DDA Chapter 7

[tink2020]

I didn't get too many since, but here are a few...

Adorable pictures! Terra is so creative, and it sounds like the camping trip was a great time for your family!

a few pics

Beautiful! Virginia and Olivia are getting so big! I love their matching dresses

When was the last time Jennifer posted? I hope all is well.

Me Jennifer? I'm here. I'm just getting a little down in the dumps about sitting around here for an undisclosed amount of time. I'm desperate for it to be June already, or at least to have someone move in with me so I'm not alone all the time!

Thanks for thinking of me though, if it was me!

I think it went okay, thanks. They were running late and ti was a pretty long interview, but I answered all the questions well i think. At the end they told me i did a good job adn had nice solid answers. They also said I seemed like a natural dealing with children!

Jen, their response sounds terrific! I can't wait to hear about the rest of your job hunt, and I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for the perfect one!

Deb-Thanks so much for the offer, but I was able to get a flight for Saturday for cheaper than the flight on Friday night so I wont be staying with you guys Friday ..but i really appreciate it

So i am officially booked and will be in florida july 12-19 for some "cousin time!"
im sooo excited!

Woohoo!

Wow... we had some pretty nasty weather here in Virginia yesterday. One of the tornadoes that touched down was just south of Richmond, so that was much too close to Kristin for my liking. Luckily no one was killed but the damage is horrific. All we had here was heavy rains.

Yuck! I'm glad Kristin is ok, and that nobody was killed. I hope things can return to normal soon for that area!

Good morning


Matt's funeral service was really wonderful yesterday, the minister said a good sermon. He even got us to laugh a couple of times while reflecting on Matt's life. Mary has a long road ahead of her & I know she will never be the same person. Matt was not married to the mother of his son & they had split up about a year ago(he found out she was cheating on him). He took this really hard & had to get a lawyer for custody rights. He had finally gotten all of this settled & was getting Tyler on a regular basis. The mother came to the visitation & put on a really good show for everyone acting upset & telling Mary & family they could see Tyler when ever they wanted. She did not come to the funeral, which really was no surprise. Mary called her after the service wanting to know if she could bring Tyler over for a while. Her response, "It will be a cold day in you know where before she sees Tyler again". What! This girl is being a witch with a capitol B!!!! I can't believe she said this to her & of all days. Anyway you can imagine how everyone was feeling at this point. We were all hoping she would be civil, but I guess not. So now the court battles will start so Mary can see her grandson


Yesterday after I got home we went & purchased our living room & Dining room furniture The dining room table will be here Thursday & the living room furniture will be here next week. Gary did not work yesterday because of our crazy weather & was able to get started on a couple of small things.

Hopefully the walls will get painted & the new floor will be put down before the furniture arrives next week.

Yesterday's weather was really wacky! We had strong winds along with rain, sleet, & snow, it was so cold! Hopefully today will be better.

Gary also gets his upper dentures today, I cannot wait to see his beautiful smile again I am going to cook some chicken & dumplings in the crockpot today as his gums will be sore for a a while(he gets his last four front teeth pulled today).

I suppose I should get going so I can get ready for work & get dinner in the crockpot, have a great day all!

What a cruel lady! I hope all works out for Tyler and Mary.

I can't wait to see your furniture! I hope Gary is feeling comfortable today!

 

[tmfranlk]

Tia-please tell Terra I her froggy hat. (I also like to do dishes at camp too!! )

Gotta love the Dollar Spot at Target!

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

and now it is 11:00 and I will turn into a turnip if I don't go to bed. See you all in the morning!

