Scary Night

On the way home from tutoring I got rear ended on the freeway. Luckily I was not moving fast, nor was the guy behind me. I don't know what the girl who hit him was doing, but she smashed into him and then he hit me. Luckily, her and I had a Yukon between us. If she had hit me that hard, I would have been calling 911 and having an ambulance take me in.
I was ok and calm until I didn't feel the baby move for awhile. I had been thinking the last few days that I hadn't felt him much. Well, yesterday he happened to be moving all day. I felt little nudges consistently throughout the day. So when it got to over an hour of not feeling him, even after poking where I knew he was I started getting scared. I called my mom, and kind of got hysterical in the car while I was waiting for the highway patrol to do their thing. I just started thinking of what I would do if I lost my little guy. Mom calmed me down. The officer could see I was starting to panic, so he gave me the report number and told me to go. I went to the E.R. After an hour there, hoping not to get swine flu or something else, I asked the girl how long it would be and told her I had not felt my baby for 2 hours now. She told me to go outside and around the corner to the women's center.
They got me right in there, at Labor and Delivery, and we went to the Doppler. I was hoping to get an ultrasound and see him, but she said she couldn't for a bunch of reasons. But hearing the baby's heart beat was the most beautiful sound ever!!!!
He was moving around a lot and his heart beat was 153! Yeah!
Just the thought of losing our boy to some dummy not paying attention on the road made me realize how much I love him already. I really don't want to drive anymore!!!I drive kind of far to tutor every day, but I am canceling for today! Jhon was at work through all of this and I was home alone, so I couldn't sleep until almost midnight. Then he got in bed at 3:30 and then I couldn't go back to sleep. So I am not tutoring! I woke up starving! I never really ate after all the mess last night! I didn't even get home until almost 10, and it happened at 6.
I am just grateful that I didn't get the most of the hit, and that baby is doing fine. I felt him moving when I was trying to go back to sleep at 4, and it was the most wonderful feeling!!!

The Case I Served on the Jury For...I know you are all dying to know about it!

Ok, now I am allowed to talk about it!!!! It was over a month of my life that was secret!!!

So the case was Deal vs. Michelin and Discount Tire.

Ok, so on Sept. 27, 2002, Richard Deal-48, Lonnie Deal-26, and Trystan Deal-4, left Las Vegas and headed to their cabin at Duck Creek, near Cedar City, Ut. THey were in a 1977 pickup, and one of the tires was a 1996 Goodyear tire. This tire separated near Washington, Ut. Richard and Lonnie died. So Richard's wife Gaylene was a plaintiff, and the little boy. His mom was not, because her and Lonnie were divorced. They were going for 8 figures.

The plaintiffs claimed that the tire made in 1996 was defective. Their "expert" claimed there were 3 different defects. They claimed there was an open inner liner splice, trapped air in the tire, and porosity. They had a ton of witnesses, and tried for four days to prove this. It took days for their expert to testify. Discount was part of the trial because allegedly they bought the tire there. THat was never proven and they were out of the suit by the end.

Michelin only called 2 witnesses. They had like 14 on their list, but I guess they felt they didn't need it. They pointed out that the tire was 6 years old. It was an all terrain tire, so it would last longer than tires like on my car. Anyhow, they showed pictures of the cut up tread. It had also had a nail repair, and the pointed out that we had no idea how long the tire had run with that hole, with air being allowed into the tire. They also had their own expert to dispute the open splice, trapped air and porosity claims. Their expert was 1000% more credible.

The 2 alternates were dismissed after closing arguments. Then we went to deliberate. We had to get a vote of 6-2. We had that right away....in favor of Michelin.
It was interesting because afterwards the marshall and attorneys could talk to us and we found out things that we couldn't know before. Like that the boy was wearing a seat belt, but the men were not. Hmm. Then we found out that they had been offered settlements throughout, but they wanted their 8 figures I guess. We also found out that they had good insurance, and she gets a really good pension of her husband, so their medical bills and funeral expenses had long been taken care of, and they aren't going to be left penniless.

There is sooo much more. It was very interesting. I know everything there is to know about how tires are made, tested, and what defects they can have!!! But that is a little summary. I think baby loved jury duty. I ate lots of Skittles to keep awake! And he gave me lots of good kicks while i was there.

