I am a WAHM. Have been since 2000 and haven't looked back. Wouldn't trade it for the world. I have 3 beautiful kids and am married to a wonderful and supportive husband.
I'm still trying to finish up my transcription work for the morning and just wanted to take a little break...so what do I do? Go right to blogging. Heh heh.
I have tons of cleaning to do....my house looks like a disaster area. The girls love to "play school" and they rearrange the furniture, etc. to make it look like a classroom. Of course, they then take all of my office supplies too. Arggh, I just didn't have the time last night to get it all back to normal. There has got to be an easier way...I am seriously thinking of having someone come over every other week to help out. My neighbor has someone help her clean every other week and she does EVERYTHING. $60/week certainly seems worth it.
I'm not sure what will answer my laundry issues. I cannot seem to keep up. When I get close to catching up, I fall behind again. *Sigh*.
Okay, I need to get off here and start back up transcribing...
I just wanted to give a shout out to my PPP friend Suni. I was having problems last week with one of my domain blogs and she took the time through IM to help me figure out what it was. Seriously. It was just a minor problem and everything turned out fine, but it meant the world to me that she was there to help. She has 10 blogs and I don't know how she does it...She's my Super Suni. Oh, and she also makes Wordpress themes as well. Take a lookie here.
Since I started blogging, more and more I have been reading about how powerful social networks are. Look at the popularity of MySpace. They are now billionaires because advertisers have realized that they really do generate unlimited marketing possibilities. Obviously the owners of MySpace have reaped the benefits monetarily twofold.
So, AGLOCO was formed. What is AGLOCO? "AGLOCO is A Global Community that is owned by its members." The concept is simple. Sign up (which I have done a couple weeks ago). You will download the Viewbar toolbar (it is currently in beta but will be available for download in a couple of weeks, and no, it does not contain spyware). You start surfing the net just like you do everyday. Get paid. Get paid even more for referrals. Why not join the Agloco Network just like I have? Will I make billions? Maybe not, but I could be on my way. ;)
I went with Kaitlyn on her field trip today. It was an Arabian Horse Show which featured "The Black Stallion", which is the book that the whole 4th grade is currently reading. It was a lot of fun - the kids really enjoyed it. There were a lot of screaming kids in that coliseum and my ears starting popping. Seriously. I've been to concerts louder than that. I must be getting old. *Sigh*
The next big field trip is an annual event with the whole 4th grade. They get to spend the night at the zoo. They take a nature walk throughout the zoo in the evening and then do the same in the morning. They get a first hand look of what goes on "behind the scenes". Brandon took this trip a couple years ago and he really enjoyed it. This year, my brother Carl wants to help chaperone the class. God help him. Heh heh.
A 1968 Ford Mustang to be exact. A couple weeks ago I talked about how I missed my Mustang that I drove when I was in high school. Looking back now I realize how much of a gem that little car was. I sold my '68 in the early 90's. It was sad to see it go. My father had completely restored it and really was a sweet looking car. It kind of prompted me to look online just so I could see some pictures of them and ended up on Lemon Free Car Classifieds. Their site is fairly easy to navigate. Did you know that you can list your car for free on their site? You can add up to 10 pictures of your vehicle, you never have to give them a credit card, and your listing stays on their site until it's sold! Pretty cool deal if you ask me.
Anyways, I was able to find a 1968 Ford Mustang right away. Here's the pic below:
The only difference is my 'Stang was blue. *Sigh*. It makes me miss it even more. I'm going to have to show my Dad this site. It might just make him want to restore another Mustang - Brandon will be driving in four years....
I got the call back from our tax guy. Pretty sweet refund - $4800 from Federal and $550 from State. It's been e-filed so hopefully we'll get it deposited into our account soon - like tomorrow. Heh heh. Gotta pay off Bryan's new swanky computer (which I'm so jealous of because of Vista) and save up for our vacation this summer. It never fails though - something always comes up and we end up using it for that. Such is life.
Maddie was feeling much better today - she was quite sleepy when I woke her up this morning but she was fine once she got up and got changed...she was actually excited to be going to school after missing last Thursday and Friday.