I hope you didn't otherwise Molly may want to munch on you the next time she sees you

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Can I tell you how much I hate dealing with our mortgage company? We were required at the beginning of March to get flood insurance on the house. So once we got our taxes back we went ahead and took care of it. We paid for the year up front out of our pockets, to the tune of $1400. I logged on today to make check on something else and our escrow shows a balance of -$600.00, why? Because they took $1400 out for flood insurance. We got a bill back in January for a front foot assessment, it's a charge through our county that is to be paid for the first 30 years of a house. It's a tax for maintaining the sewer lines and such. Anyway, we forwarded it over the to mortgage company. They didn't pay it so Eric called and they argued that it was not to be taken out of escrows. Everyone we know has it paid from their escrow account so we fought it and they agreed to pay it. Well they didn't- last week we got a collection notice since it hasn't been paid. Again Eric called back and I was conferenced in on the phone call and the rep said it was to be disbursed right away. I was checking to see if it had and it hasn't as of yet, maybe because we are -$600.00 in the hole!

Hopefully Eric can get to the bottom of this today. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

 

[Mommy2EmMoLu]

Janet- I am keeping Mary and Tyler in my prayers. I sure hope that the courts will recognize her rights and help her see Tyler. How sad. for Gary today. Can't wait to see your new furniture!!

Elizabeth- I am sorry that your mom is continuing to not see the big picture. I think you really do need to step away and let her figure it out, just be there for her medically. 's.

Amy- Oh my goodness, I love, love, love Alyssa's pictures. There are some great shots, my favorite is the close up of her in the hat without the sunflower. They are from JCPenney's right?

Jennifer- I am so sorry that you are feeling down. I wished we were closer, I'd be there in a heartbeat. 's

Deb- Hope the meeting with your boss goes well tonight.

Bernadette- Emma will be just fine!!

Tia- Terra is looking so grown up! I love her hair cut.

Jennifer- Great photos! The girls do look so much alike, they are adorable.

Jen- Your interview sounds promising.

I know I missed a bunch of you, 's and

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Good morning DDA. Well, I wasted my 10,000 helping someone find Mulan for character signings! So you guys get 10,001! I know Amy will like that number.

Well, congrats anyway!

That is so sad Janet. I hope everything works out for Mary and Tyler, without too much drama.

I can't wait to see your new furniture in place.

I agree! and I hope Gary's dental appt. goes well!

Can I tell you how much I hate dealing with our mortgage company? We were required at the beginning of March to get flood insurance on the house. So once we got our taxes back we went ahead and took care of it. We paid for the year up front out of our pockets, to the tune of $1400. I logged on today to make check on something else and our escrow shows a balance of -$600.00, why? Because they took $1400 out for flood insurance. We got a bill back in January for a front foot assessment, it's a charge through our county that is to be paid for the first 30 years of a house. It's a tax for maintaining the sewer lines and such. Anyway, we forwarded it over the to mortgage company. They didn't pay it so Eric called and they argued that it was not to be taken out of escrows. Everyone we know has it paid from their escrow account so we fought it and they agreed to pay it. Well they didn't- last week we got a collection notice since it hasn't been paid. Again Eric called back and I was conferenced in on the phone call and the rep said it was to be disbursed right away. I was checking to see if it had and it hasn't as of yet, maybe because we are -$600.00 in the hole!

Hopefully Eric can get to the bottom of this today. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

Yikes! That sounds like something that would happen to me. If I had a mortgage.

So my desktop is doing something weird. How timely. I tried to put the computer on "Sleep" last night, but only the monitor goes to sleep! The tower stays on, and the fan runs harder and harder. I finally gave up on getting it into "sleep" and turned it off. I thought maybe it just needed to reboot or something, but I am still having the same problem this morning. I don't know if it has something to do with the new router or if there is something else wrong with it.

On my way to work I heard that American is now charging for a second checked bag. But I called and the lady said if you bought your ticket before the change was effective that you do NOT have to pay for the additional bags. I also found that on the AA website so I am going to print the page and bring it with me. I don't think I will have problems going to MCO, but I am worried about coming home and how it may impact resort airline check-in.

 

[babytrees]

Janet-hopefully Gary is not too sore today after his procedure.

Elizabeth-whenever our desktop runs that hard there is usually way too much "junk" on it. My IT guys are lovely about fixing it for me. We give it a yearly maintenance and they charge me $60(about half of what the geek squad wants just to look at it) and throw in Norton for me.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Janet-hopefully Gary is not too sore today after his procedure.

