Mommy Madness St. Louis

Breakin’ Up Is Hard To Do

Emily Braig — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:22:10 +0000

Friday the 13th marked the last day of our Family Affair with Chevy. We surely will miss his heated seats, intoxicating new car smell, entertaining personality, and sense of direction. As you can see from her expression in this picture, Ella will miss him the most. Mommy Madness at its finest! Thanks, Chevy, for the fun ride.

Though ours was just a fling, you can have your own LTR (Long Term Relationship) with the Chevy Equinox or Traverse. All you have to do is follow these simple steps:

1. Take one for a test drive.
2. Fall in love.
3. Buy it.
4. Drive it to Massage Envy and get your FREE MASSAGE.

If only all relationships could be that easy…

Hello Chevy? I Need Some Help!

Megan Dunham — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:22:47 +0000

Okay, so today hasn’t been the best of Mondays. First, the rain. Second, my 6yo fell in her chair at lunch today and cut her chin open. Third, Children’s Hospital ER (need I say more?). Fourth, my van broke down on the way home from the ER.

Yep. I was on my way to Walgreens to get a “do it yourself” kit for my 6yo since 2 hours later, the ER still had us as 6 people down on the list. I figured I could glue it back together just about as well. I planned to get the supplies to do that and then swing through someplace and get her a shake because she hadn’t actually eaten her lunch yet when it happened and by 3pm she was pretty hungry.

But as I got off I44, my car started sputtering and the check engine light came on. I had this vision of horror of getting stuck at Walgreens for the rest of the day so I drove straight to Mike Piazza’s. He’s an honest mechanic and he shoots straight. He usually tells us our car is worth the investment of repair. Tonight he told me if I had the chance to trade it in for a Chevy I should probably do so.

Fixing my van is going to cost $480. And it might not even do the job. In short, we’re a one-car family for a while.

Oh, Chevy…I could use another test drive promotion please. I promise I won’t even complain about the wrap this time. Really truly.

Great Day St. Louis

Elaine Mooney — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:07:16 +0000

Click here for a link to my segment last week on Great Day St. Louis. It was exhilarating. Carol, one of the hosts, quoted my blog back to me off air. I don’t think that’s ever happened before. This Chevy promotion sure has been fun. Can.not.believe.the.Equinox.is gone. The sadness. You still have time to test drive one of these amazing cars. Go now until November 29th. Get a free massage just for test driving it. Maybe I can go next week and test drive a Traverse and get another free massage. =) Think they’d know?

Life, Post-Traverse

Megan Dunham — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:23:08 +0000

Here we are, one day later. I didn’t think I would be back here, but I am. You know how some things you don’t really even notice until you don’t have them anymore? That’s what I experienced today. I didn’t really notice how smoothly the Traverse drove until I got back in my van today. I also didn’t notice how sensitive the brakes were until I stopped at a stop sign today and almost rolled right through it because I’d grown accustomed to the Traverse stopping so quickly. Yeah, little things like that.

But, to keep things fair, my van wanted me to tell you he got his feelings hurt when I kept announcing to the world he had 198,000 miles on it. In truth, he only has 197,700 miles on it. He was so put out by my exaggeration he went and grew mold all over the back floor boards. Mold. As in, green and fuzzy and stinky and oh-my-word-what-am-I-going-to-do-now MOLD.

If anyone knows what one should do to get rid of mold growth in the back of a van I would be most grateful. And if anyone tells me the solution is to buy a 2010 Chevy Traverse I just might burst into tears.

Oh yes, the Chevy Traverse. Back to that. We just found out they extended the date for you to go test drive one in exchange for a free one-hour massage. You now have until November 29. That means you can go over Thanksgiving break and take your whole family with you. That should make for a really fun story. You should do it.

Now then, I have some mold to deal with.

Hope you’re enjoying this fantastic Saturday in St. Louis!

Goodbye Chevy Traverse – We will miss you.

Danielle Smith — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:35:08 +0000

As a final task, in our final week of the Mommy Madness campaign – we return our cars today – we were asked to do a ‘commercial’ for Chevy. These are our thoughts:

Chevy Mommy Madness Wrap Up – ExtraordinaryMommy from Extraordinary Mommy on Vimeo.

Thank you Chevy, thank you Mommy Madness Team – The Smiths definitely had some fun this past month!

Oh – and friends – you still have until November 29th to test drive an Equinox or Traverse and get a FREE MASSAGE from Massage Envy (why would you pass that up?)

