This...That...And the Other

Well it's been a while since the last update. Sorry about that, but we have been pretty busy around here. As you saw on the last blog, Lori's CX-9 was assaulted by a big steel pipe. Ohhhh wait a minute, that doesn't sound right, how about Lori's CX-9 was damaged by a big steel pipe. Yeah that's better. Anyway, we were able to get in touch with the insurance company, and everything is going to be covered under comprehensive. Whew! We did not need another accident to be counted against our insurance. State Farm, as usual, was very professional about the whole thing, and once again, we feel very fortunate to have them as our insurer.

We dropped off Lori's vehicle on Monday morning, and we got her into a rental. We have rental reimbursement through State Farm, but it only covers up to $20.00 a day. Well, needless to say, Lori was not going to get into the Lincoln Navigator that we wanted, so she settled for a .......ready for this....PT Cruiser. Wow, you never realize how spoiled you have become until you "get" to drive around in a PT Cruiser for a while. But, we here in the Thornton family like to look at things on the bright side, and in this case, the "blinding" side. See, our choices were, the PT Cruiser or a Kia. Yeah baby! See how bright and shiny the Cruiser choice looks now. Perspective is a funny thing.

Monday afternoon brought special joy to the family in the form of Aidan's first Soccer practice. Now I might have been known in the past to exaggerate a bit, but what I am about to tell you is the absolute truth. It seems that the rest of Aidan's team has been imported from Lilliput. No, I am not kidding. Aidan looks like Paul Bunyan running around the field with all of these Lilliputians. It would be quite comical to watch really if I did not have a genuine fear for the others. Lori and I thought that we might have enrolled him in the wrong league, and even asked if that was the case, but we were told he was in the right place. Wow, we are going to go broke purchasing all of the tongue depressors Aidan is going to need during the games in order to clean the Lilliputians out of his cleats. I kid you not, one of the kids on his team has feet the size of small dinner rolls. If Christopher could walk, I believe he could borrow this kids cleats. Scary. It is certainly going to make for an interesting season.

Aidan is scheduled to start Tball practice in the very near future. Hopefully, he will not be on a team full of Oompah Luumpahs for baseball. I will let you know.

William