WHATEVER FLOATS YOUR BOAT!

We've needed a different '2nd' car for quite awhile.  The one Randy drives now, is one my mom had and replaced with her current car.   It's a white Mercury Mystique.  It's actually been a fairly good little car. It replaced a blue-ish Mercury Mystique (that used to be Jill and Mike's). 

Jill and Mike gave the blue-ish one to Ryan and Rhiannon shortly after they got married.  They drove it until they were a leery of driving it any longer -- seemed like one thing or the other always needed fixed.  Randy drove that car until it could barely motate down the road, then he got mom's.  And now the white Mystique is hobbling down the road with a shimmy and shudder, bleeding oil all the way ... hoping it survives to the end of the tank of gas!

Not being as adventurous as our son Nick (who flew to Washington state to meet his auto), or our daughter and son in law (who had a vehicle trucked up from Florida site unseen), or my brother Mark who went out east to pick up his new wheels.  All their deals had been secured via the internet and they've done pretty well with their aquisitions.  Still and all ...

Upon the recommendation of our friend and former pastor Steve Shaw, we called a fellow church member in Clinton.  He has a car repair shop and sells used autos.  We decided to trust his judgement and expertise.  Basically, all we wanted from a 2nd car (which would become our 'good' car - since our van is a 2003 with a ton of miles on it now!) - was some good life left in it, wheels and air conditioning!  So we put it into Roy's capable hands.  Told him we weren't in a HUGE rush - maybe within a month ...

Couple of days later Randy called me at work saying that Roy had found us a car at auction.  Roy was enthusiastic about it -- in good shape, pretty car, all the bells and whistles, etc. etc. (you know, stuff that puts a spark in the eye of the male of the species).  Randy told me the name of the car ... 2003 (same age as our 'old' van).

Not knowing exactly what it was I Googled the car ... Hmmm?  I started getting  a huge grin on my face as I began reading quotes in different articles like:

*  Grandpa has better taste than you think, and more leg room too!
*  Comfortable land yacht  (hence the 'whatever floats your boat ...')
*  This car's senior citizen demographic ...

I think you get the gist of what was going through my mind as I read about car.  Luxury all the way.  EVERY bell and EVERY whistle.  BIG and roomy (remember our family sports some taller people!).  Gas mileage that meets or exceeds the van.  And a good low price!  All that is great -- and seriously funny to me!

Nick agrees its nice, but also states that we've either definately finished the slide into 'old age' or dad (Randy) has become a pimp!  *LOL*  You hush Nicky-Jo!

We do like the car and hope it will take us many miles down the road of our 'golden years'!  It was kind of funny as we took a little spin in it - we're hunting around at the different features it has ... but the feature that tickled us both the most was that it had the little anchor things so we could hook a car seat in it for Jaimee!  What fun would ANY car be if we couldn't take our little girlie with us if/when we have the opportunity!

You know what?  God is SO good to us!  We are blessed to have a car that is pretty, comfy and runs.  And I think we're blessed to know that we are blessed.  THANK YOU GOD for answering prayers!

So my friends, at the end of another very busy week of lots of training (at my morning job) for new software that we got on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday -- which required full days down there and working the other job in the evenings, etc.   And again today a full day because someone was out of the office ... I say HAPPY SABBATH and may God bless!