‎"If your tire blows out, you should . . . #2. Slowly increase your speed until your momentum balances your car on the remaining three tires. " Or how about, "If you're choosing between crashing with something soft or something hard, always choose the soft thing." Hmmm. I'm so glad I'm taking this defensive driving course. Now I know what to do. (That first one is false, btw. Please don't try it.) Like · · April 16, 2011 at 4:34pm Elaine Dittmer likes this. Homer Alvarez Is there a "#3. Scream obscenities and swerve wildly from lane to lane until you get to one side of the road and use the guardrail to slow you to a complete stop" option? April 16, 2011 at 5:44pm · Like Lisa Anselmo I am TOTALLY going to try and drive on 3 wheels. April 16, 2011 at 5:46pm · Like Elaine Dittmer how about: 4; veer off the road into the ditch, over correct, going back onto the highway, clip the left rear bumper of the car in front of you, get airborne and sail across the median strip, across the lane of on coming traffic, in front of a semi, land on the side of the road, blow the remaining three tires and land facing the traffic. WE were the car clipped from behind. Try explaining THAT to you insurance company and the highway patrol. PS they were uninsured. April 16, 2011 at 7:07pm · Like

You know your two-year-old has the upper hand when you and your husband are standing by the staircase having a quiet and urgent conversation that goes something like: Dave: (whipering) Do you think we could put on her jammies? Me: Uhh . . . Yes. She's distracted, I think I can do it. Like · · April 16, 2011 at 8:08pm Elaine Dittmer, Cindy Childress, Kirsten Ahmann DiDonna and 2 others like this. Jennifer Gibson Eager Be brave. Be strong. The two of you can take her. April 16, 2011 at 8:11pm · Like · 1

Defensive Driving

wants to cut defensivedriving.com some slack but . . . "You should not make a U-turn if . . . 3. there is a chance that vehicles may hit you . . ." Seriously? LOL! Like · · April 14, 2011 at 11:07am Pamela Schultz You havn't been hit have you? April 14, 2011 at 11:41am · Like Becky Morrow McDaniel My daughter is writing an MLA paper for her English class on Tasers and their effect and she ran across something similar, this is what she put as her FB status yesterday...LOL------I'm hoping I don't get in trouble for not citing it, but I... See More April 14, 2011 at 11:51am · Like · 1 Eliz Wiggins You didn't get that one wrong, did you? Haha! April 14, 2011 at 6:38pm · Like

In the car, after I accidentally peeled out from a parking lot . . . Andrew: Woah, Mom. Slow down! Me: This is my new race car van! Andrew: uhhh . . . nope. (2 minutes later) Andrew: Mom, our car isn't a van anymore. It's a different car. Me: (excitedly) is it a race car?! Andrew: (pregnant pause) Nnno. . . . (sigh) well, my van has 17 cup holders. In your face, Ricky Bobby! Like · · April 14, 2011 at 7:07pm Eliz Wiggins, Elaine Dittmer, Lester Lawler and 2 others like this. Pamela Schultz Someday those lines will be reversed. April 14, 2011 at 7:46pm · Like Elaine Dittmer When Matt was 4, riding with John,who was driving with one hand, he said, Use BOTH hands like daddy! April 15, 2011 at 1:26pm · Like

is unpacking and loving the fact that my clothes smell like Austin. I hope you guys feel comfortable telling me when I start to stink because I might not wash them for a while . . . all future lunch dates might need to be outside. I'm just sayin'. Like · · April 12, 2011 at 10:18am Lisa Anselmo, Melanie Palmer Mims and 2 others like this. Elaine Dittmer smells like home, girl. April 12, 2011 at 11:18am · Like Lester Lawler you should move back to Austin. April 12, 2011 at 11:36am · Like Lesley Arora sounds like you guys had fun-can't wait to hear about it! April 12, 2011 at 1:50pm · Like Pamela Schultz You know, if you lived closer I could babysit more often. I'm just sayin". April 12, 2011 at 2:52pm · Like

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Andrew: Mom, everyone makes toots. Even GIRLS! Me: Shhhh. Repeat after me, "What? I don't smell anything! It must have been the cat." Like · · April 12, 2011 at 8:17pm Elaine Dittmer, Melanie Palmer Mims, Ashley Derrington and 4 others like this. Ryan H. Latham I so look forward to conversations like that with Gabrial and SethRyan April 12, 2011 at 8:22pm · Like Lester Lawler its always the dog..lol April 12, 2011 at 8:32pm · Like · 1 Hollie Wood Blair hee hee hee April 12, 2011 at 9:25pm · Like Elaine Dittmer ‎:-). No one says ANYTHING, wrinkles a nose or waves a hand: watering eyes can't be helped however. Chrissy tells Chloe, 3.5, that a bad smell won't hurt her! She thinks she's being gassed, I do believe. But that CAN'T be grandma, right? And she's right down there at source level, poor thing! April 13, 2011 at 6:56am · Unlike · 1

had a wonderful time in Austin last week! Our only regret is that we weren't able to catch up with all of our Austin friends. This was our first trip back since the kids were born and we didn't want to overwhelm ourselves (i.e. US! The kids were fine, we were exhausted. LOL!). Now that we've broken the seal, I think we'll visit again soon and more often. We can't wait to see all of you next time we're there! Like · · April 11, 2011 at 9:05am Elaine Dittmer and Claudia Holguin-Sossen like this. Pamela Schultz Glad your home. Love you. April 11, 2011 at 9:59am · Like

In addition to all those alerts about facebook's nefarious plans to misuse my personal info, didn't I also hear a rumor that they were going to eat my children? Because today is one of those days when I'm totally OK with that. :) Like · · April 10, 2011 at 2:00pm via mobile D'Anne Gorman Fodor, Melanie Palmer Mims, Priti Shah and 9 others like this. Elaine Dittmer well, you need several grandmothers on call, two blocks away! April 10, 2011 at 5:05pm · Like Andrea Deaton AND....Warning: Tomorrow Facebook will change its settings to allow zombies to come into your house while you sleep & eat your brains with a sharpened spoon. To stop this from happening, go to Accounts/Home Invasion Settings/Cannibalism/Brains & un-check the "Tasty" box. April 11, 2011 at 3:58am · Unlike · 1