ODE TO A DOUBLE CHIN

Double Chin, Double Chin
Where on earth did you begin?
Was it the ice cream, chocolates and chips
That tasted so good on my lips?
One day you showed up on my face
I wish you'd find some other place
You just hang there
As if to say "I don't care"
But wait, what is that I see
Your source is from the sting of a bee
"Oh thank Heaven" I say
You'll be gone in seven days

That's right, I now have a double chin thanks to a small honey bee. Sunday I was out with my father-in-law looking at his honey bees. It was cloudy and windy and bees are very testy in such weather conditions. My father-in-law was moving some of the boxes and as soon as he told me that the bees would get feisty one came up and got me under my chin. I didn't even see it or hear it buzzing around and wham it got me good. I started running away hollering and flailing my arms about trying to keep other attackers away. In my defense there were two more buzzing around in my hair. All my father-in-law could do was just laugh at me. Because I was running around like a mad woman I didn't get the stinger out fast enough and now I am dealing with a double chin that itches like crazy. As if the double chin weren't bad enough, the skin is all red making it much more noticeable. So hopefully by the end of the week it will be gone and I'll be back to my single chin.

Aunt Sharon

Jon's Aunt Sharon was in town two weeks ago. She was on the move from California to Tennessee and made a short stop in Utah to visit family. Aunt Sharon has a laid back personality and is fun to be around. Of course we had to introduce her to our family pastime. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

I Survived!

Yesterday my friend and I went down south for some family business of hers. We made it down there okay but as we were coming into Wellington a lady decided to make a left hand turn right in front of us. We were going about 40-50 mph, my friend slammed on the brakes and tried to swerve out of the way but the lady still wasn't watching and we plowed right into her. I think that if the other lady had applied her brakes when we started to swerve we would have missed each other. The lady came out in tears and felt so bad. We all walked away with just aches and bruises.

Since my friend swerved she didn't have much damage to her car. The other car was not so lucky and had even caught on fire. My friend's car was able to start and we thought she would be able to drive it home but the bumper got pushed into the tire. A tow truck driver was able to pull it out and then we started down the road. As we were driving it was apparent that we would not be able to drive it home as the transmission was out. Luckily she had seen a friend drive by (I know how strange is that) and she got a hold of him and he was able to drive us back home. It took almost three hours before we left Wellington to head home. It made for quite an adventure and a very long day.

It was my first real accident and I'm happy to say I only came out with a small bruise on my knee. Hopefully it's my first and last!

Here is my friend's car



And here is the other car