Elizabeth-whenever our desktop runs that hard there is usually way too much "junk" on it. My IT guys are lovely about fixing it for me. We give it a yearly maintenance and they charge me $60(about half of what the geek squad wants just to look at it) and throw in Norton for me.

I have to think it has something to do with the new router, because it was FINE before we switched it out.
Kind of an odd coincidence.

 

[Tammi67]

Hey Deb - do you still have those tags you used last year for Teacher Appreciation Day?

Or anyone else??

 

[tink2020]

Can I tell you how much I hate dealing with our mortgage company? We were required at the beginning of March to get flood insurance on the house. So once we got our taxes back we went ahead and took care of it. We paid for the year up front out of our pockets, to the tune of $1400. I logged on today to make check on something else and our escrow shows a balance of -$600.00, why? Because they took $1400 out for flood insurance. We got a bill back in January for a front foot assessment, it's a charge through our county that is to be paid for the first 30 years of a house. It's a tax for maintaining the sewer lines and such. Anyway, we forwarded it over the to mortgage company. They didn't pay it so Eric called and they argued that it was not to be taken out of escrows. Everyone we know has it paid from their escrow account so we fought it and they agreed to pay it. Well they didn't- last week we got a collection notice since it hasn't been paid. Again Eric called back and I was conferenced in on the phone call and the rep said it was to be disbursed right away. I was checking to see if it had and it hasn't as of yet, maybe because we are -$600.00 in the hole!

Hopefully Eric can get to the bottom of this today. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

Ugh, what a headache! I hope it gets straightened out quickly, and stays straight!

 

[Tammi67]

I hope you get the mortgage mess straightened out soon, Robyn.

 

[Pooh67_68]

Jennifer

Wonder what John would say? if I told him I want to go to Ohio and move in and take care of a DISer, until the babies are 5

 

[Pooh67_68]

Janet

Let me get a few family together, we should be able to convince that young lady it would be in her best intrest to let Mary see her grandson.

 

[marcij]

Janet - I think ISSP at our school is kind of a scary place to be, so paying $15 was the lesser of the evils! Momboss was blown away that we had to pay to get our own property back. But having cell phones at school is against the rules - says so in the handbook - so I guess we actually got off pretty easy. DS does feel bad about it, and he did admit that the phone did NOT ring. I told him he needs to pay DH back for the "impound fee".

Thanks for the congrats for DS's grades. He has Honor Society induction tomorrow. I got an e-mail today saying they need people to donate cookies for after the ceremony. Can the PTA not pay for that? We donated cookies for them to serve after the Band concert. Maybe they can take the money they raise from cell phone confiscations and buy some cookies!

Congratulations on the grades and honor society -- that's fabulous!

I also think it's strange that the school can't afford cookies...

They are just precious, Amy! Love all the ones of Alyssa in her hat!

I loved getting to see how much they are growing. Thanks for sharing!

loved them all, Jennifer, but this is my favorite!

I agree! I can't believe how much older Virginia is getting! It seems to be going by so fast.

Tia -- the pics of Terra are awesome. Thanks so much for sharing!

Good morning


Matt's funeral service was really wonderful yesterday, the minister said a good sermon. He even got us to laugh a couple of times while reflecting on Matt's life. Mary has a long road ahead of her & I know she will never be the same person. Matt was not married to the mother of his son & they had split up about a year ago(he found out she was cheating on him). He took this really hard & had to get a lawyer for custody rights. He had finally gotten all of this settled & was getting Tyler on a regular basis. The mother came to the visitation & put on a really good show for everyone acting upset & telling Mary & family they could see Tyler when ever they wanted. She did not come to the funeral, which really was no surprise. Mary called her after the service wanting to know if she could bring Tyler over for a while. Her response, "It will be a cold day in you know where before she sees Tyler again". What! This girl is being a witch with a capitol B!!!! I can't believe she said this to her & of all days. Anyway you can imagine how everyone was feeling at this point. We were all hoping she would be civil, but I guess not. So now the court battles will start so Mary can see her grandson


Yesterday after I got home we went & purchased our living room & Dining room furniture The dining room table will be here Thursday & the living room furniture will be here next week. Gary did not work yesterday because of our crazy weather & was able to get started on a couple of small things.

