Things I'm "Gifted" in

1.      Hitting inanimate objects with a vehicle. 

•   Let's start with high school.  I ran my dad's car over the railroad tracks.  Yup... people - not the road over the railroad tracks... I missed the road and ran right over the tracks.
• I backed my mom’s car into the Garage. In my defense – I was backing it in, and I only hit the side view mirror (I didn’t take it off… this time), and we fixed it so she never even knew.
• I hit the red pole at Sheetz.  Yes, I know. It is inanimate… and RED. But I hit it anyway.  This one did sort of get me into a bit of trouble because I knew I was going to be grounded forever (because I did it in my Mom’s car… I wasn’t allowed to get one of my own) – so I blamed it on her.  The plan was brilliant… I walked in, asked her if she was in a wreck and too ashamed to tell me about it. We walked out and “discovered” the damage together. .. Brilliant ..until her friend spotted me diving the car about a month later and realized it was me who hit the red pole at Sheetz!  And told on me!  
•   I backed my car into a fence. Well.. more like side swiped it going backward.  I ripped the mirror off that time.  
• I once backed our TRUCK (In my defense, it was a huge Dodge with extended bed and a “pappy cap” on the back) over the hood of our CAR. I got into a little trouble with my husband over this one.
• And today marked the 1 Billionth or so time I’ve run over a curb. Seriously … can’t those things just get out of my way?!?

2.    Going to see the dentist and coming home with 1 less tooth!

•  I love my dentist. He is caring, kind, the type of person you wish was your friend.
•  He is also extremely competent… and he will take out a wisdom tooth in his office if you are in a lot of pain. 
• Yup – you guessed it.  For the second time in a year I’ve gone in for a simple toothache only to have my wisdom tooth ripped from my mouth.  Thanks doc.
• No – seriously – Thanks.  Without you, I would be in a lot of pain and stuck on some waiting list to go see a specialist who could do the same thing you do. You are awesome. 

3.    Making Lists

• I am the Queen of lists.  A trait I inherited from my father – the King of lists.
•  My dad currently has a list that has over 100 things on it.  He is newly retired and it is his “to do list.”
•   I have lists everywhere.  I’m currently running off of about 5 lists.
•  My best lists start with “get up.”  Then I can always check something off!

One of my many many lists!

4.    Thinking that mostly dumb ideas are not dangerous.

•  I once road from PA to Florida in the bed of a truck.  (I could probably end with this one and that would be enough… but I can continue.)
•  I was once run over by a tractor because I was helping my dad bale hay. (The mostly dumb idea was helping my dad… because this usually ended up in my injury) just kidding… sort of.
• Smashing my hand.  The most infamous time happened on a hot August day.  I was taking a nap with the window open because it was hot and I had no air conditioner.  I was also limited in my dress due to the heat. (Let’s leave it at that).  It started to rain and I was too lazy to actually get out of bed… I thought I could close the window from a laying position.  My thumb went inside the windowpane with the window…. Yes… that is correct… with the window. So – I hopped up – Started Screaming at the top of my lungs and Waving my free arm… to look down and see a crew of construction workers who thought I was an exhibitionist trying to get attention.  *sigh*

Seriously... this picture was too funny not to put on here!

My husband swears these kind of things don’t happen to regular people, but I think they do…

Anyone want to share?




Oh ... I also wanted to share a few positives:
1. We hit over 1,000 hits on Alexander's Seizure Dog page
2. We are over 2,000 hits on the video "What it is like to be a parent of a child with special needs."
Both of these are because of your support.
I'm still waiting for the other video to take off... I think I need to rename it from "Our life updated" to something more universal.


So ... back to embarrassing moments - anyone want to share?