Always the Unexpected

Well, I almost made it home last night after the Knitting Guild meeting. Unfortunately, a deer decided to commit suicide against my car when I was about 5 miles from home. I was able to drive home slowly with some squeaking and rubbing against the tire which didn't affect the speed or the control of the car.

This is what I saw in the daylight this morning - it doesn't look too bad in the photo but the headlight and grill and quarter-panel are all pushed in. Another view.

And here she goes to the body shop. You can see the damage to both doors now. Safeco Insurance has been great - highly recommended for making this as easy as possible. They set me up with a rental car too, unfortunately it's a HUGE Dodge Durango - as close to a tank as you can get. They will change me to a smaller car on Monday. The repair estimate is coming in very close to the amount for totaling the car - I hope they won't do that as I really don't want to go looking for a new car right now, and I love this Subaru.

So, as they say, life is what happens when you're making other plans.

Recipe for Beautiful Hair

I found this recipe for Hair Tonic is a scrapbook of crochet patterns found at an antique shop. It dates to the early 1900s. Who wants to try it? - sulpher, glycerine, alcohol, with a little sage - 10 minutes every evening for two months!