On My Mind: 4/30/13

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This car:
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“Heidi being haunted by creepy dolls” continues to be a real thing. I saw this car several weeks ago on my way to church. I was alone, but had the presence of mind to snap a photo. When I passed by later the car was gone. Where it went with that flat tire, I have no idea. I have not seen it since.

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Roadkill. Apparently this is going to be that kind of post.
I posted a picture to my facebook page of a dead raccoon. Someone had tied a “Get Well Soon” balloon to its little paw. I was unjustly accused of being the ballooner, but in this case I’m afraid that honor belongs to someone else. However, it did remind me of the following true story:

Once upon a time, several years ago, the woman next-door and her children went out of town, leaving the dad home alone. Shortly after his family left he called and asked if I had seen their cat, Shadow. She had run off and he was concerned. Sadly, I had not, but I promised to keep an eye out for her.
A few days later, on the very day that the wife and children were to return home, I saw a black cat, dead, along the side of the road not far from where I lived. I tried calling my neighbor, but couldn’t reach him. I didn’t want the neighbor children to see their poor cat like that, so I loaded my car with a garbage bag, a shovel, and some gloves, buckled Newt into her car seat, and steeled myself to do a good deed.
I parked and told Newt I needed to do something for a second, and that she should just look at her book. Then I got out my tools and…handled things.
When I got home, I put the garbage bag in my freezer and left a message for my neighbor to give me a call.
He did not call that evening or the next morning. Finally, I walked over to let him know that I had found Shadow. He answered the door and…a black cat came out on the porch and rubbed up against my ankles. Apparently their cat had come home a few days prior and I had a random dead cat in my freezer.
The End

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This:

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Um… Nope. That’s pretty much it: creepy dolls, roadkill, Indy. Sounds about right.

What’s on your mind today?

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13 Comments

  1. Oh Heidi! Thanks for the good laugh!

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    • Any time. 😉

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  2. Next time someone questions me, I’m going to shriek, “I’ve wasted my liiiife!” and run away. Just like the knight.

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    • Best response ever.

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      • It totally is. It works for ANYthing.

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  3. ROFLOL. I’ll be sure to call you if I have missing animal issues!!!

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    • I’ll be right there!

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  4. Hello Heidi! Great post! I’m still smiling! Let me tell you something-that is one creepy car! Thanks for the laugh! 😀

    Vashti

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    • You’re welcome and thank you!

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  5. Heidi,
    I was on edge, dreading that the well-meaning freezer-cat woman was going to discover the bodies of her neighbor’s wife and kids!! So happy not.

    Guess my mind is in a morbid place today…
    ki-wing

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    • I was not expecting you to expect that.

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  6. LOL! I was laughing so hard, Anthony wanted to hear what all the rukus was about.

    After reading the story, he immediately responded with “WOW, so that is where you get your weird experiences from? That Hill gene is pretty dominate.”

    You crack me up.

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    • If only our husbands knew what they were marrying into…

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