As some of you might know, I have been teaching my kid to drive for the past year and a half. She was almost there, just needed to get in driver's ed and she'd been on her own. Whoohoo! Kid with a driver's!
Then she got cocky. Started thinking she knew it all and didn't have to listen to me anymore. I'm sorry....who's car is this?!
So, I'm leaving to get Damian from work one afternoon and Jasmine asks if she can drive. I figure sure, haven't let her drive much the last week or so. So off we go to climb in the car and she starts backing out. Now, there is a tree on the corner of the driveway and a fence along the other side. I see the driver side front end is super close to the tree and figure OK, she'll back out straight to get past it before turning the wheel. WRONG! She starts turning the wheel and I start telling her with only a slight edge to my voice to stop. She doesn't listen. I raise my voice with a tinge of panic, STOOP!! She looks at me like I've grown 3 heads rolls her eyes at my drama and continues. The bumper catches, I start yelling FREAKIN" STOP! She doesn't, and as I continue to now scream at her, she keeps backing out and proceeds to rip the entire front end off me car. I am now totally flippin' on her and she (if you can believe it) is still driving! She is now completely backed onto the road and is putting it in drive to go forward. I am losing it. I mean seriously!! Can't you hear? Can't you see?!!! Look at my effing car!!She finally stops after she hit the gas to go forward and I practically came unglued. That's all I need, for her to now drive over the front end and ruin something underneath.
I get, I go stand in front of my car and stare. I am quiet. Jasmine is still in the car going "Mom, what are you doing? Can we go? I am in the middle of the road ya know!" (I shit you not. that is what she said) I say "Um mm, Jasmine you hit the tree. You wrecked the car" Calmly I might add. She says yeah right, and still thinks we're going, lol.
Point to story, dad isn't as calm as me. My logic was, it is done now, no point in continuing to get upset. His logic, WTF!!? enough said.
Cost of repairs: $2700
Time til Jasmine can drive my car again: Never (according to dad)
Lesson for Jas to learn: trees cost money, she has to pay the repairs
And guess what? Damian got his learner's last week. Now I have to teach him. He had his first lesson the other day, and I feel sorry for him. I am a little nervous for the car....lmao. He'll survive I am sure, but will the car?! Mama needs a drink!
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Sweet Sophia
My beautiful niece Sophia Grace passed away May 1st, 2009. Our thoughts are still with my brother and his family. She will always be missed, never forgotten.
No comments please.
No comments please.
you would't believe our luck....
Sorry I have been MIA for a while, you seriously can not fathom how freakin' crazy it has been!!
Lets start at the beginning.....
April 6th, I was having a chill day and decided to watch Twilight again that I had just bought. Tanaya was playing in her bounce chair, hubby was on a week trip to fort nelson for work and the other two were at school. So I'm munching away on my healthy lunch of nachos, and watching Bella and Edward fly through the trees when my neighbor opens my back door and starting yelling my house is on fire. She comes racing in and grabs the baby (no trust man, lmao) and runs back out of the house. I'm yelling at her "Did u call 911?" she says no so I grab the phone and start calling as I run outside to see what the fire is. There on my back deck is a small fire burning up the corner wall about 3 or 4 feet. I get the dogs out and then tell the 911 lady (who will not shut up and get off the phone) that I can put this out and go back in the house to get some buckets of water. She starts arguing with me to get the hell out what do I think I'm doing (loose translation, lol). So here I am standing in my back foyer telling her that I can get it out and her fighting back. Then the fire started coming through the walls into the bathroom right where I was standing so then she starts freaking out and I'm still wanting water. As I keep trying to explain to her, this is a log home with 30 years of oil on it. If I don't get it out it's gone. Finally I get out of the house, because well, now it is too big and I can't get it out and she is really starting to annoy me so back out I go. Within 3 minutes or so, the entire back of house is in flames and then boom!! Gas lines explode and the fire blows out all the windows on the back side and enters the house. Meanwhile, I am giving the 911 lady shit because now I will have no house and if she just would've shut up I might of had this out. Dammit!