Kait has been doing really well. No anxiety anymore. She's getting all caught up. I'll be going with her on a field trip tomorrow. We'll be heading to the Arabian Horse Show. Eek all day with these kids. I wonder how many I'll be in charge of. It reminded me of a time when my father in law accompanied Kait and her class to Chase Field (where our AZ Diamondbacks play). He was in charge of 5 kids. They all went to a pizza place for lunch and he took that time to call my mother in law. While he was on the phone with her, you could hear him asking Kait, "Where's Johnny (I think that was his name), where is he? Where did he go?" Needless to say, that's the last field trip he chaperoned. Heh heh.
Busy day for recruiting calls and then the two older ones have clubs after school and then Kait has CCD. Still trying to figure out what to do with dinner too. I'll be in and out....
Hmmm, PayPerPost has something up their sleeves. They will be making a big announcement in a couple of weeks and I'm really curious as to what it is. Maybe they're getting a huge tax refund and are sharing the wealth with all of us Posties, heh heh - I wish!!
I've been posting with them for the last four months and it is by far my favorite company to post for. It's evident that blog advertising is the wave of the future and am happy (so's my bank account) that I have the opportunity to post for them. Their recent rollout with segmentation has been a little rough on me, but this has made me realize that I really need to be on my own domain and focus on my niche(s). So, that's what I've done. I bit the bullet and purchased my own domains (4 of them, gah) and am working hard to make sure that they concentrate on the topic at hand. It is easy for me to get off topic, lol.
Okay, back to the rumors. Could Ted be putting in his bid for the presidential nomination? Are we all invited to the Postiecon all expenses paid? I don't know...whatever it is, it should be quite interesting, can't wait to find out!
I thought that Maddie was in the all clear - she was totally fine yesterday, no complaints of upset tummy, no throwing up, etc. Well, 12:30 AM and there she was in the bathroom again. Ugh. She slept until about 11:30 this morning and she seems to be doing fine so far. It's a beautiful day outside today and wants desperately to go play so instead she's making bead bracelets with her sister Kaitlyn.
I've got to catch up on laundry...again. I'm hoping our tax guy calls today to let us know our taxes are done. I hope we get a nice refund like we did last year!!
Appetizer Where on your body do you have a scar, and what caused it?
I have a couple chicken pox scars on my face and shoulder. Evidently having the chicken pox as a child did not go over very well with me, as I was a scratching fool (from what my mother said).
Soup What is something that has happened to you that you would consider a miracle?
You know, I really can't think of anything right now....
Salad Name a television personality who really gets on your nerves.
Jerry Springer. Can't stand him.
Main Course What was a funny word you said as a child (such as "pasketti" for "spaghetti")?
Hmmm, I'll have to ask my Mom about this one. I can't think of any...
Dessert Fill in the blank: I have always thought ______ was ______.
I have always thought that being the oldest of eight kids was pretty crazy at times.
Don't you hate it when you get that message on your screen that you're about ready to run out of toner? For me, it's quite annoying so a lot of the time I turn it off. Therein lies the problem. When I'm ready to print something - I'm unable to because I'm completely out of toner. So, I always end up having to go right then and there to one of those office supply stores to get toner cartridges. I don't know what it is, but 60 percent of the time they're out of it and have to travel to another store to see if they have it. It's a big hassle. I know what you're thinking...I should be more prepared when I run out of ink...he he...well, I think I found myself the solution. Databazaar.com carries the cartridges I need for my printer plus sell them cheaper than when I buy them in the store. It gets better - they ship for FREE!! I subscribed to get their updates and coupons and I got a $5.00 off coupon to apply to my next purchase. Toner cartridges are not the only thing they carry - they have everything from fax supplies to specialty paper. So now I don't have an excuse to be out of toner. With FREE shipping, I think I'll be stocked up in advance. :)
You know, just when I thought that we were all feeling better it just hits you again...We just cannot catch a break with all the sickness that has been recycled in my family for the past two months. Madelyn starting throwing up early this morning - 12:30 AM and it went on about three more times...Needless to say this I am quite exhausted and I'm trying my darndest to stay awake and keep up with laundry.
With all of my follow-up calls that I've done today, it just amazes me to no end what some people think is appropriate phone etiquette. I had one gal tell me to hold one while she had a full on conversation with her husband on her cell phone. I'm not interested in hearing about what their dinner plans are. When she called me back and had to leave me a voicemail she sounded perturbed that she had to do so. Tough luck chickie...today is not the day to be messing around with me ;) Okay, enough my ranting. Just had to get that off my chest.
