It's Friday night, and you know what that means..
It's time to Dare to Share!
I hope everyone is having a great holiday week. We have had a good week with a few not so good things mixed in. We have not celebrated with our grand baby and her parents yet, because the three of them have been sick this week. While she is too young to realize what Christmas is yet, it is kind of disappointing she is sick for her first Christmas. The other not so great thing happened early yesterday (Dec 26th) on the way to visit my family for a Christmas visit. About 40 miles from home at 8 in the morning, we hit a very large pot hole on the interstate. It was not visible so we had no idea it was there until we hit it hard. On the side of the road we saw a white car already on the side of the road, and wondered it they had hit it too. We drove about a half a mile farther when our car started acting really weird, and we heard that dreaded thump, thump, thump sound Then low tire pressure and other warning lights came on. Luckily there was an exit very close by, and we were able to get off the highway to a safe parking lot nearby. While we were trying to figure out what to do, we saw a tow truck towing the other car we saw on the highway. It turns out she had hit the pot hole too, and told us to call the sheriff to make a report. We were told we were the 7th car to hit that same pot hole in 24 hours! We also found out from the sheriff that because of the severity of the pot hole and the amount of damage it was causing, we could possibly be reimbursed for any damage caused. We called the transportation department who emailed us forms and told us there was a crew on it's way to fix the hole. In another stroke of luck, a dealership of our brand car was less than a mile away. We had our car towed to their location. We found out they had to order a new tired and rim for out type of car, and check to see if there was more damage done to the car. Since we were not able to get our car fixed while we were there, we rented a car and continued on to my mom's house. Hopefully we will be able to have everything resolved, and can pick up the car on the way home in a few days.
My dog turned five on Christmas, and I decided to try the viral social media photo shoot with her. We were pretty successful, though she did rip the paper toward the end of the photos. She loved getting all the extra treats, and being told she was a good girl.
The day before Christmas Eve we went back to Winterfest at Kings Island again. There are over 7 million lights, and it really feels magical this time of year. If you are ever in the Cincinnati area, I recommend you check it out.
