Sunday:
- Rest some
- Put Chicken on to Marinade
- Wash diapers
- Pay Becca
- Make Grocery list
Monday:
- Fold Diapers
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
- Clean Kitchen
- Go grocery shopping
- Get diapers listed
Tuesday:
- Call about ear appointment
- Straighten up computer room
- Straighten up bedroom
- Clean bathrooms
- Wash Diapers / Fold
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
Wednesday:
- Straighten up bedroom
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
- Bug people coming
Thursday:
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
- Wash Diapers / Fold
Friday:
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
Saturday:
- Laundry (Wash/Fold)
- Wash Diapers / Fold
All Week:
- Get wool washed
- Shop for gifts
- Replace rug in Ali's room
- Get DVDs back in their cases
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
Rant about old apartment
This is a rant a few months in the making. Here is the backstory/players:
A - First landlady when we moved in. Horrible. Lost rent checks. Including one I handed her personally, and then she had the nerve to file eviction because she lost the check.
B - Man takes over. Things seem better, and then one day we get a notice to start writing checks to a new account. Guy is gone. Turns out he wasn't paying the bills. (I found out later he apparently stole 300k in deposit money.)
C - Landlady when we left. Seemed nice and seemed to keep things in line.
D - Landlady that took over right after we moved.
Now, that we've got the players...on to the rant.
Our lease ended on Feb. 28th. Ryan finished up all the paperwork. There was no final walk through, which we contributed to the knowledge that our apartment was one of the ones that needed a rather large updating. A few weeks later, we got the notice at our new place that we would be getting a $250 dollar refund for security. This was signed by C. No check was in the envelope. Thus begins this sorted tale...
I call and finally get hold of D. She tells me she has just taken over, and that the file system was less than accurate. From what she could tell, our refund was in the mail from corporate in California, and she'd forward it to us. This is about the third week in March. Ryan went to sea shortly after, so this slipped my mind until I realized mid-April I hadn't gotten it yet.
I call and get hold of D again. She said she'll be talking to her boss shortly and she'll call me back. She never called back. Soon after the answering machine's memory was full. I guess I wasn't the only one trying to get hold of her. I resort to calling the maintence cell phone to see if he knew where she was. A few days after that (about two weeks total of trying to get hold of her) she answers when I call one day. I finally get the story out of her about B stealing the money, part of which was ours. I told her I understood that and her ability to not get a bunch of details, but ignoring calls wasn't helping her look any better. She said she would work on getting our check to us ASAP.
Ryan went on another trip end of April/first of May. By that point I still hadn't heard from her. I left many messages. I finally got to speak with her again and she said that she'd be seeing her boss the next day and she'd get our check then. She said she would call me back. Can you guess what happened next? Yup no call back.
I start researching my options with Florida law. I find out that I can file a complaint with Florida Commissioner her Florida State Attorney General. I save all my research and start trying to get hold of her again. I finally do. She was like "Your refund was in the mail weeks ago from California." She seemed shocked I was calling. No dumbass, I haven't gotten in the check. And sorry, I'm not going to let $250 dollars just slide into nothing. Especially when by Florida law you have FIFTEEN DAYS to return it to the tenant. By this point we were going on FOUR MONTHS since our lease ended.
So shocker...I didn't get the call back. Last Thursday, the 25th, I call and leave a message that if I do not hear back by Monday, I will be filing said complaints. I also mentioned the part about them violating the Florida statutes. Come July 1st, she calls me back and tells me my check is on her desk. She said she'll over night it to me. It arrived today. Now...some things Ryan and I noticed about said check:
1) It's dated 6-26-09 - Now, if it's been mailed from California weeks ago, why is it dated the day after I call and threaten to file complaints with Florida state government for your shitty business practices?
2) If the check had to come from the California corporate office of the management company, then why is it written from the LOCAL account that all rent checks go into. I wrote all the rent checks, so I still remember the long ass name of that account by heart.
3) I'm guessing she finally got her boss involved or something because the check is written from a name and handwriting I do not recognize. Not to mention she misspelled my name on the envelope to send it to me.
Before I get too happy about having the refund finally, I'm going to wait to see if it clears. Ryan mentioned that and I hadn't even thought about it. I can not believe it's taken this long. This past two weeks I've literally been calling daily trying to get hold of her. Many times over this time period the answering machine memory would be full for WEEKS. That is no way to run a business. I'm so beyond glad we are out of that shit hole. I hated it. Not to mention in my research on trying to find out more, I found out we were not the first to have this issue. There was also apparently a sex offender or 5 near by that we were never told about. I'm beyond glad we're gone from there.
I just had to write this all out. It's been a frustrating four months. I'm glad we didn't need the money, but I was to the point of fighting for it based on principle. Especially when her stories weren't adding up.
