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Dear Deer.. Please Stay Away..

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It was 4 years ago today when I met one of these little boogers on I-35 going around 70 miles an hour. Every October I think.. about deer .. here's why.

#1 and I were headed home from a fun evening in Kansas City when

out of NO WHERE a HUGE deer was standing in front of my car.

I swerved to miss it.. but hit the front passengers side corner and the deer flew around and it's antlers hit the passenger window where #1 was sitting.

Immediately after the collision #1 started yelling.. "I CAN'T BREATHE!
I CAN'T BREATHE!" I tried to explain to her that she was talking..

so she was breathing.. but it didn't help. 😉

The repairs were almost $15,000 and took 6 weeks to complete…
I think it took so long because of the kind of car it was..

The deer of course didn't make it.. but the next day while it was going

to the shop I got to tell a guy I got a "14 point buck" at Casey's. He was not so

impressed when it found out it was with my car.


Dumb Questions

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Last Friday I was hanging out at Panera Bread in Lenexa. I just read an article on The Huffington Post about Unintentional Hipsters.. when I looked up and saw the girl in the photo above.

hipster, panera bread, strange hair do, stuff you see in panera bread, lenexa ks

Is she a hipster?

In my little town the closest we get to a hipster is a middle schooler in skinny jeans. But while we are on the subject.. are these pigtails relevant to being a hipster? Does this make me old? Because when I put my hair in a ponytail or pig tails.. it's because I want to get it off my neck.

Maybe I should not venture outside of my little town.. if I have to ask questions like this.

The Bain of My Existence.. or at least Online Existence

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Sometimes I believe this thing is the bain of my existence. It's a Hughesnet modem. If you don't know what a Hughes modem is.. you must live in a place with DSL or cable Internet service.. otherwise known as CIVILIZATION!

Because I live in the middle of NO WHERE.. our Internet service options are Dial up, Satellite (Hughes Net or Starband) or ZIPPO.. you know..nadda.. nothing.

After several hours on the phone with Hughes Net tech support we figured out our lovely modem died on us last night.

***Breaking News***

As I was writing this blog from the comfort of Panara Bread I just learned that the modem in fact DID NOT die, but Hughes Net is no longer broadcasting to our modem model. You'd think Tech Support would know that right?

What’s the Story Morning Glory?

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morning glory, flowers, trumpet blooms

Morning Glory flower with the sun shining through it.

A few years ago the man bought me this gazebo thing.  It took us 2 years to figure out where to put it and a year to figure out what to plant on it.

I’m not sure if you notice something wrong here…

#1 thought morning glories would be a great thing to plant on the gazebo. In March we bought seeds, planted them in the house and let them grow.  In the spring we planted them outside and only one side took off..

They still look beautiful to me.. maybe next year we can get

all three sides to grow and look fabulous!