Hi Kath, it is rainy and chilly here today also. I just finished putting together my pot of vegetable soup. I think it is my very favorite. Always had it growing up. Of course I like other soups too. I am just doing a bit of housework, always a lot to do here it seems. At times you just have to take time out from it and do some fun stuff. Hope your day goes well with the tooth.

Sue

It's so nice to cross dental appointments off the to-do list! Those are much better in the rear-view mirror.

I hope everyone has great day.

It's a lovely sunny day here today. Doing a load of wash, a dishwasher load and getting ready to eat my breakfast/lunch which is a bowl of oatmeal with apple, raisins, walnuts, & cinnamon. That should tide me over till dinner. After eating I have to start getting things tidied up around here for cleaning gal who comes tomorrow. Have a nice day everyone.

Dental appointment was long, cleaning, x-rays. Next appointment isn't until next month when I get my temporary crown. Lynn, my daughter is moving back home for a few months. I think her plan is to move back to California eventually.

Oh how I wish dental work could be done in one fell swoop and not over multiple appointments ...

I was sitting in my library doing a crossword puzzle when I heard a loud bang outside. I immediately thought there must have been an accident down on the state route, or someone may have hit my mailbox. Got up and walked to the big picture window and a red van is in the left lane of my road, speeding up, as it left, I saw an Amish buggy upset in the ditch in front of my house! The van continued on, barely stopping at the stop sign and turned right onto the state route. I hurried and got my phone and dialed 911 as the Amish man and lady were crawling out of the buggy. She climbed up the embankment, he went to the horse. The horse was on it's side motionless at first, then began squirming but couldn't get up. The 911 operator asked me the usual questions and also if I saw which direction the van went. Meanwhile a good Samaritan in a pickup had stopped to help.

So I go outside to comfort the lady, who was not hurt. Neither was her husband. In fact I was more shook up than she was! Their groceries had spilled out of the buggy, the left rear wheel was bent. The man worked to get the harness off the horse, which to me looked to be in distress. oh my gosh. I was worried I was going to have to witness a horse being put down. The pickup driver and the Amishman finally got the harness and bridle off the horse and the horse struggled to its feet - unharmed. He tied it to one of my trees in the yard.

Squad came, asked their questions, I told them what I knew, altho I confessed to not seeing the actual impact. BUT - there was red paint on the wheel! All three of us heard the EMT say, "We got the van, it was stopped". Well, when the State Patrol got there, he told us they did NOT have the van responsible. In fact because we couldn't give a license plate number, "There is very little we can do". Oh man. Well I've seen this van plenty of times going up and down my road, he said look for damage and try to get a plate number. I doubt the driver will be using that van for a long while!

In the end I was able to phone a neighbor who hauls Amish and she made arrangements with another hauler who had a long enough horse trailer to load the horse and the buggy and take the Amish couple home. I invited the couple to wait in my house because it was so cold. About 45min later they were safely on their way back home. whew. I don't think I'd be very good in an emergency, I was nearly in tears while talking to 911! lol

My afternoon was non eventful. I bought more tile samples from Home Depot to audition for the kitchen backsplash. I stopped at the market for basic groceries. I made a pickle grilled cheese sandwich that someone suggested on one of the garden forums. It was good and I will make it again. I planted a pot of marigolds and placed it at the front door.

schoolhouse....A hit & run? That's awful...

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I got lucky.....there was a CL ad for FREE Iris & hen & chicks. I had a big area with fresh dirt that needed something planted there.

I filled 2/5 gallon buckets, 2 cardboard boxes and a grocery bag. So I called my neighbor & shared the bounty.

I didn't separate anything, just planted it all in sheets. Watered it in good.

Happy dance! :0) :0) :0)

Neighbor just called, there's a water main break & the waters shut off....

Goodness, schoolhouse, you had an eventful day! I am so glad everything turned out alright.

The Amishman was so upset because he couldn't understand why the driver didn't stop. He and his wife and the horse were fine, he said, accidents happen, he just was disappointed in a person behaving like that.

Oh, and he went back outside at one point, came in and announced "I found my hearing aide!" He was surprised he was able to find it in all the weeds and grass in that ditch. ha "Well, it cost me $2,000!" : )

How awful about the Amish man and his wife and the horse. I am so glad they are all okay. Yesterday I was walking my horses, Mariah and Val, back from the place they have been since the flood. It is only a mile from my house, and a short distance on a farm road....we call it a highway, but not a lot of traffic.

Then we turn on a county road, walk about a half mile, then turn on our road and walk about 2/10 of a mile and home. It is amazing to me, the people who will see you leading two horses, and instead of slowing down....in case one of them acts up, will speed right past you. I got them down in a ditch to keep them as far off the highway as possible. Mariah was acting up and at one point, she broke loose from me and ran across a hay field. Jody was driving behind me with his flashers on, so he took Val and I went back to catch Mariah. I caught her and started for home again and once again she bolted and got away from me. I am not strong enough to hold her. She ran all the way back to where we started. Jody took Val on home and came back...I wanted to go get the trailer and take her home in it but Jody said he would walk her. He ran the lead rope over her nose to give more control. I didn't really want him to walk her because he has trouble with his lungs. He got her about half way home and I took her and then let him walk her down the driveway because she heard Val then and was acting up again.

Planned to bring Bane and Gypsy and Sabrina, the mule, and Amos, the donkey, home today, but Galveston shelter donated a lot of pet food to us, so went to get that. Made a couple of stops in town and started home and someone called and needed a ride to town, so took Jody home and then went back and took her to town...which more or less killed the notion of bringing the other horses home. By the time we unloaded the truck, it was too late to do anything else with the horses, except feed them.

Jody has gone to check his shrimp boats. I am trying to decide what I want for supper....something easy....maybe make a pizza. I have some pre-made crusts that someone recommended to me.

We had a big day planned. We were going to the zoo for my hubby's birthday outing. The car, however, had other ideas. About a mile from the zoo, the darn thing suddenly made a terrible noise and overheated. We were able to get into the Panera Bread parking lot where we sat until the tow truck arrived. We *think* that a hose broke, but the car wouldn't start afterward. It's a 2006 Kia with over 300,00 miles and we think that a Toyota is in our future. Not perfect timing with Christmas on the horizon, but we'll manage.