We live in a rural area. We go to a small church. One of the things that the guys in the church do regularly is get together for target practice. They got together yesterday after church, at our house, and decided to invite the ladies this time too. Keep in mind that it was the coldest day of the season so far and we had snow flurries in the morning. A surprising amount of people bundled up and came for target practice. R had to work and was let down that she had to miss the target practice. She was happy to find out that she could leave early and got home in time to fire her daddy's gun. For those of you who are wondering, we do keep our guns locked, unloaded and out of sight. Anyway, the gun slipped down her shoulder a little and the scope got her in the eye on the recoil. She came in the house and checked herself out in the mirror. When she saw blood, she decided to lay down before she passed out. This is her laying on the floor. I have no idea why she is smiling.
The little cut looked an awful lot like the one she got on the bridge of her nose in a horse riding incident with her cousin. She had a run in with a cedar tree and the tree won. She had "cedar rash" all over her face at that time and her glasses cut into the bridge of her nose leaving an open cut that required 4 stitches. This cut looked like that one. She refused to have it looked at and thinking about explaining to ER personnel how she cut her eye at a "church shoot out party" we decided to respect her wishes and just put a butterfly on it. Her eye went bloodshot right away so she took her contact out of that eye. Then we had to patch it so she wasn't straining her eyes. Here she is with her butterfly before the patch. Again, we're not sure why she is smiling.
She wore the butterfly to school and both contacts and answered the "what did you do?" question multiple times. When she got home she peeled the butterfly off. Here is what it looks like now. A did something that made her laugh and that is why she is smiling in this pic. You can see that it's bruising just a little. Goofy kid. It's not like she never fired a gun before and her dad was right next to her. Just one of those things.
It was Monday all day today. I kept getting strange interruptions, phone calls, and more phone calls, I spilled a basket full of little office type supplies, etc. We still haven't heard any word about the adoption process. And so it goes.
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My oldest daughter was out both Saturday and Sunday here hunting with her daddy. Sitting in a tree stand in freezing cold weather, Crazy kid! I still find it amusing how much our families are similar, Amy! My daughter asked for and is getting a bow for Christmas...not a cross-bow either! They are so expensive that she's giving up her birthday gift too! And only some little things in a stocking to go along with the bow this year for Christmas! ~Hugs to you and prayers!
Thanks Danelle. It is a little weird how much our families are alike. Did they get anything while they were hunting? I hope she enjoys her bow. R likes them too. She just likes the regular bows, not compound.
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