I am thankful for the wonderful chaos when all of my family is able to be together for the holidays.
12 Adults and 15 grand kids (we missed having Lex and Jess here :( )
Great time had by all (most of the time).
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Dumb onion slicing injury
I love my V slicer. It cuts, slices and dices better than any other kitchen tool I have. But it likely is the most dangerous. (There is a guard you cann use, but it takes too long).
I have had this injury before ( it doesnt hurt as bad as it looks) and It's much better than the thumb cut.
The dilemma is that texting and typing is a drag it must have been several years since I did this. Bummer
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Aging
CEM Ooooo who is that old guy (in reference to a DVD of Jimmy Buffett singing circa 1995)
Me Jimmy Buffett, he's looked like that for at least 30 years
CEM That would suck, I don't want to look old for most of my life
Monday, November 19, 2012
Count down to Thanksgiving
Thank goodness all of my family will be in Phoenix and we like each other enough to skip the spirited portion.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Suns game 11/17 - prepared
And they lost, again
But it was a great game
And at least one of us wishes that there was still an infinity towards purple instead of the power if orange
Suns game 11/14 - unprepared
They lost
In overtime, great game
(And we are left wondering what is in the kids meal)
BFF in a different zip code
CEMs bff is Riley. These two, according to anyone who meets them is that "they march to their own beat". The only dilemma is that Riley lives 20 miles away.
These two connected souls don't seem to care. Quality rules (I understand this!)
To watch them is to love them both. Humor, sass, smarts and beauty x 2.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Tree Lady
Alternative title could be Yes It's a school night
Prior to Breaking Dawn we had the opportunity to see Sophia in "Luncheonette of Horrors", a youth theatre production in Mesa.
She was amazing. We loved it and now have Mango Mambo stuck in our head :-)
Breaking Dawn Part 2
We are here for the premier and thankful for a 10 pm showing (insert awake and good hair here).
MJM brought Jill and convinced Tarzan to come (his face may be covered to protect his identity and provide no proof that he has a soft side for Vampires - or his girls).
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Monday, November 12, 2012
Anchors Away
Happy Veterans Day to all who protect our Country
Especially my dad who proudly served in the Navy.
XOXO
Jimmy Choo
As seen at the mall near the Aria. A whole display on the new Jimmy Choo collection. Only displaying one of each new 4 shoes in the line. At the bargain price of $1295 (if you buy the pair).
Lots of visitors all being eyed by an official security guard.
I wanted to touch (think covert affairs) just to see what would happen.
If I only had one leg I would have just risked in and stole the one shoe.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
24 hours in Vegas
53 degrees (insert burrrrr here): got my sephora shopping done, bought a pair of purple jeans and a black robe, ate Mexican food, ate gelato and people watched, lost $4 gambling, presented to the board technology committee, finally got my pic with the shoe.
Happy to go home :-)
The post
What I discovered on November 9th I would have never expected on October 30th. October 30th was the day "the check" was written.
Let it be said that I have plenty of money - in one of my accounts. So when I got the phone call on November 2 from the recipient of check #830 that my bank reversed the funds from the check I written to her I just figured that I needed to move money from savings to checking (which I did) and then realized I didn't need to because I had in fact been paid that week (I didn't have Diane around to remind when payday was). I guess I assumed to quickly that my lack of attention in account management was the issue.
Had I paid notice that the check had actually cleared on October 31, she had access to the money and then the money was deposited back poor recipient of check #830 would have had much less grief.
Instead I apologized profusely, explained it great detail how my fund management works, and offered to get her a new check when I returned to town unless the bank would let her try again on November 6 (again had I paid attention to any amount of detail the timing would have meant something to me).
Fast forward to November 9. This was the day I decided to read the mail. I had a letter dated from the bank on November 2 that they believed my checkbook had been stolen and a fraudulent check written. While I was on the phone with the bank the poor recipient of check #830 called to see if she could get a new check.
