My accident with the amish

Yes, that's correct. Today, on my way into work, I went around a curve and Bam, there was an Amish Buggy in the middle of my lane. I tried to turn to the left to get around it, but hit the back wheel, and the horse went crazy. I drove forward about a block and watch in horror as the horse went crazy and bucked up and was weaving all over the road. Down in the ditch it went and then these poor little women got out and tried to control him. I didn't know what I was going to do, I tried to help with the horse, but wasn't much help. I called 911 and the little amish lady didn't want me to because she didn't want to go to the hospital. She ended up going because she had a cut on her head that may or may not have required stitched. It happened in between 2 amish houses so before I knew it, there was like 20 amish around me. They all were worried about me and my wet hair and tried to reassure me that it wasn't my fault and that is happens a lot. I felt so bad. The cops came, I got a ticket for an uninspected car (irony was is that I was going to go get it inspected today at 2:30) and he said it wasn't my fault, they should be off to the side of the road. Doesn't matter, I still feel terrible, and my car is wrecked on the right side. I live in Amish country, now I am nervous to drive everyday.

Website for anyone with a heart

While searching for a dog to help fill our house, someone directed me to this site. www.dogsindanger.com is a site that is geared to getting the dogs who are scheduled to be put down in shelters, and posts how many days they have until it is done. It really put a face to all of the unfortunate euthanasia that are done. How sad. I will keep my eye out for an appropriate dog through this website also. Please go here and do a search for dogs in your area. It is an eye opener.

Saint Bernard Wanted

I know I have a couple of loyal readers, so why not give this a shot? Mattie, Scott and I are looking for a Saint Bernard to help fill our new home. If anyone knows of someone with one or where I could find one, please let me know. I know that there is on in Fairport, and am trying to see if he is still available. I would prefer a puppy so we can train him/her but not a requirement. MUST be good with children. Mattie loves dogs so they must love her. :)
Thanks for your help.

Must See Website

I was just watching the Today show and one of the girls out in the crowd made a plea to viewers to go to www.helpfindkyle.com to help find her friend. Please go to the site, and although we might not be able to help find him ourselves, we can offer prayers to his family and friends and hope for his safe return.

Bread and Milk

The thought of eating bread and milk makes my belly turn. My father has always had it as a late night snack. When I was little, I remember him eating it at night, watching tv and slurping away. YUCK. Now, where my daughter gets it from, well... it must be from him. She loves it. Whenever Papa is slurping on it in his chair, she hightails it over, pulls herself up and jibber-jabbers until my dad shares. Her arms and legs get going to fast, she gets so excited. OVER BREAD AND MILK. Here are some photo's I just had to snap of her and dad sharing this odd treat.

Halloween Time

I tried for a month to get Mattie to say "Boo" so she could tell people that when they opened their doors. Well, she didn't quite get the "Boo" out but she would puff up her cheeks and stick out her lips whenever you would ask her what a ghost said. Hey, close enough. She loved trick-or-treating. What is it with kids and their fascination with free candy. Oh wait...what is my fascination with it.

Mattie gave the people in the neighborhood the biggest smile when they showed her their bowls full of candy. She would pick out a piece of candy and then waive bye-bye. She was very polite and very excited to move onto the next house.

Here are some pictures of her and her little friend Chasity. The Geisha girl is Em McAdoo, I thought her costume was so cute. Her cousin Zayne (who was sooooo over trick-or-treating so he only participated in his school's parade) was a crazy butcher.

Falling For My Mattie

Here are some photo's that I got of Mattie enjoying a nice fall day. She loves the leaves and the pumpkins too.