Wednesday, July 27, 2005

A Turning Point

My husband never reads this blog unless I have revealed something that I shouldn't have. It never fails.

I wrote:

He can spend hours on Ebay and Autotrader looking at cars and never buying one.

Well, shut my mouth, or the keyboard clicking equivalent.

Yesterday he left early and a few hours later he called asking me to go to the bank and get a cashier's check and meet him in Naperville at the BMW dealer. I dropped everything, and did as he asked.






It was pouring rain all the way home and I gallantly gave up my spot in the garage for the new (2002) baby. I regret not being able to stand far enough back to get the nose in this picture, so here it is in detail.



I believe the color is SCREAMING RED!




BMW Z3 3.0 I with all the goodies that come with it. Including heated seats and mirrors. Not that we currently need heated seats, but this being Illinois, we will.

Last night we went out looking for someone to show it off to, and our first stop was Frieda's house, but they were out, no doubt celebrating the release of her new book!! Our next stop was Laura's and they were home. Steve, her husband made all the requisite approving sounds and took it out for a ride while Laura and I visited. We stayed up late and never got around to eating anything, so at midnight we got home and had ice cream for dinner, on top of the evening's wine.
O my head this morning.
At 4am Dave woke up and remembered that he hadn't cleaned out the console on the truck. Among other items, his prescription glasses are in there! Luckily we still had one key for the truck in our possession so he decided to hop in the Beemer and beat the traffic to retrieve the goods.
Naperville is over an hour and a half from our house, and as he says, this car is a speeding ticket just waiting to happen.

I will leave you in suspenders as I await the jail house call.

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:40 AM

    Oh Melody...it's adorable!!! My eldest is going to be SO jealous (he dearly would love a Beamer). BTW, in my family that color is what is commonly known as *Pull Me Over Red.*

    teri

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  2. SO cool!!! I couldn't stop laughing when I read that your husband took you up on your blog "challenge", LOL. Beautiful little car!

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  3. Uh, in my family the color is referred to as "Menopause Red"!! And since I recently heard Menopause associated with rebirth and regeneration, it fits even better.

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  4. Husbands have radar when it comes to being talked about in blogs. I suggest saying things like "He doesn't know how to take out the trash or do the dishes" and await the results. Most recently I complained that he wore grey toed athletic socks with sandles, and he stopped wearing them! Remember to use this new power for good, not evil : )

    And congrats on the beautiful new car!

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  5. Right after a citron green saab convertible, this would be my dream car. So how often do you get to drive it?

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  6. What a great car! Congrats to Dave and may he have many exciting drives! Tell him I think it's appropriate that such a good looking guy has such a good looking car!

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  7. You know, statistically speaking, in the home country of your new prize possession, red cars get pulled over most for speeding ;-)

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  8. lol, melody, well i guess he showed you huh?! you, i mean dave, will look too good behind the wheel rolling down the highway~

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  9. OMIGOD...Dave has the most excellent taste. I love that bigbuttbaby! I don't think they make that body type anymore...FOOLS!! Best of luck with it.

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