HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

ISP PSA.....

my brother, the Indiana State Trooper

AH.....I'VE HAD A REQUEST FOR.....

some info on the wreck. I and three other ladies had been to a library conference in Columbus, OHIO. I drove. It was Friday night; and, we were on our way home. Between 8:15 and 8:30, we were south of the Burns City turnoff and north of the Raglesville turn off. I think it actually happened right about Barnhart Crafts. I was driving along at about 55-60 miles an hour. I'm pretty sure I had my cruise control on. It had been on pretty much the whole way. And BAM.....there was this huge explosion at the rear of the car. I immediately looked for a place to pull off the side of the road and found a little gravel lane right away. I pulled in and another car pulled in right behind me. WE HAD BEEN EFFIN' HIT IN THE REAR END WHILE WE WERE GOIN' DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55-60 MPH!!!!! The other driver hopped out of his car and started apologizing. We were all still trying to figure out what had happened. Thank goodness he hit us square. I guess we might have ended up anywhere. We called the sheriff and he came. The other driver told him that his brakes failed. At least that's what the sheriff told me. I did my best to stay away from the imbecile that had just hit me in the rear. No one was hurt, thankfully. We all kinda wondered how he managed to get slowed down, turned in behind us and stopped if his brakes failed. And then, after all the fun stuff was over and we were thinking about finally getting to go home, the sheriff asked him if he could drive his car home. We had noticed some steam coming out from under the hood when he first stopped and he had lost half his front bumper on the highway and the other half was hanging; but, HELLO!!!.....didn't he tell you his brakes failed???? The idiot got in his car and tried to start it. Luckily he had cracked his battery, as well, or I guess the sheriff would have let him back on the highway with a car that had no brakes. He didn't get a ticket but his insurance company didn't bat an eye at paying. It was about a week after that that I realized I had failed to get my driver's license renewed earlier in September. The sheriff totally missed THAT, too. Hope that answers all your questions.

LET'S SEE.....

No pictures with this post. Just a bunch of things (with no details and in no particular order) that have happened recently: I was in a wreck. We celebrated my mother-in-law's 80th birthday. I stubbed my pinkie toe and came close to breaking it from the looks of it. (It's all purple and black on the side and bottom.) Worked two days last week at the Eastside Branch in Washington. I haven't been called to work there for over two years. Cleaned hangers out of our closet. Got my fingernails done. Went to eat at the Golden Corral in Bedford. Got a flu shot. Finally watched "Superbad". Paid some bills. Switched purses. Started reading a Dean Koontz book. Bought a couple of grandgirl coats. Wished I live next to Alton Brown. That's all I can think of for the moment. If you want details for any of these, let me know.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.....

to the 1150 Riders for another wonderfully successful Memorial Weekend. It never ceases to amaze me at the amount of work and time that these folks and their families put into this event. Tony and I, and on behalf of Tylie, want each of you to know how very fortunate we think Willie was to have you for friends. What you do each year speaks volumes about what you thought of him.

We ask God's blessings on each one of your lives.

FROM THE WATERMELON PATCH.....

something even sweeter!!