Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Poor, Poor Petunia


I was hopping in the car, headed to pick up Ben from wrestling.

The garage door was closed, so I pushed the button and got behind the wheel.

As I started to back out, I had a feeling I should check behind the Suburban. Micah and his friends had been playing in the driveway and what if one of them had left something out?

I didn't check.

The casualty?


Petunia. Poor, poor Petunia.

At least I stopped before I did any expensive damage. Just the front rim.

I'll take her to the shop today. Then she'll be good as new, right?


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18 comments:

  1. larainydaysJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    I predict you'll be an obsessive checker from now on and that Petunia will fix up nicely.

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  2. JulzJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    Story of my life...in one blog post. The bike clutter in the garage might make me insane before I'm 35.

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  3. Susan AndersonJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    I agree with Laraine. After that type of incident, I become compulsively careful.

    The carefulness never generalizes, though. Too bad! I have to learn everything one bad move at a time...

    ;)

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  4. Maude LynnJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Oh, no!

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  5. sloanJanuary 26, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    d'oh!!

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  6. JenJanuary 26, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Oh no! That happened to my sons bike in my good friends driveway!
    Surely...she'll be just fine!

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  7. Allyson & JereJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    BOO! That really sucks! Sorry bout that one.

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  8. Tracie NallJanuary 26, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Ouch!!

    I hope she straightens out okay!

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 26, 2011 at 3:23 PM

    Poor Petunia!

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  10. KarliJanuary 26, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Better a bike than a child...

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  11. KristinJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:03 PM

    Oh Petunia....it seems like just yesterday you were riding her around the neighborhood.

    Oh yeah--it was just yesterday. Too bad her productive morning went awry in the afternoon.

    Don't worry....I'm sure she'll be back on her wheels again soon.

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  12. DarleneJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    So glad it wasn't any worse. It surely could have been. I agree with Laraine and Sue, you will likely be very compulsive , at least for quite a long time.

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  13. karenJanuary 26, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    I'm glad it was only Petunia. She will heal and be as good as new. Something else might not have. It was your lucky day! And yet...unlucky.

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  14. PamJanuary 26, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    Poor Petunia!!

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  15. JessJanuary 26, 2011 at 9:24 PM

    Aww dang! I hate when I don't listen to those promptings. Sorry about pretty petunia's tire.

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  16. HeidiJanuary 26, 2011 at 10:24 PM

    Gotta love those kinda days!

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2011 at 7:23 AM

    Darn! It's usually the scooters I run over. They're low profile and I can't ever see them, yet they make the most awful SCRAPING sound when you run over them.

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  18. UnknownJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:53 AM

    Poor Petunia! Well at least the injury doesn't look too life threatening. She'll be back in no time!

    Don't you just hate it when you don't follow your own instincts? I've kicked myself many times for doing the same thing.

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