I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy whatever it is that you’re doing today, whether it be cooking and entertaining or settling in with a good book.

If you’re out and about driving, SAFE TRAVELS!

Catch you back here tomorrow!

Texting while driving makes you 23X more likely to crash.

Can you live with that statistic? Is it worth it to send a text while driving and risk killing or seriously injuring someone?

I know that texting is the way of the world right now. BUT… not while you’re driving. There comes a point where it should no longer be socially acceptable. The majority of people are confident that they can drive and text safely, while another majority says it’s “easy” to do so.

However more and more people are getting injured and killed because people are texting while driving.

I want to share some statistics with you from textinganddrivingsafety.com:

(Note: while these statistics are in reference to young adult drivers, this info is meant for everyone):

Texting and Driving Statistics

Texting while driving is a growing trend, and a national epidemic, quickly becoming one of the country’s top killers. Drivers assume they can handle texting while driving and remain safe, but the numbers don’t lie.

Texting While Driving Causes:

1,600,000 accidents per year – National Safety Council
330,000 injuries per year – Harvard Center for Risk Analysis Study
11 teen deaths EVERY DAY – Ins. Institute for Hwy Safety Fatality Facts
Nearly 25% of ALL car accidents

Texting While Driving Is:

About 6 times more likely to cause an accident than driving intoxicated
The same as driving after 4 beers – National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin.
The number one driving distraction reported by teen drivers

Texting While Driving:

Makes you 23X more likely to crash – National Hwy Transportation Safety Admin.
Is the same as driving blind for 5 seconds at a time – VA. Tech Transportation Institute
Takes place by 800,000 drivers at any given time across the country
Slows your brake reaction speed by 18% – HumanFactors & Ergonomics Society
Leads to a 400% increase with eyes off the road

Textinganddrivingsafety.com created a fabulous graphic, check it out! 

Ready to sign a pledge to not text and drive? Click HERE! More info, or school contact: TextingThumbBands.com

Info and/or images via TextingAndDrivingSafety.com, used with permission…

Will you please consider sharing this post? Catch you back here tomorrow!

 

HaPpY HaLlOwEeN!

Hee hee… Happy Halloween to you and yours! What do you usually do on Halloween? Take your kids trick or treating? Stay home and pass out candy? Go to a party?

Take this quick poll!

Also…

Daylight Savings Time ends tonight! So before you go to bed, set your clocks BACK one hour.

So yippee, we gain an hour of sleep tonight!

Catch you back here tomorrow!

 

This photo was taken on Monhegan at Pulpit Rock (which you cannot actually see in this photo)… this is one of our favorite places on the island. To just sit and be… to listen to the quiet that is so loud to me, because I don’t hear quiet THAT quiet. Peaceful. Lovely. The fresh air, the scenic shoreline, the happy times of relaxing, hiking, visiting with friends…

Today I am wishing the happiest of birthdays to my other half, my better half… my husband, Fred! I’m happy that he caught up with me (age-wise) –

Fred, if I could buy you the perfect gift I would fly you back to Monhegan where we would sit right where you are on this rock. But, for now, we’ll go with memories… and cake!

Thank you for being the sweetest man in the world and I love you more than you can ever imagine!

❤️🎂🎉😍❤️

Catch you back here tomorrow!

You know fall is in the air when you start seeing mums for sale. Costco has huge pots of them. I don’t usually buy them because it doesn’t seem like they last long here in Charleston. When we were in Maine, The Island Inn (Monhegan) was planting flowers, mums and some other various plants and they were just beautiful. I loved the color of their mums, not yellow, more of a pinky color, just beautiful!

I am thrilled that cooler air is upon us! Catch you back here tomorrow!

I wrote a post several years ago about the stamps I purchased from the machine inside the post office. Wow, have things ever changed.

These are recent stamps from that very same machine. They don’t look like they’ve been printed in someone’s basement, ha ha… these look more like REAL stamps! Woohoo! Thought that post deserved an update ;)

On another note, can you believe it’s already October? Wow, time flies!

Catch you back here tomorrow!

Does your dog wolf their food down? Or do you have a dog eats at a nice leisurely pace? Well, for those of us with the dogs who eat too quickly (which can cause problems) – Here is a quick tip!

I was researching different dog bowls/dishes, they make some that make it more difficult for your pet to get to the food which in turn slows down their eating. They aren’t cheap, but apparently they are effective. While checking into the dog dishes I ran across a hot tip.

PUT A SPOON IN THE DISH.

What? I truly didn’t think that would work, but guess what? IT WORKS! Charlie doesn’t like the noise, which is ok, he works through it, and quickly became used to it. We had stopped for a while because he was eating at a normal pace. He just started the eating-fast situation again, so we’re back to the spoon :)

I love when there is a solution that doesn’t cost a lot! Catch you back here tomorrow!