I was getting into my van the other day and I see a large (well, I think it's large) scrape looking dent in the side of my van! Looks like someone was backing out and just side-swiped my van. I will post a pic later. It must have happened when I was working at Subway because I haven't really been anywhere else but the grocery store and I go there so late that there is nobody parked next to me.
I am going to start buying good luck charms pretty soon.
2.23.2009
Had a meeting with the FBI
More interesting stuff happening around here!
I had a meeting with the FBI today. We met at Starbucks at high noon...lol.
Imagine that! Me having coffee with the FBI...hmmm. I made sure he had proper identification too. Well there was a group of ladies in the coffee shop that seemed pretty interested in what was going on....lol.
Anyway, it seems that my oldest son (Shane) is being checked out for some Top Secret Military Clearance on a priority case. They called me yesterday and wanted to meet today because it was a priority case, I guess.
I heard that Shane was going to join the military and wants to blow stuff up...lol, but I don't think he actually left for boot camp yet. And even the FBI guy said that was pretty unusual, he mostly checks out people after they have left for boot camp or finished already. He asked a bunch of questions, I answered them, and he thanked me for my time.
That's kind of cool. I am happy for Shane if he has found something he wants to do, and hey the pay is probably not too bad for Top Secret Military guys either!
And now, those ladies in the coffee shop have something else to talk about....OMG!
Someone tried to hack into my paypal account!
Wow, I am pissed! I got an email from paypal saying that I paid $100 pounds for a Skype account in another country...what the heck! Apparently they auto-billed me somehow. And my paypal is set to automatically fund from my personal checking. So, of course, paypal snags the money from my checking to fund this charge. Great! Dumbass hackers!
So I file a claim with paypal. I also called my bank to check my account, and they said that they don't see a charge so monitor the account. Paypal reversed the transaction pretty quickly, then held the money for a day. I have spoken with my banks fraud department so they are aware of the situation too.
Everything is fixed now, and the money is back where it belongs. But I am just not sure I want to keep my paypal account open now. Not if someone can just auto-bill me and get money. What if I had not checked my email that day?
And now paypal is making it so you can sell on ebay but only if you take paypal as your sole form of payments. So I might be giving up paypal AND ebay, I guess.
Please comment. I would like to hear other views on this matter.
...Lisa
So I file a claim with paypal. I also called my bank to check my account, and they said that they don't see a charge so monitor the account. Paypal reversed the transaction pretty quickly, then held the money for a day. I have spoken with my banks fraud department so they are aware of the situation too.
Everything is fixed now, and the money is back where it belongs. But I am just not sure I want to keep my paypal account open now. Not if someone can just auto-bill me and get money. What if I had not checked my email that day?
And now paypal is making it so you can sell on ebay but only if you take paypal as your sole form of payments. So I might be giving up paypal AND ebay, I guess.
Please comment. I would like to hear other views on this matter.
...Lisa
2.22.2009
Girl Scout Cookies are here!
If you love Girl Scout cookies as much as we do, you will be happy to know that the first batch arrived today! This is only for the people that know a Girl Scout in their area and placed a pre-order.
For everyone else.... Booth sales start next week. So be watching for the sales at your local grocery stores and help support our girls all over America.
My favorites are the Carmel Delights...this year they are called Samoas, that's what they used to be called a few years ago and they changed it back for some reason. I'm just glad they still make that flavor! lol
Here's a link to see all the cookies that are available this year.... G.S. Cookies
What's your favorite?
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2.18.2009
By Now Everyone Knows
I try not to post any bad stuff on here, but I just had to get this out of my system.
Ok, by now I'm sure everyone knows that Mark and I are no longer together. And now it is official, I guess. As of today, all the papers are signed and everything is in writing. On approximately April 28th we will be officially divorced, it will be final.
I can't even begin to tell you how heartbroken I am. I feel like I've had my heart ripped out and thrown on the floor. The hurt is so bad that I don't think it will ever go away. I know I have to be strong and take care of the kids, but even that does not make it any easier for me. A piece of me has died and will never be the same.
No, I don't need to be put on suicide watch or anything drastic like that....I would never do that to my kids, my family, my friends.
I never even knew that anything was wrong with "US". I was not a jealous wife, I did not call him up every minute and ask when he would be home, what he was doing, why he was so late. We still met up for late dinners, planned things, did the usual stuff. He was working a lot more than usual, but he does that sometimes. Well, I guess he wasn't exactly working....he was seeing someone else. And now she is pregnant and he has chosen to be with HER instead of me. He says he just wants to set me free, that he is not a good man, and we would be better off apart. Another dagger through the heart!