Navigating in the Chevy Traverse

Danielle Smith — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:29:29 +0000

As I prepare to return my lovely Chevy Traverse, I have to confess – one of the things I will miss the most – the OnStar and Navigation systems – so, I wanted to leave you with two videos….

A preview of OnStar:

Chevy Traverse OnStar- an ExtraordinaryMommy Favorite from Extraordinary Mommy on Vimeo.

and

How (not) to use the manual Navigation System (User Error)

Navigating in the Chevy Traverse – ExtraordinaryMommy from Extraordinary Mommy on Vimeo.

Returning The Traverse

Colleen Murphy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:35 +0000

Today is the big day. I have to return the Traverse. It has been a fast month. I can’t believe how fast it has been. I have enjoyed being a part of this great promotion. I had Dave clean out the car and vacuum it last night. The good news is we found the remote for the TV. It has been missing for three weeks out of the four. I was afraid I would be buying a new remote. I can honestly say the Traverse is an awesome family car. It is the perfect size for us and we never had a problem with space, even with my big crazy family. Tomorrow it is back to reality. My van is in the shop getting new tires so it can be road ready when I leave in the morning for the state competition for cheerleading for my Shannon. Go Red Knights. I sure wish I was going in the Traverse, the gas mileage is almost double to my van:(

Mommy Mission #4 and a bit of Mommy Sadness

Megan Dunham — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:20:34 +0000

Goodnight, sweetheart,
Well, it’s time to go. (Sha-na-na-na-na)
Goodnight, sweetheart,
Well, it’s time to go. (Sha-na-na-na-na)
I hate to leave you, but I really must say
Goodnight, sweetheart, goodnight.

As it appears I never was able to talk the official Chevy people into giving me the 2010 Traverse, I have to return it later on tonight. Sniff, sniff. And with the return of the vehicle, so will I be returning to my own normal drivel on my own normal blog. If you want to watch me go through severe Traverse-withdrawal, you may do so over there from now on.

But before we part ways, I have one last video for you. This was my answer to Mommy Mission #4 in which the Mom Squad members were asked to make a commercial of the 2010 Chevy Traverse/Equinox. Before you watch it, I must confess that I tried to do the voiceover myself. About five times. After the 5th time, Craig took pity on me and offered his best Mr. Moviefone impersonation. He is currently taking offers for other voiceovers and wedding DJ gigs. (Okay, he’s really not and he’s going to be sooooo happy I just said this here.)

So, goodbye! It’s been a fun ride, but now it’s time to get off. Maybe the next time I see a Chevy Traverse it will be YOU riding around town in it. Let’s just hope it isn’t wrapped.

This One Day

Emily Braig — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:06:26 +0000

Chevy asked us to make a commercial about our experience driving the Equinox or Traverse. My husband and I collaborated on this one – I arranged the video and pictures and my steel pan playing, jazz hippie husband wrote the music in his studio. He’s good like that.

Watch it here!

T-Minus 3 Days and Counting

Megan Dunham — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:08:39 +0000

Friday is the big day around here. Yep, the big, sad day. We have to give our cars back on Friday. Wah.

In all honesty? I’m not going to miss the wrap on the car. I will enjoy being able to sneak out for my Coke Zero fix incognito again. Yes ma’am, I will. But I will miss the 2010 Chevy Traverse.

Here’s my Top 10 list of reasons why I’m going to miss the 2010 Chevy Traverse:

10: The cup holders are stable. There is no chance that I can pull it out and spill my Coke Zero all over the radio dials and/or the floor mats. Ahem.

9: Opening the door to the gas cap is idiot proof. I’m the idiot who proved it.

8: This car holds a lot of stuff. And I do mean a lot.

7: I love driving the Traverse. I really do. It doesn’t feel like I’m navigating a school bus and I really appreciate that.

6: The back-up camera is super nice, as are the warning lights and beeps that appear when you get too close to the trees that line your driveway. Not that I’ve experienced either the lights or the beeps because I’ve gotten too close to the trees that line my driveway or anything… (Who was the genius who lined our driveway with trees anyway?)

5: The sound system in this ride is super fantastic. It’s better than what we’ve got inside our house. Which may or may not be the reason my family finds me hiding out in the car from time to time.

4: The car seats 8. 8 people. 8 regular sized people wearing regular sized seat belts. It seats 8 regular sized people comfortably. I like that. I will miss that.

3: There are two DVD screens in this car. My kids are going to miss those very much.

2: Believe it or not, I’m going to miss OnStar. Because sometimes even a gal with a Google map gets lost. Okay, it’s happened more than sometimes.

1: On Friday, I go back to my very thoroughly “mommed” ride. Note to self: grab the Lysol.