It’s sleek, black and beautiful. It runs like a hoss, it’s powerful and smooth and I’m in love.

Only 6 months in the waiting, it was worth every moment.

Now we have two beautiful station wagons. Here at the moby. It’s a little hard to believe. Last year I set a goal that I wanted to replace my old broken down van. And I decided that I wanted a specific car. A model that I had several cars past and enjoyed. A Ford Taurus station wagon. As new as I could get it and well, hopefully at least a 1998 or so. I liked the model change at 97. I loved the change over at 2000, but I didn’t think that would be in my range.

Then when Jessy decided that she liked those cars as well, and well, we found her a perfectly wonderful wagon, that was just icing on the cake, if you ask me. Her car has been absolutely wonderful. It hasn’t been a lick of trouble at all. It drives like a dream and is just a perfect first car for my eldest daughter to learn to drive with. I’m sure it will serve her well for many years.

My sweet ride is a 2002, and I can afford it. I can’t tell you how neat it is to have such nice people in my life that see a chance to help me out and reach a goal and give me a little boost to make it happen. Bill and Joe are so swell, you just can’t know. They will be my car guys as long as they’ll have me!

I drove Jessy to school for her studio class and then Maggie and I went to the auto parts store and got a second set of license plate screws, and some oil and washer fluid (it was a little low) and I had to get a new steering wheel cover for it, just because I wanted the car to know that I loved it. (g) Also got a little bit of touch up paint for those little dings of his past life. His name is Gunnar, after a fictional warhorse in some stories I used to write when I was a young woman. It just fits so well.

And after the girls left for a few days with their Dad, Gunnar and I went for a drive to pick up a sweet little wrought iron and wood bench that I found on Craig’s List. And then we drove around, and stopped for some fruit and veggies and grabbed some Olive Garden take out for a celebration! A wild day and night!

Well for now, I am one of the happiest women on the WHOLE planet! (g) Yeah, a great car, a wonderful home, beautiful daughters, true friends, delightful pets, work I love, gardens that keep me in touch with the dirt, and music that charms my heart.

What more can a gal ask for?