My brother Jeff has just recently joined the Police Academy. I'm quite proud of him - this is something that he has wanted for a long time. This week it really hit home how much they risk their own lives just to protect ours. The City of Glendale lost one of their own police officers while he was in the line of duty. He was only 24 years old.
The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement organization here in the United States. If you make a donation to the FOP, you can display a gold, silver, or bronze supporter shield in your vehicle. It's a way of showing your support for anyone involved in law enforcement. You can make a donation online at www.fopdonate.com. You can display this proudly in your vehicle to show your support:
The Arizona State Fraternal Order of Police represents over 6,500 Police Officers throughout the State of Arizona. A donation is the least I can do and it's my way of saying "thank you". Get your FOP Gold Supporter Shield today and let these men and women know that we appreciate all that they do to protect us.
I have tons of transcription to do today as well as do some call backs. I swear there aren't enough hours in the day for everything I need to do...Kaitlyn has basketball practice at 5:00 and I've got Mass tonight at 7:00 for Ash Wednesday...eeks, looks like another late night.
What is Rockstartup.com? It's kind of a reality tv show, if you will, about the behind the scenes shenanigans that go on with PayPerPost and their quest to build a web 2.0 company. There have been 11 episodes so far, which have included everything from a Postie wedding to a reverse Postie Patrol on Ted (the CEO of PayPerPost) to a hilarious Postie Patrol with Robyn in Chicago. If I had to pick a favorite - I think so far it has to be their latest episode entitled "Can't Hardly Weight". The entire office gets together to lose some weight (they've all set up their own goals as to what they'd like to weigh) and they will be weighing in every week. I hope they'll be showing these weekly weigh ins as episodes as well. I commend them to taking this on as an entire office - I think they will definitely be successful. I know in years past when I have lost weight it was in large part due to the fact that I had put myself out there on message boards for all the world to see in before pictures...What a rush it was to see my success unfold week after week in "after" pictures. Watching this latest episode of rockstartup has renewed my sense of wanting to lose these extra 20 pounds again and hope that I can keep it off once and for all. Here's the episode in its entirety, "Can't Hardly Weight".
I've been a little bit under the weather these past couple days - good thing I took a little mini break from my blogging. Saturday night we went to a bar with Carl and Alanna and it's one of the few bars here in town that still allows smoking. I was really quite nauseous after being there for a couple of hours and thought that I just needed to eat something (oh yeah, got CARDED AGAIN while I was there!! yee haw lol) but even after having something in my stomach I still wasn't feeling that great. Sunday rolled around and was pretty much sick to my stomach all day too. I'm still not 100 percent. I just don't know how anyone can smoke. I feel miserable just from being around it.
It's just about time to make that appointment to see my eye doctor. I am eligible for new eyeglasses and sunglasses. In the Arizona sun, you can't go without protection for your eyes. It can be brutal here. I'm ready for a new pair of sunglasses - I've worn this pair that I have currently for about two years now. I found a pair that I really like online. You can get this style of RayBans at BestBuyEyeglasses.com:
They have a huge selection of RayBan sunglasses - from the classic look of the Wayfarers to the never go out of style Aviator look. Their prices are unbeatable. I can even give them my prescription info and they will customize the lenses for me. I can't wait to order them! Use coupon code ETP5P and save an extra 5% off your already discounted price.
Yup, needed a break from the whole blogging thing...So I pretty much took the weekend off. It felt good to just kind of get away from the whole blogosphere. I really needed it. Needed a lot of sleep too. I've spent countless hours in front of this computer and really just wanted to step back a little bit. I'm glad that I did. I'm well rested now. he he. Now I'm raring to go :)
When I was about 12 years old, my father bought a 1968 Ford Mustang and completely restored it. It was one of his little gems...He spent hours upon hours working on it. Any weekend that he wasn't on call, he was working on it. He had piles of Mustang magazines and would often go to California to get a specific part for that darned car. He really cherished it. So, fast forward four years later. I was 15.7 years old. Time to get my learner's permit. I learned to drive in that little Mustang and completely fell in love with driving it. I loved the push button radio and the fact that I could control the windshield wipers with my foot. He he...When my sister got her driver's license a year later, we then had to share it. I'd drive to school one week, then she'd take the next. We both loved driving it - especially since we would get a lot of comments on the car from guys. That made it all worthwhile to us...lol. We ended up sharing it all throughout high school but then when I graduated, I continued to drive it through college and my sister got handed down a different vehicle in the family. At this point my Mustang was starting to get a little bit weathered. The Arizona sun beating down on it year after year wasn't doing its exterior any good and it desperately needed a new coat of paint. I was starting to have problems engine wise as well and knew that pretty soon I'd have to give her up. I asked my Dad's permission to sell it and surprisingly enough said that I could. He told me to use the money I got from the sale and put a down payment on a new vehicle. So I did end up selling it and to this day think about the car and wonder what has happened to it.
