Friday, August 10, 2007

For the Love of Rain

I've always had a soft spot for vigorous thunder and lightening storms. Jags of lightening across the sky or lighting up the entire landscape while I'm warm and dry inside are fun. Recently, however, I got to experience the down side:


Yup, that's the parking lot. At it's high point the water had crawled half way up the door of my car! The water liked my car so much that some of it decided to stay:



Determination? Total loss. Sniff. Bye-bye car. =-( I was just 11 payments away from being loan free. Ah, well every cloud has a silver lining:

I'm loving my new silver beastie! Next up, the story of Miss Elizabeth...


Now that the car saga is almost completely resolved, I'm off to catch up on my bloglines...89 posts!

9 comments:

Lapdog Creations said...

Oh wow - total loss??!! YIKES! HOpe that was a nice insurance payout! :)

KnitOwl said...

Nice car!!!

Elizabeth looks filled with joy at being presented on your blog!!!

Gina House said...

Oh, that car is fantastic!!! TAke me for a ride!!! And that bear is very cute.....

a friend to knit with said...

I am sorry you had to take a loss on your car........but your new one is sweet!
SO is that bear!!!

Lora said...

WOO WOO nice car!! take me for a spin! :):) LOL
Glad you were able to find a car you liked.
Cute Bear!

FaeryCrafty said...

Oh no! So sorry about your car. Your new one is beautiful though :)

Anonymous said...

Your silver lining it pretty!

Elizabeth is very cute :)

Anonymous said...

Nice car! Sorry about the flood-out, though. Cute bear to share your new ride with, at least.

Erica said...

Oh, holy caboodle, that was one wet car! But the new one is so SHINY!