I Need A Break!

What a week!
It all started with my daughter's car accident last Thursday. Before I go further, SHE'S OK! Thankfully, she was wearing her seatbelt and only suffered a neck muscle strain.
The snow storm was forecasted a week in advance. Snowstorm Emily or something like that. Seven to nine inches of snow expected between Thursday morning and midnight. Did school cancel? No. They gave an early release during the heaviest portion of the storm. What happens? 400 teenage drivers (plus school buses) leave school in 5 inches of snow and whiteout conditions. The plows have barely touched the accumulation. Five blocks from school, one of those drivers decides to make a quick left with no turn signal. An SUV has to slam on her brakes. Darling daughter slams on HER brakes and slides her little Alero 20 feet into the back of the SUV. Both airbags deploy. The front end is smashed. The SUV? not a scratch. The SUV driver (a teacher) had some lower back pain which she went to the hospital for. And of course, any time you rear end someone, no matter the cause, you are the one found negligent. So far the insurance company has been very good about everything. They've covered the medical bills and they totaled out Les's car. The estimate to fix was more than it's worth. ($1500 per Airbag, plus seatbelts and the front end). So now we wait for a check so we can get another car. And for our premium to skyrocket!
And the week just got "better" from there. Sigh.
I'm thinking it's time for a hot bath, glass of wine, a good book and the peace and quiet to enjoy it.
On a positive note, we watched an awesome movie last night! I have to tell you, this is the best movie I've seen in a LONG time! It's on my list to buy for my very own! Here's the trailer. Enjoy.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! I can't believe another year has passed! I know....sounds so "cliche", doesn't it? But it's true. It really doesn't seem like it's been that long since I filed my income taxes. LOL

I have to get my taxes done early this year. No waiting until April to start on them. I gotta get them done so we can file the financial aid application for darling daughter to go to college. Nothing like a little incentive to light that fire under you know where!

Speaking of the new year, how did you celebrate? Hubby and I were home alone....no big surprise there. We've been "practicing" all year for the empty nest. Or, I should say, Leslie has "allowed" us to practice. ROFL Anyway....we had a little bonfire in the backyard. Here's a picture of Mark and our dog, Sam. Doesn't it look Frosty? It was actually pretty warm by the fire but even so, this transplanted southerner didn't last long! My tootsies were frozen! Here's a closeup of those trees you see off in the distance:
We cooked steaks over the fire, made some steamed shrimp and green bean casserole to go along with it, ate like pigs, and fell asleep on the couch before 10pm. How's that for a celebration???

I hope you all had a great Christmas and I wish you the best of the best in 2008!

piecin' love,
Terri

p.s. here's another (better) picture of the Women's Voices Quilt from my previous post. It was taken the weekend of the retreat when I finished it. That's Sandy on the left, me on the right. Everyone else was taking pictures and cheering (they were as happy as I was to see it finally finished!). :o)