What is wrong with people + my fatter belly

Would you believe that yesterday (one week after the tree in the road incident and one week and 1 day after Ricky's tooth incident) Ricky gets his new car hit by a older couple driving to the hospital in a mini van. They just pushed right in front of him during a 2 lane left hand turn (He was in the left they were on the right).

Not only are there no witnesses (and it was too small of an incident for police to come out) but after exchanging insurance information the lady who WAS cooperative at first and said it was HER fault and she was sorry now claims to her insurance company that Ricky hit her.

His car has large scratches and paint damage from the front passenger wheel to the headlight. There is also a small dent that could surely come out with a visit to the body shop. So now it's his word against hers and we are waiting to see what's going to happen. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?

This is small beans compared to our friend "Aunt" Penny (a long time friend of the family) whose house burnt down to the ground 2 am Sunday morning (August3). Everything is gone, and she has no one (but my family). NO family at all. And get this: the first insurance guy to come out to her place right after it happened had the gonads to tell her to rather rudely and coldly to "Buck up and hold it together" when she was crying. Again, WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE? She complained and his boss is livid at the guy.

Last year August SUCKED and this year it does too.
(no offense to the little cute baby in my womb who will come out this month...I think this month anyway!)

Belly Thoughts....
My belly is getting fatter! Yay!
My pelvis sorer. Boo!
I think I have heartburn, but it's not that bad.
Too many onions at lunch time I guess.
I have so much to do before this baby is born.
Oh geeez.

bad people raising more bad people

So ironic how yesterdays Holistic Moms Network meeting topic was about gentle discipline and non-violent communication.

At the park today a very nasty lady told her 5 year old son to get down from the slide to go home. He cried that he didn’t want to go home. She then said, “You get down that slide or I’m going to drag you to the car and give you an ass whooping.”
That is a direct quote with no errors. I told her not to speak to her child that way or in front of my children that way. She then told me I was a bitch and that my kids were brats. I didn’t say one word after that as we were already leaving and I AM A GOOD ROLE MODEL FOR MY KIDS. My kids were flabbergasted and asking, “Mom what’s wrong with that lady?”

Now I wish I would have said, “I care enough about your child to speak up for him, why don’t you care enough to not treat him that way?”

Or

“Just because you are a miserable person, don’t take it out on your children.

She also had a three year old with her. It was really weird. We had been at the park for 45 minutes and were ready to leave anyway. They were only there 5 minutes. She was weird. The whole situation reeked of back woods white trash fried twinkie weirdness.

Poor kids. I should have got her licence plate.
(Sage said he saw her dragging him by the arm, as we pulled away.)

Well now my kids think I’m the nicest mom in the world. LOL ha.