Reducing our Carbon Footprint

We bid a fond farewell to our Matrix on Sunday.
With our move to north Portland almost 18 months ago, Dada has been riding his bike to work most days. Since the bus stop is directly in front of our house and lets Dada off 4 blocks from his work on the days that he is unable to ride his bike, there is no reason to drive/own/maintain a 2nd vehicle. So we listed it on craigslist and it sold in a little over a week! The buyer actually drove down from Vancouver B.C just to buy the car! I was very sad to see it go - it was my first brand new car and I loved it dearly, but wasn't the practical car to keep in the midst of all of our home remodeling and other adventures.
The other advantage to selling it is now we have the funds to start the next house project this coming spring - a new mudroom at the back of the house and a new deck/patio to increase the livability of the back yard. Woohoo!