Years ago my friend bought a brand new 1998 Mustang. I can remember getting in her car to go out to lunch. Obviously it was quite different from my '68, but it made me think about all the fun high school memories I had driving around in my old Mustang. Looking back, I really wish that I hadn't sold it. It was a part of my past that is filled with wonderful memories. I hope the person that bought it gave it new life and has their own special memories of it as well.
I've been so wrapped up in my work and everything else that I totally forgot to do my Thursday Thirteen. Don't worry though, I'll get it up there, I did a draft of it and will get it up shortly...
It's been crazy busy today....Kait is doing much better - turns out she was just overwhelmed about going back to school after missing so many days, thus the crying. I talked to her teacher at length about it and she told me that she had talked to Kait about it as well, and once her teacher told her that she doesn't expect Kait to be all caught up overnight, it was as if a huge weight was lifted off of her shoulders. Poor thing...to be so anxiety ridden over missing so many days of school because of being sick and not knowing if she'll get caught up or not. My sister (a soon to be teacher) will be working with her this weekend to help her catch up. :) Whew!!
I have been a Postie (as we're so affectionately called) for PayPerPost since November. I've had over $300 deposited into my Paypal account and another $300 on its way. It's great to be able to make money blogging and it really helps out with the bills. I love to get those emails from Paypal saying that I got hooked up with some more cash from PPP. Pretty sweet, huh? Right now PayPerPost has a new sementation system that gives bloggers with high traffic blogs the opportunity to make as much as $1000 for a single sponsored post. If that doesn't make me want to work on my blogs even harder and get more traffic, I don't know what will. It is interesting to note that PayPerPost only charges a 35% service fee compared to another "pay to blog" company ReviewMe, which charges a 100% markup. So PPP is the obvious choice. I'll stick with them, thank you very much.
PPP does require disclosure from all of their bloggers, which I have always done, and some advertisers will request their own form of disclosure on each individual post, much like this badge:
My sister has purchased her own domain and is in the blogosphere herself. Her blog needs to be 90 days old before it will be approved with PPP. So if you've got yourself a blog, why not make money blogging like me?
Kait finally went back to school today. I know she didn't want to go but I didn't give in. I know that she feels overwhelmed by how much school she has missed but I knew if I kept her home again that wouldn't help matters any. I had my Dad talk to her too before she left this morning...hopefully I won't get a call from the nurse asking me to pick her up.
Well, you all know how I've been setting up my new blogs with my own domain. Finding templates that I really like has been quite frustrating. I want one that is obviously visually appealing but yet I don't want it to be like everyone else's either. So, in my quest to find those templates I stumbled upon oscommercecafe.com. They carry a wide variety of osCommerce templates. I have contemplated opening up my own online store (my sister has her own online body jewelry store) but I don't know that I'm quite ready for the undertaking. There is a huge commitment to that and I feel I'm already spreading myself thin as it is. What I really like about this site is the fact that they have over 70 templates available (man I wish they offered blog templates!). They are quite eye catching. They have every category of template imaginable - animals, books, fashion, electronics, gifts, jewelry, kids & toys (which is a niche I'm interested in), and sports just to name a few. Here's how it works: For $89 (competitors typically charge $150 for the same thing), you get a three month membership where you have unlimited download access to all of their templates. Their templates are fully functional from the get go, all you have to do is add your own logo, images, and text. How much more simpler can it get?
I have seen many online shopping sites that look terrible. First impression is everything and key to you being successful. Why would I want to purchase something from you if your site looks horribly unappealing? Believe me, I won't stick around.
Here is one that I really like:
Totally professional looking - it doesn't look like you whipped it up in an hour. Colors are soothing to the eye. Would definitely buy something from them!! So, even though they don't have blog templates available *sigh*, I would definitely check them out if you're looking for some oscommerce templates. Definitely worth the visit.
