Nightmare in the making

This morning I went out before church to shovel the driveway and clean off the car. During the night a foot or just under that dropped on the ground (and it is still falling). Since B was on call the task fell to me, hooray for snow on call days. Anyways, I dusted off the snow from the car and went to work getting the snow I just pushed on the ground out of the way so we could actually get to the car. While I was in front of the car just finishing up I heard a loud BANG. It sounded like it came from the car but when I looked at it it appeared to be fine. Well, I went inside, quickly got dressed, went back outside to start the car, went back inside to grab the girls, and out we all went to head for church- on time might I add. (Which I think is a pretty good accomplishment for 9 am church.) When I opened the back door I saw where the bang came from. The back window. It had SHATTERED! It didn't just crack, I wish that was all that had happened because I could have still driven to church. (I don't get out as much right now with Thing 1 being as little as she is and with how cold it has been. Making the days I Do get to get out all the more priceless. Which I think makes this all the more frustrating. I don't care to be "stuck" inside against my own will.)


I have to clean this up?


Do you see the glass in their seats? DO YOU? IMAGINE That would have been all over them. HORRIBLE!

When I closed the car door the glass all fell in. This could have happened while my girls were in the car. The glass would have landed on my babies. What a horrible NIGHTMARE that would have been. As upset as I am that we have to deal this mess and are down to one car till we get this mess fixed, I am very glad that we were at home when it happened and I am even more relieved that my sweet babes weren't hurt from the glass breaking on their heads or faces. What a mess that would have been. I can't help but think of how blessed we are to have the girls be OK.



Well, I turned the car off and took the girls back inside, changed back into the shoveling clothes and went to work. One of my wonderful neighbors was outside and when I told him what happened he didn't even hesitate to come and help me shovel the rest of the driveway to the garage. I have been blessed with fabulous neighbors! On either side of my house we have wonderful men who have helped with the snow this season. They have been such a wonderful blessing for our family. There have been many days that we have been up to our eyeballs in snow but B has been on call and I have been unable to shovel- due to being 9 months pregnant or just having had a c section. These men have shoveled our driveway many times. I am forever grateful for their efforts towards our family.


Now I have the fun task of cleaning all the glass out of the back window and off of the car seats, but I'll save that for tomorrow.