On Saturday April 10th I helped out Curtis at the acting school. I haven't been there in a long time so it was odd to be back. Some of the kids are quite funny and cute and some.... man... I kinda fear for our future. So many parents just completely spoil and coddle their children! There were so many spoiled brats and also some kids who are sweet but who are way behind in terms of their speech development. And this is mostly due to the fact that their parents seem to want them to be babies forever and don't push them at all when it comes to learning how to speak correctly. I mean, there are always a few kids who have to see speech therapists for lisps or whatnot but this is different. This is 5 year olds that I can barely understand due to extreme baby talk and underdevelopment. Yet these same 5year olds seem to think that the earth revolves around them so that combined with watching their overprotective and coddling parents interact with them leads me to believe that the parents are to blame. But like I said, there are also some really sweet, cute and talented kids there as well.
Anyway, after that I went home and started dinner before Curtis got home. We got that ready and then went over to Karen's to help her decorate for Henry's birthday party. It ended up being a good night but a long one. A chandelier fell down and shattered glass from the light bulbs everywhere inches from my face but nobody was hurt thank goodness! And Curtis and I hung streamers and made a banner and ate the tasting cake Karen made to taste what the birthday cake would taste like. She also made some frosting that Curtis couldn't stop eating! When Mark got home from work we stopped working on the party and just sat around and chatted for a bit with some drinks. It was a nice way to end things. We left around midnight full of food and frosting!
On Sunday April 11th Curtis and I started the day by taking Frankie on a walk to go get some coffee. We figured we could kill two birds with one stone that way. We got Frankie some exercise and we didn't have to make coffee at home and also got exercise. I guess maybe that was really 3 birds. Oh well. :) I think my main point is that we've been trying really hard to keep more active lately. After that we ate some breakfast and then Curtis headed to work. I got ready and headed over to Karen's house for Henry's first birthday party! Yay! It was really fun! I got to see some people I hadn't seen in a while and Henry had a great time and we all got some great food and wine (except Henry. No wine for him!) and a good time was had by all! The only downside for me was that I didn't have my ring because it had been at the jewelers being fixed. The diamond had come loose and it needed repair. So, all the people congratulating me wanted to see the ring but I didn't have it. But the day wasn't about me anyway, it was about Henry so, it really wasn't that big a deal. Curtis came late and he also enjoyed himself. Before I left Karen and I looked at some possible bridesmaids dresses and shoes. And that was pretty much my day!
Monday April 12th~ We booked our venue! It was exactly one month from the night Curtis proposed! We put down a deposit and therefore set our date! Hooray! We also got a nice discount! Double hooray! We started the day with a nice workout at the gym together and then we got ready and went to book the venue. Julie met us there so she could see the venue and also make sure we asked all the questions we wanted to. That was really the biggest part of the day! I also got caught up on some other things. But nothing too exciting. It also rained in the morning. I like rain.
Tuesday April 13th~ It continues to be cold. So my photo is of Frankie in his sweatshirt.
I think I did some laundry and maybe cleaned or something. I'm not really sure what I did today to be exact. I know Curtis and I went to the gym together again. And that's really all I got. Oh! And we got In N Out for dinner. I loved their grilled cheese with grilled onions. Mmmm. And we watched "Lost". And I started my taxes. That's all I got. Sorry.
Wednesday April 14th~
I did my taxes just in the nick of time! And I am getting money back but since I still owe taxes from a previous year it will go to those! But that's okay because I am just so excited to not owe this year! And I will also be just about done paying off my taxes now thanks to this! Woo-hoo! I hadn't done any 1099 MISC Independent Contractor work in this past year which was kind of good in that my taxes were SOOOOO easy! My photo is of my tax forms after I completed them and printed them out!
Thursday April 15th~
Today I had an interview for a job I applied for back in January. It went really well! From there I went to pick up my niece Katie because she had been sick the night before and couldn't go to school and had been hanging out with my brother at his school where he teaches until I could get to her. He teaches middle school. When I went to sign in at the office there was a whole group of kids just getting to school at 10 am for no real reason. Sigh... youth of today. The office lady was yelling at them about being responsible and being old enough to learn how to use things like alarm clocks. Anyway, so, I picked up Katie and we went back to my brother and sis in law's house where we both laid down to rest a bit and Katie watched cartoons. Later she was feeling much better and so she had lunch while i worked out on their elliptical machine. I had planned on going to the gym after my interview before they called me to watch Katie so this way I was still able to squeeze my workout in! Then I ate lunch and then a little later we played in the backyard until my sis in law Kerri got home. From there I went home to get changed to go up to Burbank for an appt I had up there. I also got a call saying that I got the job I interviewed for! And I start on Monday! Wow! That's much faster than I thought! I'm really glad to have a job again FINALLY but kind of taken off guard at not having next week to finish up some things. When I interviewed they said I wouldn't know until the end of next week and would start the following Monday if I got the job. This was quite a lot faster than expected! So I hurriedly changed and cleaned up and then headed up to Burbank. It was rush hour at this point so the drive wasn't great but it also wasn't as bad as it could have been. After my appointment up there I drove home exhausted and hungry. Poor Frankie had been alone a lot of the day and I felt bad leaving him alone so much. He's not going to like it when I am at work 9 hours a day again. :( Oh well. I need to make money to keep him in kibble! ;-) But honestly I did kind of miss being home. So my photo of the day is of a pillow I got a present with me, Curtis and Frankie by the fireplace. I was glad to go to bed tonight. So. Very. Tired.
