Thursday, July 17, 2008

A busy day.

We were out all day yesterday. First we had Christopher and James' pictures taken. I went to Penny's since I didn't feel like shelling out $100 for photos. I had a couple of coupons and in the end only spent $10. I don't mind that it takes two weeks or the pictures aren't nearly as fantastic as the expensive place. We had lunch and then decided to go to the mall to kill time before his Dr's appointment. I picked up a few things for Christmas (it's only 5 months away you know!) and J bought some clothes. Off to the Dr. I was not planning on getting his immunizations since I could get them free at the H.D. But they gave me a discount on the office visit and the shots were $10 with no admin fee so really I only spent $25 more than I had originally planned. I could have saved $50 by going to the health department but the shots are technically $10 there too. Depending on how nice they're feeling they might not charge you but I didn't want to spend my whole afternoon down there. I am still miffed that the Dr's office wouldn't do anything about the last visit. I still owe them the $369. I am making payments but they can only get as much as I can afford each month and it'll take me a few to pay it off. And if they were decent enough to adjust it I could pay it in full. Assholes.

I had planned on going to Babies R Us and Walmart today but it's raining and I have yet to buy the golf umbrella that has been on my mind the last three months. It is not easy to keep anyone dry with the little one I have now. So Christopher is napping, I am doing laundry and James is watching cartoons.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Lane Bryant. It's a love/hate relationship

It's the only place I can shop the majority of the time. But lately I hate going in there. What pisses me off the most is they know damned well those mannequins they dress are not a size 14. They use the same ones every other store uses so I am going to assume it's around a size 6 or so. The smallest shirts they have are pinned beyond belief, you don't ever wanna buy something off their mannequins even if it a must have last one in your size! Everything looks so cute until you hit the dressing rooms. Bastards. Besides the fact that I cringe at a $40 shirt, everything is so flashy. I don't want sequins, beads, pearls and loud prints. Just because I am plus sized doesn't mean I need to wear a sandwich board screaming it. And if the shirts aren't all jazzed up then they look like maternity shirts. Anyway I walked outta there with three flashy shirts and some new Bermuda shorts. I wouldn't have bought the shirts but they were black and the flash was also black which makes it a little less in your face. Maybe it's there way of saying, "get your lazy ass up and exercise, then you wouldn't even be in here!"

Sorry, we've been at the pool.

No I didn't fall off the face of the earth but I am thinking about. Things have been a little stressful. J entertained the idea of a new job and even went so far as to accept it verbally and then went dumbass and decided to stay with the company that screwed him. His point is that the company that just bought them out seems strong and well ran. I say fuck em. The new company may be all wonderful and shit but the vacation they earned for this year will not roll over and all employees will be considered new hires. That means no vacation. No 401-k for 90 days. and no benefits for 30 days. (not that the benefits meant much to us)

I am currently on the phone with my employee HR. It especially pissed me off when the rep said she locked me out of my "account" because my security question answers were wrong. Ummmm hello I don't even work there. I have no way to reset that shit. When she went into the policy and procedure and nothing she could do speech (which we are not supposed to say) I asked for her supervisor. They don't really need the security questions. It's just a formality and a huge pain in the ass. So the problem is Metlife has denied a claim for James since december. Since december I have been calling both companies to fix it. no matter how many times my HR updates it metlife says they didn't. So I sat on the phone for 45 minutes while the supervisor emailed it off again (damn I should have had her copy me on that email) and then actually called metlife, which is what they said they were doing two weeks ago. Metlife says HR has never contacted them. I don't believe it. So by end of business it should be correct and the dentist can stop hounding me for the $500 I DON'T owe them. Cross your fingers!

Christopher cut his first two teeth and is sleeping better every night. He has a doctor's appt tomorrow and 6 month pictures.

James is mostly ready for 2nd grade. We got his backpack, lunchbag, and most of his clothing and supplies. I say in all we only spent about $100 (I am the clearance queen)

We are having a dinner party for the joint birthdays in August and I have a closet full of presents.

pardon the bad typing Chris is attacking my hands and keyboard.


i think that's about it.