Good things gone bad...well just for a minute.

So I was right...The goodness couldn't last forever. Well don't feel too bad for us, we DID have a bump but nothing horiffic. The night of our Christmas party I was on my own with the kids, Justin had a union meeting that his crew from work planned to go to together due to some drama at work and yada yada.... So end of the Christmas party, night time, packing up all the food stuff I brought for the party, knowing that I was going to have to make several trips, I went to move my car to the front of the Church so I didn't have to walk as far (wearing heels that were kinda ouchy-well not kinda, REALLY ouchy). Lucas followed me out and was waiting on the sidewalk, so I kept my door opened as I backed out so I wouldn't run him over (I know how well he listens) and as I was watching out for my son.....I crunched a van that was already parked at the curb. BUMMER!! I was looking out my door and not out my back window...drivers ED, lesson #3 watch the road in the direction you're traveling. I put a very large grapefruit size dent in the bumper, didn't do any damage to the quarter panel or doors. However my insurance company said I have safe driving discounts that would remain in effect even with an "at fault" accident but my monthly payments WOULD go up for 3 years. The tricky part is they can't or won't or don't know how much your rates will go up until they actually enter the claim so you can't decide if it will be cheaper to pay for a small mishap out of pocket or use your insurance. go figure... It just so happened it was my Aunt Jimmie Jan's van and she was very sad cause they just replaced the bumper last week from a similar accident at the Seattle airport. grrrr........SOOO there ya have it. Merry Stinkin Christmas!! 630$ later I replaced their bumper and it is all taken care of, NO ONE was SQUISHED, thank goodness. I must have got it at an odd angle because I was going 3 miles an hour in reverse already braking preparing to go forward and just went 6 inches too far. "I was breaking for crying out loud." I was going so slow that my Envoy suffered absolutely NO DAMAGE what so ever. No paint rub exchange, no dent, the layer of dirt on my bumper might even still be intact. Well it was an annoying finance set back, but again I am counting my blessings that no one was hurt, and we are blessed to have the money to pay for it. 2 big blessings. Let the goodness in my life continue. AMEN to that!!