So, I was thinking today about...

...cars.

No, not the Disney/Pixar movie, silly!

Although there was nothing wrong with the movie..as a matter of fact...I really liked it.

Did you know "Larry the Cable Guy" was in it? Ya, he was..and they were all soo cute!!

I love kids movies..Still cry at Bambi...and at E.T. and even at Snow White...ewe, that scary witch, I didn't eat apples for months....or was that Cinderella??..and talk about scary...the mop scene in Fantasia...terrifying....

OK, Colleen..focus....

Anyway...cars.

If you think about it they're all little "boxes" that carry us away..here there and everywhere.

A bunch of little boxes all scattered around, going this way & that...some boxes are cuter that others..
Remember Fred's car? Did Barney have one? Didn't think so... Wonder if Pebbles ever got to drive it or if her feet were too small....

Anyway, this is just one more thing we take for granted..maybe even forget what is was like not having one...........cars...not feet...keep up..

Or having one with a heater in the cold of winter and and air conditioning in the summer...yeah....so we didn't have a heater in Colorado...and we didn't have air conditioning in Phoenix.

But I have both now.

And, I L.O.V.E. my car. And yes, I do. I talk to my car. Thank her when she gets me to work safely.

Thank her stopping just when she needed to on the freeway.

Apologize when the birds poo on her.

And yes, I carry a Swiffer duster in my car so I can dust at stoplights, while waiting in line at the bank, or anytime I have a moment.

She's a silver Hyundai Elantra - pretty and sleek. She's the Silver Pearl...

And I appreciate her so much.

When I leave the Pearl , everything has to be turned off - all dials in the up position..
( I know the only one that really has to be turned off is the fan and the radio - but unless they are all in the up position, it doesn't look aesthetically pleasing...)

So, the next time you get into your car..thank her...or him...and appreciate the fact that so many people don't have one..and when you are tempted to gun your motor because the person in front of you is too slow..or honk your horn to show someone you're angry..how would your car want to handle the situation?

I would bet they have more patience and forgiveness than we do..

Love me, Love my car....

Love,
-me