Friday April 16th 2010~
Today started off with me filling out a ton of new hire forms for my new job! Yay! And then, about halfway through the day I decided to check my credit score which had been steadily improving over the last couple of years. So, imagine my surprise to find out that I had a new "Alert" from my credit tracker membership saying that my credit had recently had a bad thing posted on it and my credit had just plummeted! Upon further inspection I had a negative posting on my credit from a collection agency I had talked to in January. It's a long story but in a nutshell, these people are saying I owe money to BMG Music from 2006! And while I did receive cds from them back then, I also paid off my account and closed it! So I called these people in January and told them I didn't owe the money. They asked if I could prove it with a cancelled check. I said I couldn't because I don't keep checks that long. And also what if I had paid with a credit card? I don't even have the same credit card that I did way back then! They said they'd look into it. I never heard back from them. I figured it was still being investigated or had been dropped. Nope, they had made a decision that the debt was valid, but hadn't notified me and then posted it to my credit. Now, I've dealt with legitimate credit collection claims and I have also dealt with a bogus claim before. The previous bogus claim I was able to prove because it said I owed AT&T money and I was able to contact AT&T and have them send me a letter stating that I had never been sent to collections by them. But in this case, BMG music went out of business in June of 2009. This company said they bought my debt in December or 2009. From WHO?! Argh. Upon further research I found that there are several hundred complaints against this so called collection agency stating that they are being extorted by them with bogus claims that are hurting their credit! It's a TOTAL SCAM! I'm so pissed off I could spit fire. So, I'm reporting these evil assholes to every agency I can and am also going to sue them if they don't clear my case and fix my credit. Since both my dad and one of my best friends is a lawyer it shouldn't be too hard for me to do this. I think this can be fixed but what a pain in the ass! And what an AWFUL way to end what started out as a really good week! I spent the entire day on the phone getting yelled at and threatened by the rude assholes who work for this bogus company and then researching how to fight them on this. Since there are hundreds of complaints against them I am hoping to have my credit repaired quickly. But who knows.
So, if you've ever been contacted by the National Recovery Agency or West Bay Acquisitions regarding a bogus BMG or Columbia Music charge please let me know. I'm more than happy to start a class action law suit against these assholes. This is also a form of identity theft (which I am pretty sure is a felony) because I know for a fact I never gave my social security number to BMG so someone somewhere got it unlawfully and is using my old BMG account to extort money from me. They say if I pay they will remove the negative post on my credit which is strange since legitimate collections agencies just mark it as paid or settled. It usually stays on your credit when it's legit. That's just one more way that I know they are not legit. They are posting these bogus claims on people's credit which ruins their credit and then they make them pay the amount to fix the credit. It's all a scam. And I refuse to pay. I ended the day with a long walk with Frankie to relieve some stress, a glass of wine and some nice conversation with some friends.
Saturday April 17th 2010~ Today was another busy day! I woke up early to water the plants. My mom is on vacation and has a bout a million and one plants. They're beautiful but man there's a lot of plants. Then I picked up the dog poop in the yard since the gardeners are coming and then I got ready and Curtis, Frankie and I headed out to our nephew Dylan's t-ball game! Frankie enjoyed the park atmosphere and some kids played with him and he loved that and the t-ball games was fun to watch! Then we stopped by Curtis's mom's house to walk the dogs there since Curtis's dad is out of town and usually does that. So Frankie, Pete and Abby all got a walk. Then it was home so I could feed Frankie and myself and Curtis left for work. I cleaned and organized and paid some bills and then I went to the post office and the bank on my way to my niece Sarah's soccer game. The games was a nail biter and they lost by 1 goal that was a total fluke! Oh well. Then my sis in laws Kerri and Molly and my nieces and I went bridesmaid dress shopping. It was really fun! We all had a good time! Then I stopped to get groceries and then again to get some dog food for Frankie and then it was home again. I made dinner, did the dishes and some laundry and then collapsed on the couch. It was a fun day but man I was pooped!
My photo is of the girls trying on dresses. But these are not all the right colors or styles. You'll have to wait to see what was actually picked! :)
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