I was at a wedding on Saturday (which was just beautiful) and they had an open bar. Bryan and I stood in line, I got up there to order my drink and lo and behold, I GOT CARDED. I was shocked!! I was happy at the same time and I know Bry was jealous...he he...I proudly took out my driver's license and the bartender looked at me again and couldn't believe that I was 38 years old. I mean come one, do I really look like I'm under 21? Anyways, that certainly put a permanent smile on my face the rest of the night. It kind of pissed my sister Joan off though...she'll be 36..and she didn't get carded at all. lol
I have told Bryan that I really want to update the lights in the kids' bathroom. I totally revamped their bathroom last year...sponge painted the walls, totally redid the decor - new mats, accessories, wall hangings, etc. - everything except the lights. I went online to see what's out there since I didn't really know what I wanted and found shoppremier.com . They have a huge selection of Home Lighting Fixtures - everything from indoor to outdoor. I browsed through all of the available light fixtures for the bathroom. I finally decided on one that I really liked:
It will go perfect with the "southwest style". The light fixture that's in there now is kind of "old school" so I'll be anxious to put the new one up!!
Well, Kait is feeling a little bit better - not as much ear pain as yesterday so she will be going to school tomorrow. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that tomorrow morning she'll be okay. She has already missed so many days of school - I really don't want her to get too far behind.
Brandon had his CCD class tonight and on the way there we got caught in a really bad thunderstorm...the freeway was almost at a standstill - I think it's funny how people here just freak out when it rains and don't know how to drive in it. Granted, I'm an Arizona girl by heart but after living in Florida for a year - I know what it's like firsthand to be driving in some really bad rainstorms. Rain here is hmmmph...nothing. lol
Ya gotta check out Egreetings.com to hear Cupid's best pickup lines (above - just the picture doesn't do it justice). They're too funny! I've gotten similar cards emailed to me from friends by Egreetings.com. They have a variety of eCards available on their site - funny, animated (like the one above), birthday, and even risque. You can sign up with them for a free 30 day trial to send unlimited ecards to your friends and family. If you decide to subscribe, a one year subscription is only $13.99. One of the services I like is that you can schedule a card to be sent out on a specific date - like a birthday or anniversary. You never have to worry about missing an important date again!! (Much cheaper too).
Okay Miss Suni tagged me to write about three things that I am thankful for. Here you go:
My family. They define who I am. Without the love and support that I garner from them, I don't know who or what I would be. I just love them all to pieces. :)
My health. Although I do have some issues (high blood pressure, allergies), I by far do not have it as bad as some people that I know. I am working on getting off medication all together so exercise has become a top priority for me this year. (Gotta look good for that 20th HS reunion anyways lol)
My friends. I have friends that I have known for years and years. I have friends that I just met - either through blogging or through the kids' school, etc, but all in all I am grateful to have ALL of them in my life.
Kait is home again today. Evidently the Augmentin that she was on for her ear infeciton was not doing the trick. We got a new script for Zithromax and some numbing ear drops for the pain. She is feeling much better today.
I was on my way home from taking the kids to school this morning when I get a call on my cell phone from Brandon saying he forgot his junior high registration form. Grrrr, I remember specifically signing it this morning for him and telling him to put it in his backpack. Of course he didn't. So, I get home and run back over there to give it to him. I know I've told him several times that if he forgets something that is his responsibility not mine. But....since the jr high counselors were going to be there today to talk to each of the kids individually about their elective classes, I didn't really have a choice but to bring it back to him.
I was up last night working on my new blogs again...I think I finally found a template that I liked but now am going through everything that i need to switch over - grrr it's so frustrating. I had such a headache when I went to bed last night!!
Okay, still working on the laundry - like it's ever going to get done - and cleaning as well. I'll be popping in and out today :) Hope you're all having a great day.
So I was asked if I was interested in coming back to work for this insurance company that I worked for years ago. I worked in the Marketing Department for them. I basically helped our clients with Lead Generation. I would take orders from our clients regarding which markets (primarily zip codes) they'd like to do their direct mail drops in. I really enjoyed my job there but that was when I had two of my kids in daycare and well, we all know how that ends up. I quit my job to stay at home full time with my kids. Now that all three of them are in school full time, I have toyed with the idea of working outside of the home again, but I'm not really sure if that is the direction I want to take. The gal told me that things have really changed since I was there last and that their whole Leads Department has basically changed. I don't know. One drawback is the fact that the office is about 20 miles away from my home and the thought of doing the whole commute thing again really is a big turn off. I suppose I should talk to Bry and see what he thinks. I'm leaning towards......NO.
