Lauren wanted to cook supper Monday night for us so I sent her to the store to grab a few things. Before you say "Wasn't that sweet of her wanting to cook for her family" let me just say Dustin is in Florida for Spring Break!...hence one little girl is BORED out of her mind. She is however an AWESOME cook so whatever works! I give her my debit card and off she goes to the store. About 15 minutes after leaving I get a call. "Mommy, don't get mad BUT...I can't find your debit card anywhere!" Why was I not surprised. But since she did sound on the verge of tears I tried to remain calm and told her to dump out her purse and double check everywhere. Even go back to the car if need be and trace her steps. After a couple of minutes on the phone with her and "listening" to her shuffle around the store she finally finds it (I think buried LOOSE in the bottom of her purse).
Back to shopping.... I assume all goes smoothly as she arrives home with several bags and begins cooking supper and a GREAT supper it was! Tuesday morning as I'm rushing out the door to work I say "Lauren, I need my debit card back". She gives me that "weird" look and says "I thought I gave it to you last night." "uh...NO......! She precedes to tell me "Yes I did....it was in the plastic grocery bag that the food was in....I REMEMBER SEEING IT!"...let me just say...who does that! Does anyone out that THROW their debit card in their grocery bags? Have I mentioned she takes after her father...ok...that's another blog! We find the grocery bag ON TOP of the trash with the receipt crumbled up inside and NO DEBIT CARD.
Enough time wasted...I head out the door at the same time yelling behind me for her to look for it when she gets home from school that I HAD TO HAVE IT BACK TODAY!!! Well, let me just say my ONLY debit card is no where to be found. Knowing it would take 7-10 days to get another one and we are leaving for Chicago on FRIDAY! I'm in a little panic. With a few "polite" exchange of words (on both our parts) I am at my wits end I make her go through the garbage can when I get back home that evening. You would have thought I asked her to donate one of her kidneys to me to save my life!!! Well after finding some rubber gloves she finally went through the trash "piece by piece". No debit card!
This morning without further ado I call the bank and explain "I" lost my debit card and I need to cancel the old one and order a new one. The lady was nice and said she'd take care of it. A few minutes later she calls me back and says..."just wanted to let you know that your card was turned it at the grocery store but she had already cancelled it and I couldn't just go pick it up but I had to actually be issued another one." Did I mention it will take 7-10 days to get another card and I'm leaving for Chicago in 3 days! I haven't had a chance to tell Lauren about the card being turned in yet. I think I'll let her sweat it out until I get home tonight. I'm sure she's tearing up the house still trying to find it .....you think...NOT!
And she is going to survive living in CHICAGO on her own...can't wait to see how that one plays out!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
2 weeks since last post???
Wow! Time is flying by. Can't seem to get caught up on anything. Even blogging! I do have a small excuse though since I have been sick as a dog with the worst cold I've had in years on top of a sinus infection. Thank goodness for antibiotics and Zicam. If you haven't tried Zicam I'm telling you that stuff works.
Ok...on to more important things. My babies! Ok they aren't exactly babies anymore but you know what I mean. Logan finally got another vehicle. A beautiful white Pathfinder. It even has a sunroof! Why is it that our kids seem to drive better cars than we drive. I didn't even have a car until I was in college for 6 months because it took me that long to work and save for a down payment. Hence...CAR PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS And then it was "just a car". And did I mention he paid CASH for it! Hence NO CAR PAYMENT.
Now for Lauren...well we had another fender bender last week. (ok maybe not all our kids drive better vehicles than ours!) I knew it wasn't good when she calls me crying into the phone "it wasn't my fault ("this time"), she came out of no where!!" I asked her if she called the police and she says "no". I ask "where are you"..."still sitting in the turning lane in the middle of the road"!!! What am I going to do with this child? Hello...911. I'm thinking is anybody hurt, how bad is the wreck, you know a million things run through your mind when you get a call like that. I immediately hung up and called the police then called her back. Luckily I was just pulling out of work so I was only 15 minutes from her. By the time I get there the police had them both off the road and she was somewhat calmed down and her crying uncontrollably into my phone was the worst of the entire incident.
