Last To Post Game - 2nd Edition, Take 5 (ACTION)

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

tubachick said:
Kayla, Kathy- did you guys work today?? how were the crowds??

I had to work yesterday. We were dead! Grocery is a lot different than other retail - and we knew we would be dead. All we had were a few regulars that ALWAYS do their shopping on Fridays - no matter what! And the occassional customer that came in for one thing or another. I got a lot of my office work done that's been piling up.

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

tubachick said:
that's right!!!

thanksgiving part 2!!!

I had planned Thanksgiving Part 2 for our dinner last night. But when I got home I found that DH and the boys had already had Thanksgiving Part 2 and Part 3! (Lunch and snack! :rotfl:

) So, we opted for super nachos for dinner!

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

tubachick said:
Hope everyone had a good friday!!!

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

Metro West said:
Good morning all!

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

DD called me at work yesterday. :sad2:

Her and her DH had taken their dog to the dog park. They'd been gone about an hour when her cell phone rang. It was her boss at work. He told her that the police had called work looking for her. She thought he was joking. He said he wasn't, that the police called there asking if they knew how to reach her, something was wrong at her apartment and they gave her boss a number for him to give to her. So she called the number. While she was talking to an officer her DH's cell phone rang and it was the police dispatcher. She told him basically the same thing - something was wrong at their apartment and he needed to return home immediately.

They went home and found that someone had broken into their apartment! :scared1:

The guy had kicked in the front door, broke the door and the door frame!

A neighbor heard the noise when the door was kicked in and went to look. He saw the guy in the apartment and he went back to his own apartment and called 911.

The neighbor was able to identify the suspect as someone who lives in the same complex. He's only 15.

They lost about $800 - $900 worth of stuff and naturally they don't have renters insurance. It could have been a lot more though. There was stuff stacked at the door like he was making a pile to take with him. The police think that hearing the neighbor may have startled the thief so he didn't take all that he had wanted to. He did get two VERY expensive paintball guns that her DH had displayed on the living room wall. And some cash, and some games and a controller for Xbox. But the Xbox system and a wireless controller were two of the things stacked by the door that he didn't get!!

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

This is the first time that DD and her DH have taken the dog out in the car, where all three of them have left at the same time, for a couple of weeks. So this guy must have seen that they left and knew that the dog wasn't in there and saw his opportunity. Their dog is a black lab mix and he is huge - about the size of a great dane!

DD's original Thanksgiving plan was to come up here on Wednesday and go back on Friday. And to bring the dog. Can you imagine if they had stuck with the original plan?? Their apartment would have been wiped out!

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

Once the police got to the apartment they did a quick search of the apartment and found DD's waitress book. That's how they ended up calling where she works. And then once they finally got the landlord on the phone to get someone out to fix the door they were able to get an emergency number (cell phone) for her DH. So they worked that from both angles.

DD said the police were very nice and sympathetic. But they also told her that since the suspect is only 15 he can't be charged as an adult! :sad2:

eeyoresmountainpals · Nov 29, 2008

I've been so worried about DD because of the neighborhood they live in and this just adds to it. I wish they would move up here and let us help them out a little and get their lives in order!