What's That Sound?!?

Listen....can you hear that??? It's the sound of the Big Yellow Birds firing up after sitting unused over the summer!! I guess I am an odd duck, because I love to buy school supplies...notebooks, pencils, binders, pens...last fall was espcially nifty for me because I was buying school supplies for ME. Yeah, it was just one college class, but dang it was awesome to go back to school :0) Anyway, my son has registration next week...gets his student ID pic, his schedule, his locker, ect. He will be a FRESHMAN this year. Yes, my baby is a freshman. Boy does it make me feel old saying that...and I have the grey hair to prove it!

Chatting with my MIL about the upcoming family reunion yesterday....getting our ducks in a row on who's bringing what food (I'm springing a Wild Rice Waldorf salad one everybody - yum!), ect. I can not stress enough how excited I am about this event...there are several people on my hubby's side of the family that I have never met. They don't get together much, so this will be extremely cool :0)

I saw this story on my Yahoo! homepage when I fired up the ol' computer this morning and just had to shake my head. You all have heard Bill Engvall and his "here's your sign" skit, right? Well, this guy totally ignored his sign and lost his truck. People like him are the reason we have stupid warnings on EVERYTHING (like "do not use in shower" on your blowdryer). Hope you get a giggle out of it:

Pa. man watches helplessly as train squashes truck
Mon Aug 4, 9:06 PM ET

Nathan Miller learned the hard way that "Road Closed" signs are posted for a reason. The 25-year-old Milesburg man ventured onto a closed road Sunday afternoon in search of good fishing at Bald Eagle State Park, but got his pickup truck stranded on some railroad tracks.

After trying for 45 minutes to dislodge the truck, Miller said he could do nothing but step back and watch a Norfolk Southern train smash into it.
"I backed up a little bit and watched the show," he said. "It looked just like TV but louder."

Signs clearly stated the road was closed, but Miller said he decided to "give it a shot" after hearing about the fishing spot. He has no intentions of going back.
"I was an idiot," Miller said. "Pretty much a local idiot just trying to go fishing."
Police cited Miller for trespassing.

Neighbors could hear the train screeching its brakes for some time before the crash, and state police said no one was hurt.

Have a great day y'all!!!!