I picked Kait up from school earlier today - she went to the Nurse complaining of an earache. Mind you, she was seen last Monday by the doc and had a severe ear infection, so she has been on antibiotics for the last 7 days. She does not have any fever but I thought it best to go ahead and take her, just in case maybe the antibiotics she is on is not doing anything for her. Poor thing. She just can't catch a break. I'll be heading out the door shortly to take her so I'll let you know what the doc said when we get back.
Bryan was sick last week with an infection (his immune system is suppressed due to his arthritis) and now it looks as if his arthritis is acting up again. He has been having Joint Pain in his knees again. He is still on his Remicade treatments every eight weeks and he will probably ask to maybe have the dosage increased or go every six weeks. Hopefully we will not have to deal with any type of joint replacement. That is one of my worst fears. If, down the road that he should need to have this done, I probably would enlist the services of Dr. Allen Gustafson. He is a renowned Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon who specializes in total joint replacement and reconstruction. He has two offices in California, which luckily for us is right next door to Arizona.
A breather of some sort. I have been busy all weekend long with my sister in town, a wedding, and a baptism all in one. It's been a pretty hectic couple of days and have been away from blogging. So in between loads of laundry I will be catching up. I am in the process of moving my blogs over to my new domains. I can't just redirect everything to my new sites just yet but eventually I will be closing up shop and moving on. Although Blogger has been good to me (most of the time), I just felt that at this point it was time to have my own domains. It's been a headache getting my templates the way I want them to be but I know that it is a work in progress and everything can't be done overnight. I'm hoping to spend more time tonight on my new blogs tonight. Today though, is going to be spent mostly recuperating from the weekend, cleaning, and of course the mountain of laundry that awaits me. I do have a lot of my recruiting to do today as well so I'll be popping in and out of the blogosphere.
Appetizer Have you been sick yet this winter? If so, what did you come down with?
Well, I was sick earlier in the year and had your common cold. It's basically been recycled through my family and then some.
Soup What colors dominate your closet?
Black, black, and more black. lol
Salad How would you describe your personal "comfort zone"?
I would probably say sitting at home in my pj's early in the morning and doing my transcription work. I've been doing this for the last seven years and can do it with my eyes closed. If they ever change the formatting on some of the accounts, I'll be lost!!
Main Course On which reality show would you really like to be a contestant?
If they accepted older ones like myself, probably American Idol.
Dessert Which holiday would you consider to be your favorite?
Most definitely Christmas. I go nutso with the decorations and find it hard to take them down. I go a little overboard with the lights outside...but hey, it's my house.
I am just now finally able to come on here and blog a little bit. I was gone most of the day - my sister and her family flew into town today so I was at the airport at 9:00 and spent pretty much the whole day with her and her kids. We had dinner over at my parents' house and have been home for the last hour. It's kind of funny how I kept thinking all day about the different things I needed to do on my blogs to catch up. We've got a busy weekend - wedding tomorrow, baptism on Sunday. My sis goes back home on Monday. She's loving the weather here though...she's from Omaha and this week the temps there was 5 degrees...So our 78 degree weather was quite "hot" for them. LOL.
I am feverishly trying to finish up my transcripts to turn in this morning so my Thursday Thirteen will be a little bit late today. Ugh...I've got so much to do!!
We just got our car insurance renewal cards in the mail. Along with it came a lovely letter explaining to us that our car insurance and home insurance rates have gone up due to this and that, yada yada yada. I swear it seems like every other year it goes up. I'm tired of it. Our agent is a friend of ours and we've been insured with his company for over 10 years. I feel a sense of loyalty to him I guess and would feel bad if we did end up pulling our policies and going through someone else. About five years ago we had one of our vehicles stolen and he really did help us out tremendously, I don't know how we would have been treated otherwise if we did not know him personally as a friend. Which now brings me to my dilemma. I have started to look online to compare car insurance rates and I've actually found a couple companies who are considerably less than what we pay now. I'm not sure what I'll do. I suppose I'll give him a call and let him know that I'm shopping around but I know what will end up happening...he'll give me tons of reasons to stay with him and not switch - and I'm sure I'll just stay right where I'm at.
Egads I have tons to do today. I have a lot of my transcription/recruiting work that I need to do. I won't have time tonight to work on it since Brandon has CCD and I have choir practice.
My sister and her family are coming into town on Friday...our niece Is
