More house stuff....and a busted up van :(

AJ and I went by the house today, after visiting the repair shop. We are waiting for them to start framing the house any day now. Ohhh, it's getting so exciting to see the progress. Since the last pics, they have back filled in the dirt, poured the garage and basement floor. They have poured the steps leading into the basement. They have filled in the area with dirt that is going to be the porch. They are putting up 4 other houses right now. The last one was getting the roof put on today. We're thinking they are going to start the framing of the house tomorrow. I can't wait. Here are some pics from today..







Now that you've seen the happy part, time for the :::sniff, sniff::: part. I was at the bank last Friday before going out of town. I had to pick up some paperwork to fax to the mortgage company. Anyway, I was backing out of a parking spot and felt "THUMP" I got out of the car fully prepared to appologize when the man was shouting "You hit me!!" I looked and HIS car was embedded in the side of MY car!! The whole back side (not the back of the van, but the side of the van towards the back) of my van was smooshed. Thankfully, the baby and I were alright. That's what really matters but it just burned my gizzard that this man kept saying it was my fault. I told him not to move the car until the police showed up because I wanted the officer to see how the cars were placed. Unfortunately the officer could not place blame, or write a ticket being it was private property. Seriously, when the officer told the man to move his car "strait out of the side" of my van, the whole van rocked back and forth. He nailed me. It's really heart breaking. Sooo, my little girl will have to go into the shop on Sept. 25 to be fixed. I seriously hate driving a busted up vehicle but I guess there could be worse things to contend with really. I did ask the officer if my insurance company would be able to obtain pics of the accident. He said yes. I made the statement that the pics would tell the whole story and he said "yes ma'am it will, but I can't do anything because it's private property. Anyway, here are some pics of my smooshed van.





Pretty sad huh??? Hopefully she'll get everything fixed up and looking like new again soon enough. Everyone, just be careful out there!!! Love you all!!