the one in which i dont get the Wii, but someone using my atm card does...

this morning i woke up excited at the prospect of looking at new houses. our house is officially on the market, and since the market sucks there is alot more in our price range now. things we couldnt have afforded this time last year are suddenly affordable. yay us! i was feeling pretty good. we got out of bed and readied the house for the cleaning ladies and were about to head out the door when the phone rang.

a quick peak at the caller id let me know it was my bank - hmm thats strange at 8:30am i thought. the call went something like this:

bank: hello, is mrs. so and so there?
me: this is mrs. so and so
bank: i am calling from the fraud department from your bank about some suspicious activity on your atm card.
me: umm (mind racing trying to remember where my wallet was)
me: gulp (swallowing a mouth full of vomit as i realize i tucked it away for safe keeping in my glove compartment last night before we walked into the store to pick up a gagillion things at a local warehouse club)
bank: specifically i am wondering if we should authorize a payment to SuperWal.Mart in the amount of $253.96?
me: umm, no - you shouldnt authorize that.
bank: would you like us to cancel your atm card and issue you a new one
me: yes

the whole time in the background j. is saying - where is your wallet? i will grab it for you. umm, hello - my wallet was stolen. to which j. replies, did you leave it in the car? the glove compartment was open this morning. um yes, i say, did you leave the car unlocked last night? yes he replies. ugh!!

so about 1503 calls later (the first one to the realtor to postpone our parade of homes today) all my credit cards are cancelled along with my cell phone, drivers license, warehouse club cards, hospital volunteer badge, library cards for f. and i, health insurance cards for me and the boys, etc. the good news is that i only had to scream "speak to a live person" into the stupid phone tree thingies about 3254 times.

so with police report number in hand it occurs to me, hmm, thats about how much i was saving to spend on a Wii this fall - hope the asshats are enjoying my new Wii. i really do hope that they enjoyed the slushy at Royal F.arms along with a full tank of gas. i also hope the mf'ers get caught using my cards and enjoy three squares a day in our local lock up.

no words

resurfacing

tomorrow is a big day around here. f. starts kindergarten! and our house goes on the market *again*. i am not sure why, but i am finding myself very teary about the prospect of sending him off to kindergarten. for weeks now i have been counting down the day - but here on the eve of his first day i find myself a mess. its not as though this is his first trip away from the nest. he has been going to preschool for 3 years now - but somehow, for some reason, kindergarten feels different. its like he is all grown up.

we went to meet his teacher together today and she seems very nice. i am sure he will have a lot of fun and make some great friends. his school added an additional kindergarten class at the very last minute, so his class size is only 17 - which should be great. today, i was just there to answer some essential questions and place check marks in the appropriate boxes. f. was there to get used to the classroom and answer a few pointed questions from his teacher. at one point they were doing some math, and he informed the teacher that 6 + 6 = 9. she corrected him and said, actually 6 + 6 = 12. to which he responds, "oh, well thats not what my mommy thinks. she told me that 6 + 6 = 9!" great, just great. admittedly my math skills suck, but i generally have the addition questions down pat.

as far as the house thing goes. i was feeling pretty excited about it. we hired a new agent, set a new price and did some last minute sprucing up over the weekend. i think the house looks great and hopefully it will sell in a hurry. we are going to start looking at houses ourselves again on friday. i am hoping that even though just now when i went to check on "the house" on the top of my dream house list and discovered that it went under contract today that this time it won't be as painful as last time. wish me luck.

well, at least it's still the same season

f's bday candle pic this year, only 2 months late...

another thing to add to my resume

f: mommy, you make the best toast in the whole world!
me: i am glad you like it.
f: you know what mommy?
me: what f.?
f: i think you should take your allowance and use it to buy your own tv show. that way you can show everyone how you make the best toast in the whole world.
me: hmm

no words

for good luck

while playing volleyball with his father

j.: f., do you have to go to the potty?
f: no, i dont have to go
me: f., just go use the potty then you can finish the game
f: i dont have to go
me: then how come you keep grabbing yourself?
f: i am just squeezing it each time for good luck. my turn to serve.