Car Color & Timing

God's timing is just right. I usually can't tell until afterward, but this week it was obvious.

My brother Johnny has generously lent us his car the past couple of years he's been in China. When he & Eliz visit next month, they'll drive the Honda back to California; so naturally, we've been car-shopping. (Well, James figured up how much we'd save by becoming a one-car family, but alas, our distance from town and schedules outweigh the benefits.) Tuesday afternoon, after a week of intensive hunting and test-driving, we finally settled on an '07 Corolla.

We had saved up, a la Dave Ramsey, for two years. We wanted to buy from a private owner, but surprisingly, we found the best deal at a dealership. The reason this little gas-saver was going for way under Bluebook value: its color. Maybe we should call her Isaac, cause we laughed the first time we saw it. And on Wednesday, when Brian handed us the keys to our car, it hit home. Just check out the color on the keyring.

Ugly Blue. But it's looking more & more lovely to me. I drove Bluey straight to the airport to pick up my friend Seonkyoung, who'd just flown in from Texas. And here's the awesome timing: this once-in-a-blue-moon week that we have company who needs a car, we have three cars! Thank you, Father, for friends and for timing everything just right.