A - First landlady when we moved in. Horrible. Lost rent checks. Including one I handed her personally, and then she had the nerve to file eviction because she lost the check.
B - Man takes over. Things seem better, and then one day we get a notice to start writing checks to a new account. Guy is gone. Turns out he wasn't paying the bills. (I found out later he apparently stole 300k in deposit money.)
C - Landlady when we left. Seemed nice and seemed to keep things in line.
D - Landlady that took over right after we moved.
Now, that we've got the players...on to the rant.
Our lease ended on Feb. 28th. Ryan finished up all the paperwork. There was no final walk through, which we contributed to the knowledge that our apartment was one of the ones that needed a rather large updating. A few weeks later, we got the notice at our new place that we would be getting a $250 dollar refund for security. This was signed by C. No check was in the envelope. Thus begins this sorted tale...
I call and finally get hold of D. She tells me she has just taken over, and that the file system was less than accurate. From what she could tell, our refund was in the mail from corporate in California, and she'd forward it to us. This is about the third week in March. Ryan went to sea shortly after, so this slipped my mind until I realized mid-April I hadn't gotten it yet.
I call and get hold of D again. She said she'll be talking to her boss shortly and she'll call me back. She never called back. Soon after the answering machine's memory was full. I guess I wasn't the only one trying to get hold of her. I resort to calling the maintence cell phone to see if he knew where she was. A few days after that (about two weeks total of trying to get hold of her) she answers when I call one day. I finally get the story out of her about B stealing the money, part of which was ours. I told her I understood that and her ability to not get a bunch of details, but ignoring calls wasn't helping her look any better. She said she would work on getting our check to us ASAP.
Ryan went on another trip end of April/first of May. By that point I still hadn't heard from her. I left many messages. I finally got to speak with her again and she said that she'd be seeing her boss the next day and she'd get our check then. She said she would call me back. Can you guess what happened next? Yup no call back.
I start researching my options with Florida law. I find out that I can file a complaint with Florida Commissioner her Florida State Attorney General. I save all my research and start trying to get hold of her again. I finally do. She was like "Your refund was in the mail weeks ago from California." She seemed shocked I was calling. No dumbass, I haven't gotten in the check. And sorry, I'm not going to let $250 dollars just slide into nothing. Especially when by Florida law you have FIFTEEN DAYS to return it to the tenant. By this point we were going on FOUR MONTHS since our lease ended.
So shocker...I didn't get the call back. Last Thursday, the 25th, I call and leave a message that if I do not hear back by Monday, I will be filing said complaints. I also mentioned the part about them violating the Florida statutes. Come July 1st, she calls me back and tells me my check is on her desk. She said she'll over night it to me. It arrived today. Now...some things Ryan and I noticed about said check:
1) It's dated 6-26-09 - Now, if it's been mailed from California weeks ago, why is it dated the day after I call and threaten to file complaints with Florida state government for your shitty business practices?
2) If the check had to come from the California corporate office of the management company, then why is it written from the LOCAL account that all rent checks go into. I wrote all the rent checks, so I still remember the long ass name of that account by heart.
3) I'm guessing she finally got her boss involved or something because the check is written from a name and handwriting I do not recognize. Not to mention she misspelled my name on the envelope to send it to me.
Before I get too happy about having the refund finally, I'm going to wait to see if it clears. Ryan mentioned that and I hadn't even thought about it. I can not believe it's taken this long. This past two weeks I've literally been calling daily trying to get hold of her. Many times over this time period the answering machine memory would be full for WEEKS. That is no way to run a business. I'm so beyond glad we are out of that shit hole. I hated it. Not to mention in my research on trying to find out more, I found out we were not the first to have this issue. There was also apparently a sex offender or 5 near by that we were never told about. I'm beyond glad we're gone from there.
I just had to write this all out. It's been a frustrating four months. I'm glad we didn't need the money, but I was to the point of fighting for it based on principle. Especially when her stories weren't adding up.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
New OS on the Laptop
So I have Windows 7 on my laptop now. It's rather neat with all it's little gadgets. I'm posting this entry from one that allows me to post from my desktop. Rather neato, huh?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
A Forgotten Feeling
So Ryan's underway. I went into this underway expecting zero communication. I've really been missing him lately, especially with Ali's sleep issues. So today I see gmail show an email. I didn't recognize the name. Moused over it and saw it was from Ryan's boat. My heart skipped a beat. I got sooo excited!
One of Ryan's buddies let him email us, and I can email him back there. It made my day that he took time to email us. That he thought about letting us know how things were going.
I had forgotten the rush that comes with surprise communication. The happy tears. The thrill. The past five years on OPs the phone calls were there. It's so different to be surprised. I really hope I hear from Ryan again soon. I'm glad that he is doing well. I miss him so much.