If you have any questions, fire em at me! I would love to answer!

update

Updated baby blog...

http://www.peanutmosley.blogspot.com

Photo tag

Sixth folder, sixth picture: hahahaha!






So I can explain. One of my students is a total mess, all the time. I told her I was going to send her parents a picture of how messy her desk was and I took this picture. Haven't showed anybody else yet!!!


I tag.....
Jeanne Marie, Janelle, Liz, and any of my cousins!!!!!!!!!!!!!

County Fair

We took Solomon last Friday night to the Clark County Fair in Logandale. He had an all night ride pass. No rides for me, no pregnant riding allowed! Too bad, I love the rides. It was fun to see Solomon have such a great time. I loved the expression on his face after he got off each new ride! We had funnel cake and cotton candy. We saw some dance shows and a hypnotist. I ran into an old friend Kira. It was a fantastic family night at the fair!

Dying eggs for Easter

Solomon said he had never dyed eggs before!! Luckily I had already purchased a kit, a Transformers one. Here is our fun times.

Barbeque!

On Jhon's day off Thursday while Solomon was here, he BBQ'd some ribs with his secret family recipe sauce. I had got some pork ribs for a great deal with my new savings resources. Jhon made cornbread, collard & mustard greens, and some beans also. We had a lot of fun and we ate ribs for the next few days! My man can cook!

It's a...................

Ok, so it is no secret I wanted a girl. I have 2 stepsons. There are going to be 7 grandsons already and only 3 granddaughters. Maybe it is because in my 10 years of teaching 99% of my challenging students have been boys! And girl stuff is just so cute!!!

Well, Jhon has been sure from day 1 that Peanut is a boy. Today it was confirmed with pretty much certainty, that our Peanut is a boy!! I am happy! I can't say there wasn't a little twinge of disappointment. But it went away fast. I thought of my wonderful nephews and of my friends' cute little guys! I know that the baby Heavenly Father has sent us is the one we are supposed to have right now. And I don't ever want him to think I didn't want him! I know I will love and adore him more than I can comprehend still.

So our guy is already a big guy. I am 18 weeks 4 days and she said he measures at 20 weeks. He is 10 ounces and all the websites say 18 weeks the baby is 7-8 ounces. And they said he is long for 18 weeks also. We got 13 pictures, and they showed us all his parts and told us what they all do. We saw all parts of his brain, and heart chambers. He was moving all over the place!

I was thinking of trying to deliver naturally after some stuff I read, but if our guy is going to be gigantic, I don't know if I can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!

More pics and stuff later, including more of our fun with Solomon....

Saving the big bucks!

So I got an invite to a coupon class, and I thought it was about time I followed my little sister's lead! I always looked for sales, but I wasn't a huge couponer or planner. The class was great, and the grocerysmarts.com website is a valuable resource. I am going to host a class in the future when this jury duty thing is done!

Some of my savings so far..
Albertsons 4/04 Spent 52.72 Saved 115.84!!! Total value 168.56 saving 68% off


This included 12 boxes of Post cereal for a little over $3!

Vons 3/11 Spent 114.58 Saved 94, value of 208.58, saving 45% off!

Another Albertsons trip I spent 30 something and saved over 70! That's 70% off!

Walgreens 4/7 Spent 18.22 Saved 13.65, saving 43%

CVS 4/7 Spent 41.99 Saved 36.14 This included Buy one Get one free make up and batteries. Saving 46%

I think the calculations are correct!!

So I have the saving fever!

Day 1 with Solomon

Solomon flew in on Sunday night. Monday I had off of jury duty, so we picked up his buddy Kyle & met up with my former roommie April and her girls at the park. We got ice cream at Dairy Queen. Also, I called Boomer's new owner, and Solomon and I got to see him since we gave him to the new owner. He is still so darn cute! She texted me some pics, but I don't have them on computer yet. We came home and had dinner with Jhon. Then we all went for a walk together since the weather was perfect. It was fun! It was a very fun day! We have some fun plans for the rest of Solomon's visit, so stay posted.

Also, I have updates on the pregnancy on this blog... http://peanutmosley.blogspot.com/