Wow...I just realized it has been 4 months since I last posted anything! So much has happened since then; we became grandparents to a beautiful baby boy named Kyle, changed churches after being at our other church for 34 years (36 for Jon), cooked for numerous BBQ events and fundraisers and are now enjoying the summer weather...even the hot days....(for me) especially the hot days.
This week my parents stopped by and asked if we wanted to go for a ride. Of course, I knew they were looking for a new car and I assumed that if they were asking us to take a ride they had indeed found one. I was right! They upgraded from a 1993 Chrysler Lebaron to a 2004 Chrsyler Sebring......convertable! I figured they would end up with another Chrysler....my dad has pretty much been a dodge man with an occasional Ford all his life. He had been leaning toward a Toyota or Honda though....so I thought maybe they would deviate from the norm...but except for the convertable part they pretty much did what we expected!!
We all took our respective turns taking the car for a drive, but the best story of all came when my oldest son Josh and his wife Lisa took their turn to drive it. With Grandma and Grandpa in the back seat....my dad insisted that Josh drive....they took off down the road. They couldn't help but snicker to themselves a bit when they whole scene crossed their minds. Here they are, ages 28 and 27 complete with tattoos and peircings driving a convertable that was obviously more of a family type car and less of a sporty or muscle car, with their grandparents ages 71 and 70 in the back seat. They kept turning around to make sure that grandma and grandpa still had their glasses on and anything else that was suppose to be on their person. My mom has always been the type who gets her hair done on Saturday morning and makes sure it stays nice for the entire week. I think she is giving up on that now.....because her hair wasn't going to withstand any of the wind that was now swooshing it's way through it attempting to straighten any curl in its way. The most humorous part of this scenario is that they had left my parents Handicap hang tag on the mirror. All of this took place on the hottest day of the summer, when there was a heat advisory and the newscasters were telling people to stay inside and keep cool and giving tips on how to stay safe in the heat....and what do my parents do? Go riding around in a convertable!!!
Once they arrived back at Josh and Lisa's apartment they got out...or they attempted to. It was obvious that they had purchased the car with no intent of ever riding in the back seat. I suppose I will soon see their little Cock-a-poo dog Gizzy, with no curls left in her fur either or harness marks from being stapped in the backseat as well as plastered to it by the wind!!!
Oh well.....I guess they earned a little enjoyment. They needed a new car, who says it can't be a convertable!?!
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