Holy shit I just read about a lady who died from her injuries after a DEER crashed through the WINDSHIELD of a car she was in.
LIKE WHAT.
Give me the city all day long.
This is not uncommon, unfortunately. When I was a teenager, I swerved to avoid hitting a deer and totalled my car. When my parents came to help my mom said something like “next time just hit the deer” and the cop said he saw more severe injuries and deaths from deer coming through windshields than he saw from people swerving to avoid, and that the fact I was walking away meant I did just fine.
Yup, every State Trooper we knew in NEPA told us to do almost anything to avoid a straight on collision. It's crazy.
Post by fluffycookie on Apr 14, 2024 14:18:03 GMT -5
DS and I tried to give our 80lb lab/collie mix a bath today and it was a disaster. We had to stop before we even had her half wet because she was jumping out and trying to knock us down. We came in the house and she has been sleeping since. I may nap as well because I am spent and getting sore from trying to wrestle her. We’re going to go a DIY place next week and I am going to by a lick mat and PB and hope that helps. We had a DIY place that she tolerated, but they closed recently. We’ve had her for years and only once tried to have her professionally groomed and they called after they washed her because she kept undoing the latch on the crate and squeezing out and trying to bolt.
Post by SusanBAnthony on Apr 14, 2024 15:24:25 GMT -5
Today I took DD and 2 friends shopping for their school dance (middle school) which the students have declared to be formal.
We went to 3 thrift stores.
#1: no dressing rooms. They said we could purchase and try on in their bathroom, then return. This is a new thing post covid and it pisses me off. So I buy 4 dresses, between them all they like 1. I go to return the other 3 and they tell me they don't accept returns, just exchanges. ARGH. So I grab a couple shirts for DD and exchange.
#2: no dresses
#3: dd and her friend both like the same dress. I tell DD to let the friend have it and we'll just go buy her a new one at the mall.
We go to the mall and she tries on allllll the dresses. They are all either: Too tight Itchy The straps feel funny Have a weird sparkly thing Too bunchy Too loose Tight on her button Too low cut Too sequiny
You get the idea.
I finally bought DD's friend a new dress and DD is taking the thrift store dress, which is apparently the one dress in the entire world that doesn't give her a sensory meltdown. It was well worth the 100$ to be done after 5 hours of "fun".
The stupid dance is this Thursday. Never again will we wait until the last minute (I told dd we should start earlier and she wouldn't listen to me).
We had a nice weekend! Yesterday was opening day for Little League which involved each team walking in a short parade through town to the field and then opening ceremonies where they introduced each team and the coaches. This was our first time doing this since he was in T-ball last year, and it was actually really cute. Our game for yesterday was postponed to today because the field was so wet from Friday night rains, so we got to go home right after the parade to relax. We all took naps and chilled for awhile, then went out for dinner at a bar by our house. Then, we went up to a friend's for a fire on their patio.
Today our game was at 2pm. H and DS had to be there at 1pm to warmup, so I just went with them and took a walk on some trails until the game started. So far I've been getting a ton of steps in this baseball season just waiting around for stuff, lol. DS did a nice job! He had two good hits, and scored one run. After the game we grabbed our grocery order and came home. We grilled chicken and made a fire and hung outside a couple hours. We knew we were supposed to get some crazy thunderstorms tonight but they came a little earlier than expected and we had to scramble inside. It was wild out there for a bit.
We have a busy week coming up. Multiple practices, photos, a game, and H and me are going to a murder mystery party Saturday night. Spring and end of school year stuff is officially in full swing.
My older kiddo, who would sleep until 10 every day if we let him, wants me to wake him up at 6:30.
And I’m willing to do it because I’m excited too. (Also because my little guy wakes up by 6 every day anyway, but still.)
We have watched it three times today and I have cried every time. So good.
We all cried watching it. BUT I’m still confused by the message (spoiler warning)
Were they trying to teach kids that their parents might change their minds if you are upset enough?? I am totally confused by the intended message. Though I loved the lucky coin.
That’s not what I took away. I don’t think any of them wanted to move (including Bandit). But Chili definitely didn’t want to move and her voice matters too. So for me, the idea was that big decisions need to be made in partnership and not just because one person thinks it’s the right thing.
That’s not what I took away. I don’t think any of them wanted to move (including Bandit). But Chili definitely didn’t want to move and her voice matters too. So for me, the idea was that big decisions need to be made in partnership and not just because one person thinks it’s the right thing.
I do think that was the message. But my heart does go out to all the kids out there who don’t want to move but will have to anyway.
That’s not what I took away. I don’t think any of them wanted to move (including Bandit). But Chili definitely didn’t want to move and her voice matters too. So for me, the idea was that big decisions need to be made in partnership and not just because one person thinks it’s the right thing.
I do think that was the message. But my heart does go out to all the kids out there who don’t want to move but will have to anyway.
Bluey Spoiliers!!!
I said the same thing to H. I think the main message was that you never know how something that’s seems “bad” at first may turn out. Like with the coin, the kids would probably be sad/mad it got stuck and they couldn’t use the binoculars. But if it hadn’t, the sheepdogs wouldn’t have found the better house and backed out of the sale. Which also normally would be a bad thing, but because they didn’t really want to move, ends up being a good thing. I think that part is an amazing message. However, I agree that usually a move like that is emotional for kids and won’t work out the way it did for Bluey and Bingo.