What a beautiful daughter I have! I can't believe how fast she is growing. So far this year we were introduced to junior high drama, learned how to juggle two different school schedules (they start and end over an hour apart), figured out weekend practices are the only way to get in two full hours for band each week, have gone to the dark side- ripped up acid washed jeans- if you can believe that's back, decided shopping is fun, and... the drum roll please... asked to get rid of all the purple and butterflies. Her room is officially in transition from little girl to very chic. This means right now I have turned her room into a big mess and am covered in paint. I'm expecting it to take a couple of weeks to finish, but will be posting pictures for you when it's ready.
I must admit I found a designer I love and pulled an HGTV move. Yes, I am officially a copycat. That's what you learn in business school. Too bad I didn't just go to design school and then I could have figured it out on my own!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
When they are playing fair
Last week we thought we would be troopers and pay off our car. So I went to the bank and got a friendly cashier's check and took myself down to the post office and sent a certified letter to Wachovia Dealer Services, to the address they requested I send the payment to. The next day a person by the name of R. Quinonez stamped their Wachovia stamp with their name and took my payment who knows where. Interestingly enough, the payment got itself lost somehow between their signing for it and when it was supposed to post to my account. I keep getting calls from their collection department telling me they are going to report me to the credit bureaus. I keep telling them I have proof they received my cashiers check and proof of the amount. I told them to contact the post office if they needed to, sent them copies of everything, and now they are disappearing. No one is available to talk. Go figure. Last night Tony filed a complaint with the attorney general. They are demanding payment. Does the 5 figure check I sent them count? They don't seem to think so, but the law is just not doing it's part to agree with them. Wow. It's just one of those weeks.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
This funny kid
Yesterday at the bank there was this way funny kid. I had to share. He was about 2 and had this little system going with his 4 year old sister. Here is the deal. He would wait until his mom wasn't looking. Then he would pound her one. After his hitting her, he proceeded to run over to his mom and babble, point to his sister, and cry like a maniac. Then he would wait for his mom to get his sister- Charlese she kept saying- into trouble. When the cycle ended, he would repeat. Poor Charlese. But the kid sure made me laugh for the day. It happened three times- once with about 5 hits. A whole new meaning is given to, "The beatings will continue until morale improves!" Classic- kids start outsmarting us at 2 apparently!