Traffic 101

Today was four hours of useful information, so after $175 speeding ticket later I learned some interesting stuff that I thought I should pass on to my friends:

1. Women invented seat belts - big surprise!
2. Stop signs used to be yellow
3. You can't go more than 85 without being considered a "criminal"
4. You only get 6 points counted against you if you are involved in an accident, and leave the scene of it (CRAZY), but yet it's 2 points for a speeding ticket!
5. Children are legally allowed to sit in the back of a truck, with no seat belts
6. Dogs are suggested to be tied up if riding in the back of a truck, but if it's summertime you will instead get in trouble for pet abuse/endangerment.
7. If you get pulled over and the cop asks you if they can test you for drinking, if you say no, your license can be revoked for one year, a worse penalty than a DUI.
8. If you arrive at a four way stop at the same time as someone else, you would allow the person to your right to go first.
9. Someone with their music loud, has the same hearing impairment as a 93 year old person.
10. You can call the police if you feel that your life is in "imminent" danger with another driver on the road (Road Rage)
11. There is such a thing as "The Stupid Motorist" law, for those who think they can cross a raging river and get stuck!
12. The most expensive ticket, is driving in an HOV lane by yourself within the posted hours.
13. You can "run" a red light if an emergency vehicle is behind you and you are unable to pull off to the right to get out of their way.
14. If you start skidding, you are supposed to turn your wheel in the direction that you are skidding to slow your vehicle down.
15. Playing jeopardy for 4 hours with a bunch of random strangers is better than 8 hours with gory videos.
16. Time flies, when you make a new friend at Traffic school (like my husband said we have something in common...speeding)!

Easter Weekend

Remember as kids we looked forward to visiting the Easter bunny at the mall and to get a picture on his lap? What did we ever ask of it, can you please bring me a shiny pink plastic egg on Sunday? We got to look for them all over our yard, and couldn't even carry all of them back to our baskets! Only to find they were filled with loads of more candy we didn't need to fulfill our sugar rush. I decided to take a bunch of candy filled eggs to the park yesterday for all of my nephews to enjoy, you know what they asked me, is there money in them? I don't know about your traditions, but never did I get money from a plastic egg, thrown in the grass, and supposedly left by the Easter bunny. Don't get me wrong, traditions are fun but changing them up to please children who already have everything is crazy to me. I think getting together with family is so much more important. We were blessed this weekend to go to our church for Good Friday service and sang so loudly that I know my grandparents in heaven could even hear me! Saturday we were able to demonstrate our love for CCV and take my in-laws and brother in law to service, Sunday as well with my parents. I have to tell you, going to service three days in a row was not too much (as my husband complained it was), but felt relief for all the years I had found something better to do which now amazes me! Nothing has compared to what we experienced with our families this past weekend....priceless.