Of today

Some things we did today.

1. Picked up rental car. Why, you ask, did we need a rental car? Well let me tell you. After dropping the kids off at VBS yesterday, I drove home. As I approached a right curve in the road, I saw a van pulling a trailer coming at me, using part of my lane. I swerved to avoid the van and went onto the side of the road, blowing the right back tire. I stopped the car and gathered my wits. I wiped my tears away and started walking. We currently don't have a jack in the car, so I couldn't change it myself.

I walked to the church we attend. Although there was a car parked at church, no one answered. Next door is a lady's house from Bible study. Again no one answered. Then the lady's son-in-law happened by and offered to change the tire.

Once home I called Gary and he came home to tighten the lug nuts, since we also don't have a lug wrench in the car and son-in-law man didn't have one either. He used a ratchet set to change the tire and apparently they don't tighten as well as a lug wrench.

Then I called and made a claim to replace the slashed tire and ruined rim. And since we were making claims, we made one to replace the hood that was damaged when something fell on it while driving to my sister's graduation last year.

Our policy includes a rental, so we decided to get one. It is a Jeep Patriot, with a New York license plate. And lest anyone thinks we're Yankee fans, I put my Phillies P on the back.

Ironically, Thursday Gary finally gave the mechanic shop the final payment from having the transmission replaced.





2. Went to the farmer's market to buy raw milk and pork. We have been looking for non-grocery store who-knows-where-it-comes-from milk for almost a year now. Without driving an hour or paying at least $4.00/half gallon, we've been disappointed. But on Wednesday while picking up our CSA share, we found raw milk for $4.00/gallon. And they sell grass-fed pork, beef, and rabbit, but we can forget the rabbit.



3. Gary finished building the stone wall. He still needs to add some small stones and top soil, but the stone pile is gone from the driveway. But now the car we put in the driveway is in the shop.
















4. Made some really good homemade pizza, with fresh basil. And found a trick to get the crust crispy like we like it. Add some wheat gluten, or use bread flour. I know it's simple, but for some reason we hadn't thought of bread flour. I used to think bread flour was just a ploy, but I was wrong. It really does make a difference. (Sorry no photo, we ate up the evidence.)