The nerve!

So I am beyond irritated! Quit frankly I am pissed! While Ben was at work last night some A**hole side swiped his trailblazer. What angers me so much is that they just left. No number left on the windsheild or anything! How do people do this?

Just a few weeks ago, while Ben's mom and Kenzie were here, we went to the North Shore. As I was parked outside a store, waiting on Linda, the car next to me backed up and hit the driver's side of my back bumper. She then pulled forward to readjust, put the car back into reverse. I then stepped out of my car. She saw me and then put the car into park. She was going to leave! She then tried to talk me out of calling the police for an accident report. The nerve of some people!

What happened to taking responsibilty for your actions? For treating others as you would like to be treated? How do you just leave someone to pay for your careless mistake? This is just one of the many examples of proof for how selfish people in this country are today.

If this was a vehicle that we were planning to keep for a long time, we wouldn't worry so much. But, this is a temporary vehicle. We are going to sell it before we leave the island. How are you going to sell a car with the entire driver's side scratched and the side mirror broken? So now we get to make ANOTHER claim to our insurance and pay the deductible...for something we DIDN'T do!

Ok...there is my rant. I'm finished now. On to better things.

I got my rings back in the mail today! It is so weird. A diamond feel out of my wedding band so I sent them back with my mother-in-law to take them to Gordon's for me. So I have not worn them in almost a month. I have found myself staring at them just like I did after getting them the first time. I remember how much hope I had then. When we got married we couldn't afford the engagement ring. So we bought the band to go with the engagement ring that I knew I wanted to complete my set. In no way did I want another ring to wear until I could upgrade. I wanted to wear only one set of rings for the rest of my life. So after we got our bonuses from the army, Ben bought my engagement ring. About 13 months after we were married. Because he never really proposed, he did then. In our living room with candles lit, music playing. It was so sweet. We had just found out that I was pregnant with Blake a couple weeks earlier. this was our family's begining. :)

I have been praising Hunter a lot lately. I just can't stop. He is still being the hard headed, rule breaking, full of life boy. I even caught him trying to spray ant killer on Blake today. Ugh! But...his little brain has just amazed me lately. It is like all of the sudden a light bulb went off. He was really struggling to make some of the connections is needed to read. If I sounded out a word he could hear the word. But he couldn't sound it out himself and here it. In the last week he has figured out blending. He is so excited to read new words. He also has figured out what rhyming is. He constantly asks me, "Mommy, does rat and cat rhyme?" or "Does noodle and oodle rhyme?" I am so excited. He gets it!!!! Now he is just soaring. I don't want it to stop!!! He has also had a huge nonacademic accomplishment. The training wheels are gone!!!! Ben has been fighting him on this for months. He refused to ride without them. So Ben bend them back as far as possible, so they weren't really doing anything anyway. Ben finally talked him into letting him take ONE training wheel off. Hunter tried that once and then asked for the other to be taken off as well. He took off the first time!!! He has been riding nonstop ever since! My Hunter man is growing up!!! :)

Update on Parker: The blisters and spots are looking a lot better today. His running nose on the other hand is insane! Like his big brother, his mind is just exploding too! He has discovered books. :) Constantly, over and over he brings you books. He listens, looks at the pictures and then watches your mouth as you sound out words or make animal sounds. He is very fond of the cow and the cow amazing "MOOOOO"! ;) I love it. He is making so many more sounds. He can also point out your nose when asked. He is saying momma...just not when asked. Little stinker! He has develop an odd fascination for shoes. When hanging around the house, he is almost always wearing a, yes A, shoe. He even comes up to you saying "shoe, shoe, shoe" and holding one of his sandals. So cute!

Everyday my children amaze me. Everyday I feel lucky to have the life that I always dreamed of. Even with the a**holes of the world. :)