When we told the kids...I made him tell them. After all, this IS all his fault. And I can't even get a few words out without crying....still. When he told them, he made it seem like we just didn't get along anymore, which is not true. And later the kids asked him if he had a new girlfriend and he said "NO"....what the hell?!!!!!!! He is living with her now!!!!! (@#&@%...insert own expletive!) He says he did not think they needed to know that....you bet your ass they need to know that!
I was looking forward to watching our kids grow up so we could spend our time together...now I just have loneliness to look forward to, I guess. As much as I hate to admit it, he will always be the one for me. And now I can't even look at him without crying and knowing he will be leaving again and going home to her.
I don't even have the heart to take the ring off. I can barely sleep more than three hours a night. My stomach is so upset I don't want to eat, I've lost over 20 pounds in the last four weeks. So right now I'm just trying to be OK and that's the best I can do.
I have a plan...I am going to open the daycare back up and just go full-time with that. And I will work at Subway part-time for a little bit. My lawyer says it's a good plan, so now I just need to make it happen.
I still can't even believe all of this is happening.
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Ok, by now I'm sure everyone knows that Mark and I are no longer together. And now it is official, I guess. As of today, all the papers are signed and everything is in writing. On approximately April 28th we will be officially divorced, it will be final.
I can't even begin to tell you how heartbroken I am. I feel like I've had my heart ripped out and thrown on the floor. The hurt is so bad that I don't think it will ever go away. I know I have to be strong and take care of the kids, but even that does not make it any easier for me. A piece of me has died and will never be the same.
No, I don't need to be put on suicide watch or anything drastic like that....I would never do that to my kids, my family, my friends.
I never even knew that anything was wrong with "US". I was not a jealous wife, I did not call him up every minute and ask when he would be home, what he was doing, why he was so late. We still met up for late dinners, planned things, did the usual stuff. He was working a lot more than usual, but he does that sometimes. Well, I guess he wasn't exactly working....he was seeing someone else. And now she is pregnant and he has chosen to be with HER instead of me. He says he just wants to set me free, that he is not a good man, and we would be better off apart. Another dagger through the heart!
When we told the kids...I made him tell them. After all, this IS all his fault. And I can't even get a few words out without crying....still. When he told them, he made it seem like we just didn't get along anymore, which is not true. And later the kids asked him if he had a new girlfriend and he said "NO"....what the hell?!!!!!!! He is living with her now!!!!! (@#&@%...insert own expletive!) He says he did not think they needed to know that....you bet your ass they need to know that!
I was looking forward to watching our kids grow up so we could spend our time together...now I just have loneliness to look forward to, I guess. As much as I hate to admit it, he will always be the one for me. And now I can't even look at him without crying and knowing he will be leaving again and going home to her.
I don't even have the heart to take the ring off. I can barely sleep more than three hours a night. My stomach is so upset I don't want to eat, I've lost over 20 pounds in the last four weeks. So right now I'm just trying to be OK and that's the best I can do.
I have a plan...I am going to open the daycare back up and just go full-time with that. And I will work at Subway part-time for a little bit. My lawyer says it's a good plan, so now I just need to make it happen.
I still can't even believe all of this is happening.
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2.14.2009
Found a Little Tykes picnic table
I am loving craigslist today. I found this awesome Little Tykes picnic table listed on craigslist for only $10. And I snatched it up! It even folds up for easy storage.
I will put in out on the back patio for the daycare. What a super deal I got! I checked online and these are about $90....so I think I got a great deal.....yeah me!
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2.10.2009
I'm opening daycare back up....yeah!
Wow, by now everyone has heard that I am going to be offering daycare again. I missed it! And I am excited to say I will be going full-time with it within the next few months. Yeah!
These are some pics of past daycare kids and, of course, my own kids are in there too. The point is, we always had something fun to do or learn. And I randomly took pictures to send to parents so they can actually see what we do throughout the day. I think parents appreciate that, and I would want it done for me....so there you go. ....enjoy the pics! And send this to anyone who needs childcare please. There is a link at the bottom of this post to email it.
I have a few clients lined up for drop-in care. That is just once in a while when they need childcare for an appointment, errand, night out, you get the idea.
I am looking for a few full-time and part-time clients. So if you know of anyone that needs childcare please send them my way.
Also, I will be running a pre-school program this time around. I did have some pre-school activities when I ran the daycare before but it was informal and random....this time I will have an actual curriculum program. It's a new requirement by the state to help our kids get ready for school.
I have created a web site with all the information that parents want to know. I will be adding more info as I go. Check it out here: Lisa's Family Daycare
So check out the new web site. There are lots of pictures...Mark jr is my personal photographer. He loves taking pictures for me. And he does a good job! I took some of them too.
Mark jr and Leah are excited about me offering daycare again. They miss all the kids we had in the past. Now it's time to start again.
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