Dang crazy drivers!!

Wish I had pictures for this one, but I don't....my cell phone was out of batteries.
I was involved in an accident last night, a quite bizarre one.

I was on our famous Eagle road during rush hour (going home) traffic almost stopped at the red light between the hospital and Franklin intersection. There were cars in front (about 15-20) and behind me, also to the left of me (I was in the right hand lane). I was just about to stop when **BAM** I hit my head on the driver's side window.... dazed, I quickly looked up to notice the bottom of a car fly past me. I was barely able to make it off the side of the road (cachug, cachug) then notice a car flipped upside down on it's roof about 50-yards in front of me in the turn lane....

Amazingly no one was hurt, not even the crazy lady who was helped out of her upside-down car. I got the brunt of the hit, the back-side (not the rear) of my car is smashed in, and my back axle is totally bent. She appears to have hit my driver's side tire at a slight angle and catapulted into the air.

From the witnesses, it appears that she came barreling down the center of our two lanes (Guess she though there were 3 lanes instead of 2, going 50+ miles per hour and didn't quite make it past me. It was quite odd how fast she was going when there was a red light in front of me, and everyone else on the road was nearly stopped. The only other person to get damaged by her grace was another car whose right mirror got ripped off by the upside-down car sliding past her.
In the end she was charged with reckless driving (license revoked) until she could get examined by a doctor to be found sane (medically able to drive). She was Michelle and Dan's age.

Now we are down to 1 car (the suburban). I don't know what they plan to do with our mangled car since it was mostly worth nothing....looks like we will be shopping for another junker as the damage was sure to be much higher than the cost of my poor Plymouth Breeze. And we cannot afford another car payment right now....:(

At least I am in one piece...Oh my Back, oh my Neck!!!

Transformation of a pool room..by Jared Adams.

What an ugly empty room...and what is that funny looking light hanging there?? It doesn't look much higher than the top of Courtney's head.

Well, that was Dad's old home away from home Boise bedroom. We decided it wasn't good enough for him, so we decided to transform it into a pool room. It's always been Jared's life-long dream to quit his job and work as a full-time pool shark. And now, he is just a few years away from his dream come true.








Dad was a little upset we were trashing his room with a stupid pool table, so we decided to upgrade him to a more luxurious, very functional suite. So we kicked Chase out of his bedroom and with hours of labor and love created his masterpiece. The room is a spacious 11X11 in size for that feeling of warmth and intimacy. Notice that the slanted ceiling gives it a nice "lofty" appeal. We've added exercise equipment to keep Dad in shape, and a fold-away Queen-sized bed. Other amenities include a build-your own train-set (We know how Dad loves trains), and other fun toys at just an arms-reach away. (See picture below).





Our new Pool table was just installed, it is made of Rodesian Teak which is supposed to be indesctructible. I have a hard time believing that especially with our kids. The light just above the table is made of Tiffany-style, piece-work glass. Tyler has already said he hates the light because I warn the kids (and Michelle) every 5 seconds "You break it you work to pay for it!"
I count 10-close calls every game. But Michelle thinks I am overly paranoid....we shall see.

I know the pool room just doesn't look as nice as it did with Mom and Dad's bed in it, but we just HAD to give Dad the better room!! :)

Mom, Dad, you feel like painting again? Do you need something to do while we are gone? I hear February is a great painting month??