Split ears, lost mufflers, and broken 4 wheelers

Thursday August 11, 2011

Matt on odyssey

We started the day off by taking the kids out to ride the 4 wheelers and the odyssey. Matt drove around the yard for hours until he got used to it and went over the hill. I took Makayla on it with me since she still to young to be trusted on such a powerful toy. The adult would take turns taking the smaller kids over the hill on the 4 wheeler and we even convinced Willies grandma that's 81 to climb on the back so Nick could take her. 

Friday August 12, 2011

Friday the guys went back to work. I decided since the guys kept me busy riding all week I'd sneak off and get some practice shooting my bow in. I drove up there and spent several hours shooting. I was sending the guys pics to torment them lol. The weather was perfect for it, cooler than it's been in a long time here. After wards I went to my sister-in-law's house and hung out. 

Saturday August 13, 2011

This is where everything starts going to pot! I drove back out to Willie's grandma's to check on her. It had warmed up a lot since the day before and I didn't want to go out to the range during the hottest part of the day. Once it started cooling off I left and went straight to the range. As I pulled into the range, my Jimmy suddenly got loud. I got out and looked and my muffler was barely hanging on. I had to call Willie to find out what to do. He had me finish knocking it off so that I wouldn't end up loosing it on the way home and throw it in the back of my car. I've never lost a muffler since I've been driving. So I decided to go a head and shoot while I was there. I got my bow out and walked to the outdoor target section and started shooting. I noticed that my ankles (yes I was wearing capri's) started to itch. So I pulled my arrows out and walked back. During the entire walk back to shoot again my ankles itched more. I started looking closer and found 10 baby ticks. I'm completely creeped out by ticks. SO I got those off and continued to shoot. Between ever shot, I had to stop and smack mosquito's off me. Each time I'd have 5-10 mosquitos land on me. After i shot the round I went back down and pulled my arrows. When I got back I had more ticks on me. OK, I get the point. If I was to stay I would just be dinner to a bunch of bloodsuckers. No thank you. I packed my stuff up and headed out in my loud car. On the way through I stopped back at my sister in laws to check on my kids who spent the night on friday. Of course, they wanted to spend one more night since Makayla starts school on Wednesday. 

Sunday August 14, 2011

Willie texts me about going out to ride again. They boys are so addicted to the new toys that every chance they get they want to be out riding. Of course, it had rained Saturday night and some on Sunday. It was the perfect time to go mudding. I don't like to be wet and cold. So I decided I'd go to bingo with my sister in law. The guys went over to gmas at 4pm when they got off work and rode until 7pm. Willie calls me and has me to come over for a quick ride before it got dark. I rushed over there and took it for a spin. After I was done Willie decided he would take one last ride for the night. He flipped it over on it's side 20 yards in front of us! Right there in the front yard. He didn't even go over the hill. His head smacked the top of the roll cage and split his ear. I took him to the er and they put in 9 stitches and determined he didn't have any head injuries Thank God! It could've went so horribly wrong in that instance. I knew there was a chance for one of us to wreck it but to do it in the yard? He wasn't going fast, but he was going up a hump in the yard and was turning at the same time and bam over on it's right side it went. 

Monday August 15, 2011

Willie get's up this morning saying his ear doesn't hurt! Hell from the look of it my ear hurts lol. So even though I tried my best he insisted on going out riding. Yes, I know but seriously what can you do to really stop a 31 year old man? Anyway, I went too and took the kids to visit their grandma. We stopped to pick up the pipe we needed for my muffler and headed over there. Once we get there we have to wait until the car cool's before Willie can get under the car so he took out the 4 wheeler with Nick. We all started taking turns (I only drove the odyssey once!) and started taking the kids over with us for a leisurely ride on the 4 wheelers. One of the times I came up the hill Nick tells me to follow him over the hill. He takes me on the path that they made yesterday down to the creek. They are working on a spot leveling it out more to be able to ride in it. We rode all the way up till 4pm when I was riding the 4 wheeler blew a oil line. Yep, now Nick has taken it to the repair shop to have it fixed. After it breaking down we decided it might be a good idea to quit before anything else happens. Willie then crawled under my car to start fixing the muffler and we found out that it can't be repaired! I have to take it to the muffler shop and have it redone completely. Yep, it goes to show maybe I should just crawl under my blanket and not come out for a while.