One of Ryan's buddies let him email us, and I can email him back there. It made my day that he took time to email us. That he thought about letting us know how things were going.
I had forgotten the rush that comes with surprise communication. The happy tears. The thrill. The past five years on OPs the phone calls were there. It's so different to be surprised. I really hope I hear from Ryan again soon. I'm glad that he is doing well. I miss him so much.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Breastfeeding Debate
Well, with the Salma Hayek video everywhere, this has been the debate lately. Some people seemed shocked that a woman would breastfeed someone else's child. If I would have been in her shoes, you bet money I would have done that same thing. Hell, I've even considered pumping and donating milk to milk banks for premies. I've always been an over producer, so why not share?
People seemed so shocked about breastfeeding in general. What in the world do that think babies ate before formula? Breastmilk! Humans are mammals. Mammary glands and all, right? I do understand some mother's can not breastfeed. Their glands just do not produce enough milk to sustain the baby's life. This is why there were wet nurses ages ago. Another woman breastfed the mom's baby. It wasn't some shocking news story back then. Man times have changed.
I do have to wonder if this news story is making such a hoopla in other countries. I know it is with the fact of Salma Hayek's advocacy work, but I wonder if other countries are all "OMG EWW" over it like some of the United States seems to be. Not to mention the folks talking bad about her still breastfeeding her 1 year old. Last time I checked, breastmilk doesn't turn to poison at the moment the child turns one. I'm proud to say that I'm still breastfeeding my 14 month old.
While on that topic, breastfeeding past one year is NOT for the mom. There are some days, that I'd love to just be by myself, but when my daughter comes over, signs milk, and happily bounces up and down, how can I deny her? She still gets nourishment from the breastmilk, not to mention the antibody properties. How long will we breastfeed? Who knows. It will probably happen like everything else has when it comes to Alison's breastfeeding. When she weans, we'll be done. She's already weaned some from how much she used to nurse, but she does still want to nurse some.
People seemed so shocked about breastfeeding in general. What in the world do that think babies ate before formula? Breastmilk! Humans are mammals. Mammary glands and all, right? I do understand some mother's can not breastfeed. Their glands just do not produce enough milk to sustain the baby's life. This is why there were wet nurses ages ago. Another woman breastfed the mom's baby. It wasn't some shocking news story back then. Man times have changed.
I do have to wonder if this news story is making such a hoopla in other countries. I know it is with the fact of Salma Hayek's advocacy work, but I wonder if other countries are all "OMG EWW" over it like some of the United States seems to be. Not to mention the folks talking bad about her still breastfeeding her 1 year old. Last time I checked, breastmilk doesn't turn to poison at the moment the child turns one. I'm proud to say that I'm still breastfeeding my 14 month old.
While on that topic, breastfeeding past one year is NOT for the mom. There are some days, that I'd love to just be by myself, but when my daughter comes over, signs milk, and happily bounces up and down, how can I deny her? She still gets nourishment from the breastmilk, not to mention the antibody properties. How long will we breastfeed? Who knows. It will probably happen like everything else has when it comes to Alison's breastfeeding. When she weans, we'll be done. She's already weaned some from how much she used to nurse, but she does still want to nurse some.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Control your damn children, Okay?
Mom, Alison, and myself were at Wal-Mart tonight. We were heading to get some stuff for mom, and this kid just runs full speed from an isle. It's amazingly lucky that Mom didn't hit her with the cart. It would have been bad had she hit her due to just how fast she was running. Not to mention, it would jostle Alison pretty badly in the cart.
Now, this kid did not even stop running. I really wonder if she even knew she almost got hit. Hell, she didn't even turn around to say sorry, excuse me, or even a fuck off. No acknowledgment that she almost rammed into a cart. I really have to wonder where the girl's mom/guardian was. I know if my mom saw me running like that, she'd likely beat my butt right there.
Control your children people!
Now, this kid did not even stop running. I really wonder if she even knew she almost got hit. Hell, she didn't even turn around to say sorry, excuse me, or even a fuck off. No acknowledgment that she almost rammed into a cart. I really have to wonder where the girl's mom/guardian was. I know if my mom saw me running like that, she'd likely beat my butt right there.
Control your children people!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Change saving
Next time anyone gives me crap about saving my change, I shall just point them here:
http://www.changepot.blogspot.com/
That is just too cool.
http://www.changepot.blogspot.com/
That is just too cool.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
A Place to Start
For well over the past year, I've kept a blog detailing the adventures of my pregnancy with Alison, and all the stuff that has happened with her. I will be keeping up that blog, but I thought about starting one that can be more me. The other blog is for Alison and family updates. This one can be for my ramblings about who knows what. *grin* hehe.
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