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Friday, July 18, 2008


  • Guess what I did today?
    *I got promoted!!*

       So it might not have been the best day in other regards (the whole $$ thing is somewhat resloved, thanks to Hubbys' mom) but man did I feel great when they offered me my new position.  I went into work, got a call from the manager in personelle, was told to come back, had my interview, and then they offered me the position.  I officially start my new job on 8/2/2008.  Everyone knew by the time I was back up front, even though I was told to keep it quiet, lol.  My replacement also got her promotion today.  So yay.  It felt very good when my manager (the one who is over my area specifiically) told me what a wonderful job I was doing in my current position and that she didn't want to move me but knew that I would do great in the new position.  The way she made it sound, she thinks I will be a good leader to the rest of the supervisors there, too.  That is SO awesome.

       Tommorrow is one of my days off this week.  I still don't know if I am doing the yardsale or is I am going to wait till next week.  I guess I better make up my mind, huh?  I'm thinking that I will wait till next week, because I have a bunk-bed that is going now (in my state foster parents are not allowed to have bunk-beds because some kid strangled to death in one or something) and a couple of other large items and I'm just not prepared to take them.  If I was having it here it would be different, but I'm not sure what the homeowners association rules are about yardsales.  So I'll just wait.  Hope people aren't too pissed off, I will write it on the sites I posted on and hope that that is ok. 

       Mike made chicken salad today, so I'm off to have some of that.  Have a great weekend!!

  •    Another day, another dollar.  I wanted to get up earlier today than I did, unfortunatly Hubby just let me sleep.  I don't know what he does in the private time that he has between when he gets up and I get up, but no matter how many times I ask him to wake me up at a certain time, unless he has somewhere that he wants us to be, or plans, I don't get woken up until it suits him.  That drives me NUTS. 
       I finally have a weekend day off tommorrow, and I decided to have a yeardsale with my sister.  Then yesterday she told me she was bailing because they are having my nieces 5th Birthday party on Sunday and need to get ready.  So I'm not really looking forward to sitting out in the 90 degree temperatures by myself with no one to talk to, but since I've got postings on CL and a website for our local area, I figure I should go because I might make a little money, at least.  Not that it matters at this point... I'm not sure how much we have or do not have, but I gt stomache cramps every time I think about opening my online account with the bank to see the numbers.  I've never legitimatly been worried about money until now.  We are supposed to go on Vacation in 28 days... I can't imagine being caught up and back in charge of my life by then.  With any luck, this week will be a terrible memory that will help us learn, but I'm not hopeful that we will not still be feeling the repurcussions of paying out what we have just to cover the over-draft fees.  What I would like to do is go into the bank and say HEY, your employee knew this was going to happen when he let us overdraw our account without saying anything, so could you maybe waive a couple of the fees, but I just don't have the time, or the energy and I'm afraid I would look like an ass.  I guess better to look like an ass and save a hundred dollars in fees than to not, right?

     

Thursday, July 17, 2008

  • WoW

       Ha.  I finally got into messing around with themes... and I created THIS masterpiece.  I'm kinda proud of what I did!  Let me know what you think!!

  •    SO.  I'm trying to steer clear of hot-button topics (such as money and my lack of it for the first time in quite a few years).  The last few days, due to all my OMG we're POOR drama, I've forgotten to tell you all about how Baby Puppy is progressing...
       *Baby Puppy learned to walk down stairs.  But when he gets to the last 3 steps, he does the super puppy leap, and it's VERY cute.  I will have to find a way to capture it on video and post it here.
       *Baby Puppy has learned to Poop outside, each and every time.  We're not yeat at 100% on the pee issue, but he pees on paper, in the kitchen, and that's good enough for me. 
       *Baby Puppy can walk for more than a single block (we're not asking for miracles or anything here) without flopping down on the ground and forcing you to either drag or carry him.
       *Baby Puppy *kind of* fetches.

     

  •    I swear.  Everything looked like it was going to be ok, money wise.  We did some tap-dancing, and came up with the money we needed to fix our bank account, and still have enough money left over to EAT.  I should have known that it was WAY to good to be true, with my bank and what they did to us last week.  Did I tell you?
    Last week we had $1,110.00 in the bank.  I forgot about a bill Hubby had paid with a check, that was $168.00 and withdrew $1,000.00.  The check was in the que to go through at the bank, but obviously I didn't know that.  When I went in to withdraw the $1,000, the teller had to get an over-ride, but I didn't think anything of it, and nothing was said to me.  The teller had to get an over-ride because the $1,000 withdraw was putting my balance in the NEGATIVE.  The teller and the manager never said a single word.  So, still not aware of the $168 that was comming out, I thought I had $110 in the bank and proceeded to get gas, some food, and a pack of smokes.  And that was all it took.  The money wasn't there, so each time I slid that card, a NSF fee was applied to my account. 
       Then we stopped sliding that card, because I realised what had happened when I went online.  I cried alot that day.  We took some stuff to a PAWN shop for christs sake... ME, who buys $300 purses, had to go to a PAWN shop.  WE came up with the money to cover the overdrafts and put us in the positive.  No one helped us, WE did it.  Hubby got paid today, I went ahead and paid the electric bill, because I could.  Got a few groceries, and put gas in hubbies car.  Came home and got online.  Everything was RED again... Looking, looking... I couldn't see why. There were 5 new overdraft fees on there... and a payment to an INSUREANCE COMPANY where I cancelled my policy almost 2 monthes ago.  My current balance is RED, but my pending balance is BLACK, which would be good... had the $290 electric bill payment I JUST made still not be taken out, and it is more than the black balance.  This has eaten up more money than I care to share.  My vacation?  IT's TRASHED, because we are going to have NO money.  And all this because one person couldn't say "Hey, are you sure you want to pull out that $1,000, because it will over-draw your account".  All this because I made a SINGLE forgetful mistake, we have almost $200 just in overdraft fees.  I'm ready to pull the trigger!