Bopcha Blog

The Blakneys have had a busy and eventful week. Noah's little red Corolla bit the dust (Noah hit a Volvo - very minor fender bender and his very first accident after 9 years of driving) and although the Volvo was barely damaged, the front end of the Corolla got squished. The good news is, according to the body shop, that the Corolla was built to cushion the driver from injury and sacrificed itself to save Noah any injury. In fact, nobody was injured - except Noah's psyche.



Anyway, once we got the news that the Corolla was totalled, we discussed options and part of that discussion was to tell JB that if she wanted, she could use this opportunity to buy herself a car rather than continuing to use the family silver Camry. Her eyes lit up, and within an hour of the conversation, dragged her mother to the Toyota dealer and bought herself a used Prius! She had an ample downpayment sitting in the bank, and got primo financing because her credit rating is so high. She now has her own insurance policy, too! One more step toward independence.



Noah is now driving the 2003 Silver Camry and Bill and I are thinking about using the Corolla settlement money to buy a Rav 4. We will keep the 97 Camry that Mother sold us when JB was in college. That way Bill won't be stranded when I go to the farm alone. There truly are silver linings to unexpected disasters!

Took the dogs to the farm today and saw a deer with her fawn in the field. Going back through Philomath (at the wooded area between the 2 roads) I saw two deer and two fawns. The cars in front of me slowed way down because the deer were almost in the road. One of the little fawns just watched everyone. I so hope that they went back into the trees and some stupid driver didn't take them out.



Have a pot roast with carrots and potatoes going for dinner. Earlier I put the roast on and checked on it an hour later and realized my crock pot was dead, dead, dead. Went to Kmart and picked up another inexpensive one. Tomorrow, I will take some of the left overs and make mini pot pies for the freezer. However,if the potatoes don't get done soon, I am going to chew my leg off.



Had coffee with Judi earlier and she treated me to a slice of cherry pie she made from the cherries in her yard. Of course we had ice cream with the pie. It was really good.