Hopefully the walls will get painted & the new floor will be put down before the furniture arrives next week.

Yesterday's weather was really wacky! We had strong winds along with rain, sleet, & snow, it was so cold! Hopefully today will be better.

Gary also gets his upper dentures today, I cannot wait to see his beautiful smile again I am going to cook some chicken & dumplings in the crockpot today as his gums will be sore for a a while(he gets his last four front teeth pulled today).

I suppose I should get going so I can get ready for work & get dinner in the crockpot, have a great day all!

Sending more prayers to Mary.

Congrats on getting more of your home remodel done and on buying the furniture. I'm not making any progress on even my clean-out de-cluttering, much less anything else around the house that needs to be done.

I hope Gary's mouth isn't bothering him.

I got nothing done on clean-out last night as we had laundry, homework and work of my own I took home and had to do. Randy is in Odessa for the day for work, so I took the kids to school. Boy, are they super hyper in the morning. That made me get in to work right at 8, so I'm already behind today.

Take care everyone!

 

[PNO4TE]

Oh I didn't know you were keeping it. You'll have to let me know what the new one is.

Keeping it only long enough to sell it... Maybe we will get that accomplished this weekend.

 

[PNO4TE]

I also realized that the kids have evening activities that will make me unavailable for a minimum of 4 nights in May, not to mention Lacrosse games. I don't think I'll write myself off for those and just hope for the best. Man it is hard juggling Mommy responsibilities with our need for an income The nights I need off are for concerts or evening academic programs.

Tell me about it! One of the toughest things I ever had to do was to go from being a SAHM to teaching, going into work approximately when they got off the bus and finishing up at 9:00 p.m. every night. Kathrin was in 8th grade and Kristin was in Kindergarten when I went back to work.

Lots of nights I missed concerts and plays, etc. I also know that I moved heaven and earth to be at those, canceling lessons and classes sometimes to be there. The good part of this is that both girls grew up knowing that Moms do have to work just as hard as Dads and that they were important enough for me to make it work to our advantage. They also both know that my working allowed them to go to college with minimal student loans to worry about upon graduation. They have both thanked me for that, so we must have done something right.

 

[Glynis]

Thanks! She's still asleep this morning but no new spots when I got home last night and some have already crusted over. She doesn't like the medicine but took it quite nicely-she's growing up. Hopefully I won't have to travel with it but I'll get a free fridge at Pop if I do.

Sounds like she's over the worst of it! Now, all you have to do is get the pox dried up and the antibiotic issue resolved! You are going to have a great trip!!

I just talked to my neighbor. She has a son that is 11 years old. He came down with the chicken pox just recently, and I guess had a monster case. He had been vaccinated, but still was just covered in the pox. From the top of his head, to the soles of his feet. They were even inside his lips. Poor guy! He was so sick! I really let her have it for not letting me know! I could have at least made dinner for the family, loaned movies or something. She's kind of new to the neighborhood, so didn't want to act all needy. I told her we are more than neighbors...we are family, and she'd better let us all help next time!

 

[PNO4TE]

Me Jennifer? I'm here. I'm just getting a little down in the dumps about sitting around here for an undisclosed amount of time. I'm desperate for it to be June already, or at least to have someone move in with me so I'm not alone all the time!

Thanks for thinking of me though, if it was me!

Of course it was you, silly! We love all our Jennifers, but you are the one we are keeping a close watch on these days. I wish I could give you advice on what to do to pass the time, but I am sure you have plenty of time to think about that...

 

[PNO4TE]

I hope you didn't otherwise Molly may want to munch on you the next time she sees you

 

[PNO4TE]

Can I tell you how much I hate dealing with our mortgage company? ...
Hopefully Eric can get to the bottom of this today. It drives me absolutely bonkers.

I hope so too! There is no excuse for that. Are they owned by Elizabeth's insurance company???