Deer v. Jennifer

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Jennifer 0

We had a great Community Makeover this past weekend. It was with 8 churches where we were all sent out on Community projects. We did a mini-home makeover on our friends home, the Mucinos. More about that later. Well, this wonderfully crazy weekend ended Sunday night with a Celebration Service. Over 6000 people were in attendance. It was awesome: Great music, Great Message, Great energy, Great friends.... see www.engageatlanta.com

I had to go to the bathroom so badly during the service (TMI-probably). Waverly and I decided to go through Taco Bell Drive-thru, knowing I really had to go.. We were in the drive thru 27 minutes. I was really put off by this point, hungry, tired, and urgently needed a rest room. We pulled out of Taco Bell and then 1 mile later.. Boom... A huge buck jumped out in front of me.. Bam.. Me and the deer collided. My car immediately started smoking. Thankfully, we were not hurt. The deer ran off. I tried to find it. Skip asked me if I was going to give it Mouth to Mouth.. I probably would've tried. I was very concerned about the deer. Our delay at Taco Bell may have made this scenario just a property damage inconvenience. Any other type of impact could have been tragic.

So here is the picture.. 11:00 pm, Sunday night, Hwy 92, Waverly in a smoking car, me on the side of the road looking for a dead or hurt deer and Scott Roma comes walking down the street. Yep, I was crying.. My daughter did not cry but I blubbered.. that seems to be a common theme in the most recent posts. My buddy, Angela called to reassure me the deer was probably in a coma.

The damage to my car was over $5k. Here is a photo:


Here is the evidence:

Good-bye Judd

After years of our kids begging.. we finally caved in to the dog request. We adopted Judd (I use the term adopted casually as they charged us $400 for the creature) in June 0f 2006. He has been a wonderful dog. We have taken him on vacations. My family adores Judd. I didn't think I would really care about Judd but I found him to be my companion during the day when Skip was at work and the kids were at school. If he could only talk, I would have a lot of apologizing to do to a lot of people. Just kidding but it is nice to have a great listener that loves you unconditionally.

Our house is always full of kids. I am not complaining because it is wonderful to hear kids laughing. I am the type that would rather have my kids here with friends over than my kids other places.. call me crazy... Well.. over the last few months, Judd has gotten hurt a few times and has become more and more aggressive towards other children. He is great with our children but he has been snipping at other children.

So... we had to give Judd away today. Fortunately, my step-sister, Beth, has agreed to take him on a trial basis. This is the best solution because my kids can still see him regularly. It was a sad moment when Judd left today. He did not seem bothered at all. Grant cried for a few hours. We thought Grant didn't care at all about the dog since Judd ate an integral LEGO piece (of his new Star Wars X Wing Fighter) his first week as a Gilcrease. Kendall adores animals. She seemed to actually understand why we had to allow Judd to be in an environment more fitting. Waverly was upset but she went to my dad's house so that will provide a good distraction. I cried and cried.. In fact, I will cry if I think about it. Must be turning 40 that did this to me.

Judd is visiting Beth on a trial basis. We would not be terribly surprised if we don't find a basket on our front door with a cute dog wrapped inside a blanket. Aunt Beth.. thank you for providing a home for Judd.

Junebug is 9!!!!

Kendall turned 9 this week. She actually turned 9 while at Camp Glisson for 5 night. yes, I am the mother that forgets your child's birthday is during a week and schedules them for camp. I felt better seeing a photo of her in a sash and crown given to her by the camp counselor. I am sure this will come up at age 17 when we are in a spat about something.

Kendall wanted a spend the night party for her birthday. I agreed because Waverly had a sleepover when she turned 9. I must have had a amnesia. I forgot how loud and caotic it can truly be to gather a group of sugared up, tired, 9 year old little girls together. But.. I have to say, they were all in bed by 11:00. We had very little issues.

Skip and Grant went to the Braves game to escape the fiesta.

Sweet Kendall..