Smash. Wham. Bam

Throw-back Thursday
 God's faithfulness to provide

It's a miracle!  Someone in our household (I'm not naming names, but the Perp was neither one of us Parents) rear-ended a BMW. We are forever grateful to God that no one was killed or hurt. However, we had no collision coverage for our bargain-basement CV.  The search for an affordable, yet adequate repair was on! Thank God for hubby who is willing to step out of  his comfort zone. Who else would scour Craigslist, hire a complete stranger working out of his one-car garage in Chicago, and pay him 1/3 of the estimated cost of repair in cash?!! But, lookeee here:  unlike our other fool-hardy "investments", this repair guy came through. Within 36 hours. For half the cost!
The car may not be perfect, but it's GORGEOUS to us. Thank You, Lord Jesus!

Brand-new to us CV

Smashed soon after!

Tadaaaaaa!!!!

Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

This is hubby's new set of wheels; purchased very recently.
Its official name on the car title is:

Crown Victoria Police Interceptor

The authoritative spirit of its former owners still abides as the sight of it has elicited fear in grown men, causing some to slow down or move their vehicles to another lane. Complete strangers have come up to Hubby to ask questions or to heap praise. Others have stepped back and/or away, casting quick, nervous glances in his direction. Never in his life has DH felt so respected. And I don't mind driving this baby, either.

Ed Hardy says it all

Above, Ed Hardy Car Air Freshener

This question was posted on the B V subforum:  philosophically speaking, would you get rid of a bag your SO did not like?

My answer was: Yes ... because I respect my DH's opinion.

Let me clarify. (a) Romy has yet to grimace and utter hostile remarks regarding any of my purchases. Therefore, since he's so cool about many of my decisions, I would immediately take notice if something were so offensive to him that he'd react intensely to it. (b) Over time, I've come to respect and and value his opinions. This guy, when push comes to shove, is usually RIGHT ON. For example, he purchased our pre-owned Windstar automobile at a public auction ---at a price above what we agreed upon. He was alone at the time, and I thought, surely, he must have gotten overly excited during the bidding war. What? Pay a premium for an average car with over 100k miles on it??!! Well, guess what? The car, 26k miles later, is running well, and we've had no major problems with it (thank God!). (c) If the situation were reversed and something/someone offended me, or I disliked a particular situation intensely, I would have no doubt in my mind that DH would do the right thing and make a firm decision that would please me.

The car air freshener pictured above says it all.