Apparently I never write checks, or so infrequently that my checks are reviewed. Apparently I break every rule that triggers an audit looking or fraudulent check writing
1. My signature never looks the same or like my signature card (this is probably because it is most often signed at stop lights)
2. The writing on the rest of check is never the same (that is because it depends who my passenger is who writes out the check. In the case of #830 it was Tarzan)
3. The numbers on my checks are on in order and appear very random (that's because it depends which car I am since there is a checkbook in each vehicle)
4. I rarely write large checks (#830 was 4 times the amount of any check written in the last 5 years)
5. All checks reviewed for fraudulence must wait 5 days (who knew) to wait for account owner to respond (if my case they called Tarzans old work number)
On November 9 the recipient of check #830 got her money, an apology letter from my bank to her bank asking to waive the $175 in her overdraft fees and a $12.50 check from my bank to cover the reversal fee.
So, I wrote 5 checks this week - following all the rules. And have moved the money transferred to checking back to savings. I'm sure I will transfer again by the end of the week.
Let it be said that I have plenty of money - in one of my accounts. So when I got the phone call on November 2 from the recipient of check #830 that my bank reversed the funds from the check I written to her I just figured that I needed to move money from savings to checking (which I did) and then realized I didn't need to because I had in fact been paid that week (I didn't have Diane around to remind when payday was). I guess I assumed to quickly that my lack of attention in account management was the issue.
Had I paid notice that the check had actually cleared on October 31, she had access to the money and then the money was deposited back poor recipient of check #830 would have had much less grief.
Instead I apologized profusely, explained it great detail how my fund management works, and offered to get her a new check when I returned to town unless the bank would let her try again on November 6 (again had I paid attention to any amount of detail the timing would have meant something to me).
Fast forward to November 9. This was the day I decided to read the mail. I had a letter dated from the bank on November 2 that they believed my checkbook had been stolen and a fraudulent check written. While I was on the phone with the bank the poor recipient of check #830 called to see if she could get a new check.
Apparently I never write checks, or so infrequently that my checks are reviewed. Apparently I break every rule that triggers an audit looking or fraudulent check writing
1. My signature never looks the same or like my signature card (this is probably because it is most often signed at stop lights)
2. The writing on the rest of check is never the same (that is because it depends who my passenger is who writes out the check. In the case of #830 it was Tarzan)
3. The numbers on my checks are on in order and appear very random (that's because it depends which car I am since there is a checkbook in each vehicle)
4. I rarely write large checks (#830 was 4 times the amount of any check written in the last 5 years)
5. All checks reviewed for fraudulence must wait 5 days (who knew) to wait for account owner to respond (if my case they called Tarzans old work number)
On November 9 the recipient of check #830 got her money, an apology letter from my bank to her bank asking to waive the $175 in her overdraft fees and a $12.50 check from my bank to cover the reversal fee.
So, I wrote 5 checks this week - following all the rules. And have moved the money transferred to checking back to savings. I'm sure I will transfer again by the end of the week.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Pre-post
To perk everyones interest in what may be the funniest post of the year I am anticipating in advance what I believe the the comments will be:
Abba - this should be in the What a Woman should Do
Alice - maybe ill sponsor a public service announcement for that
Amy - and how is it we are friends?
Camdyn - we should try my signature
Diane - I can help you with that
Kim - doesn't this happen to everyone?
Miranda - that's not fair
Mom - oh dear Laura
Rachel - my basketball one is ok right?
Ruth - awesome
Sara - are the rules documented?
Tami - I wrote a check for Clarks football fundraiser
Tarzan - its the banks fault
Stay tuned for the rest if the story......
Friday, November 9, 2012
In my defense, I have been heavily medicated on Nyquil
Tuesday (after I posted a sideways pic of my children on election night-too tired to fix) I went into a deep slumber until this am.
No I wasn't beauty sleeping, or hibernating but recovering from the Mesa Mountain View/Dignity Health Phx and No Cal head cold.
This am I was disturbed that I hadn't posted in days (but a huge congrats to all fellow bloggers - including KT :-) - who posted daily in my absence) and quickly posted my top 5 pics.
It wasn't until later that I remembered I had filed pics at the beginning of the week, I left out several really good ones. Half sinus headache and slightly quesy I opted to leave as is.
And then this afternoon I had a full fledged delayed RO when reviewing pics and saw Superbaby having to deal with posing that took too long.
And I laughed again, and gave this one its own post.
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