me because we always say "if we have children we will get the Passat wagon", how funny is that?! Next, we love the state of VT - it is so beautiful and there is so much to do there. My husband is a true Phish fan and we have been to Burlington to see Trey play, great little artsy city with good shops and yummy food. Oh and you have Ben and Jerry's... what's better than that? :) We don't have dogs, but I know someday we will, "wag more, bark less" is SO appropriate for dogs - we love it!

Thank You K & T for helping kick off our GTI Sticker Quest project - we LOVE the stickers and we were so excited to open our P.O. Box and see mail!!!!! We hope you and your families stay well! K represents how social networking really works, plus these stickers came from VT and ME so that is exciting! We look forward to receiving more stickers from more places :)