How many more days now until graduation and she's possibly "out of here?"
Well, I hear they are never really "out of here" but I like saying it anyway.
Basically the car only had some white paint scratches on it and was bent in just a little and thank goodness...STILL DRIVABLE...oh yeah and no one got hurt. John shows up at the scene just before we pull off and as only a father can do says to Lauren..."well at least you have matching fenders now".
Back to Logan. Have I mentioned "I LOVE THAT CHILD!" Logan has been pretty involved this year in a club at school called FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). They went the other day to a Regional competition and who do you think came home with a first place and a second place ribbon? Yes, that's my boy! He placed first in...get this...only Logan!..."Computer Operating Systems and Technology Concepts". I guess PlayStation and Xbox hasn't been a TOTAL lost for us over the years! If you pass Logan's room he is normally talking on his headset while playing xbox live online with someone in Europe (I kid you not!), textting on his cell phone while at the same time "monitoring" My Space on his computer carrying on several conversations at a time with that too. Talk about multi-tasking. I get a headache just walking in his room. And the temperature is at least 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house because of all the electronic equipment he has going. Well, anyway, in a couple of weeks he is off to State Finals for FBLA and if he wins he said he could get some scholarship $$$$$ for college. Go for it BABY!
Kids...gotta love them!
Ok...on to more important things. My babies! Ok they aren't exactly babies anymore but you know what I mean. Logan finally got another vehicle. A beautiful white Pathfinder. It even has a sunroof! Why is it that our kids seem to drive better cars than we drive. I didn't even have a car until I was in college for 6 months because it took me that long to work and save for a down payment. Hence...CAR PAYMENT FOR THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS And then it was "just a car". And did I mention he paid CASH for it! Hence NO CAR PAYMENT.
Now for Lauren...well we had another fender bender last week. (ok maybe not all our kids drive better vehicles than ours!) I knew it wasn't good when she calls me crying into the phone "it wasn't my fault ("this time"), she came out of no where!!" I asked her if she called the police and she says "no". I ask "where are you"..."still sitting in the turning lane in the middle of the road"!!! What am I going to do with this child? Hello...911. I'm thinking is anybody hurt, how bad is the wreck, you know a million things run through your mind when you get a call like that. I immediately hung up and called the police then called her back. Luckily I was just pulling out of work so I was only 15 minutes from her. By the time I get there the police had them both off the road and she was somewhat calmed down and her crying uncontrollably into my phone was the worst of the entire incident.
How many more days now until graduation and she's possibly "out of here?"
Well, I hear they are never really "out of here" but I like saying it anyway.
Basically the car only had some white paint scratches on it and was bent in just a little and thank goodness...STILL DRIVABLE...oh yeah and no one got hurt. John shows up at the scene just before we pull off and as only a father can do says to Lauren..."well at least you have matching fenders now".
Back to Logan. Have I mentioned "I LOVE THAT CHILD!" Logan has been pretty involved this year in a club at school called FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America). They went the other day to a Regional competition and who do you think came home with a first place and a second place ribbon? Yes, that's my boy! He placed first in...get this...only Logan!..."Computer Operating Systems and Technology Concepts". I guess PlayStation and Xbox hasn't been a TOTAL lost for us over the years! If you pass Logan's room he is normally talking on his headset while playing xbox live online with someone in Europe (I kid you not!), textting on his cell phone while at the same time "monitoring" My Space on his computer carrying on several conversations at a time with that too. Talk about multi-tasking. I get a headache just walking in his room. And the temperature is at least 10 degrees hotter than the rest of the house because of all the electronic equipment he has going. Well, anyway, in a couple of weeks he is off to State Finals for FBLA and if he wins he said he could get some scholarship $$$$$ for college. Go for it BABY!
Kids...gotta love them!
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