Now don't get me wrong, I didn't really care about the house over human safety but I had time to save both if she just would've SHUT UP! Mental note..hang up next time.
Cause of fire wasn't investigated but my guess was that a hot ash blew out of butt can and landed on something just perfect. It had been about 1.5 - 2 hours since my last cigarette.
Then if you can believe it, the RCMP and fire men start looking at me like I'm daft because the keys to all the vechile's are in the house and they want to move the cars so they don't explode. Um mm, sorry? I guess it is silly to keep your unused keys in the house, lol. The freakin' 911 lady kept me busy arguing that I didn't even get shoes on my feet or nothing 'cause I was putting it out. Oh well.
Four and a half hours & 4 fire trucks later, the fire was out. and the house was still standing minus a roof but was a goner. Only the fact that it was solid log was what kept it standing. It looked alot like that left piece in your fire pit. The front still looked untouched on the outside though, which was funny. The one pic up top is our neighbors garage, their truck was scorched and melted and siding melted off their house & garage. Sean's one Quad also totally melted and had to be almost completely redone. they offered to write it off but I said no as they never give you enough to get the same one and with the house I figured we had enough tot replace.
I will continue the Bainbridge saga later, Tanaya is awake and vocal....
TTYS!!
Lets start at the beginning.....
April 6th, I was having a chill day and decided to watch Twilight again that I had just bought. Tanaya was playing in her bounce chair, hubby was on a week trip to fort nelson for work and the other two were at school. So I'm munching away on my healthy lunch of nachos, and watching Bella and Edward fly through the trees when my neighbor opens my back door and starting yelling my house is on fire. She comes racing in and grabs the baby (no trust man, lmao) and runs back out of the house. I'm yelling at her "Did u call 911?" she says no so I grab the phone and start calling as I run outside to see what the fire is. There on my back deck is a small fire burning up the corner wall about 3 or 4 feet. I get the dogs out and then tell the 911 lady (who will not shut up and get off the phone) that I can put this out and go back in the house to get some buckets of water. She starts arguing with me to get the hell out what do I think I'm doing (loose translation, lol). So here I am standing in my back foyer telling her that I can get it out and her fighting back. Then the fire started coming through the walls into the bathroom right where I was standing so then she starts freaking out and I'm still wanting water. As I keep trying to explain to her, this is a log home with 30 years of oil on it. If I don't get it out it's gone. Finally I get out of the house, because well, now it is too big and I can't get it out and she is really starting to annoy me so back out I go. Within 3 minutes or so, the entire back of house is in flames and then boom!! Gas lines explode and the fire blows out all the windows on the back side and enters the house. Meanwhile, I am giving the 911 lady shit because now I will have no house and if she just would've shut up I might of had this out. Dammit!
Now don't get me wrong, I didn't really care about the house over human safety but I had time to save both if she just would've SHUT UP! Mental note..hang up next time.
Cause of fire wasn't investigated but my guess was that a hot ash blew out of butt can and landed on something just perfect. It had been about 1.5 - 2 hours since my last cigarette.
Then if you can believe it, the RCMP and fire men start looking at me like I'm daft because the keys to all the vechile's are in the house and they want to move the cars so they don't explode. Um mm, sorry? I guess it is silly to keep your unused keys in the house, lol. The freakin' 911 lady kept me busy arguing that I didn't even get shoes on my feet or nothing 'cause I was putting it out. Oh well.
Four and a half hours & 4 fire trucks later, the fire was out. and the house was still standing minus a roof but was a goner. Only the fact that it was solid log was what kept it standing. It looked alot like that left piece in your fire pit. The front still looked untouched on the outside though, which was funny. The one pic up top is our neighbors garage, their truck was scorched and melted and siding melted off their house & garage. Sean's one Quad also totally melted and had to be almost completely redone. they offered to write it off but I said no as they never give you enough to get the same one and with the house I figured we had enough tot replace.
I will continue the Bainbridge saga later, Tanaya is awake and vocal....
TTYS!!
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