Just spoke to the Carpet Cleaning company, and they are very sorry about the whole “cash vs. check” incident and assured me that they do take checks-they will be handling that situation.  They will also be out next Saturday Morning, bright and early to re-clean my carpets at no charge.

Kaiden and Ashton started their new school today.  They did pretty well.  Kaiden had Dena’s son Ethan to smooth over the transition and Ashton started playing right away and I was able to sneak out without him realizing it.  They have webcams that you can see them, but I have not gotten the damn password yet.  Dena has it, but she opted to save the sign-in and password in her computer. So she can see them, but cannot remember the info so that I can log in.  I keep getting emails like this every 10 minutes:

Very cool????.
I?m watching E and K right now.  They are both at the sink washing their hands.
and
They are now sitting at the table with art smocks on eating a snack.

Damn her!

Well, we paid to have all of the carpets cleaned yesterday, and I have to say I was not too happy.  When the guy was done cleaning the carpets, I go to write him a check (even after the price is more than what was quoted to me on the phone by the office) and he pulls this one:

Carpet Cleaner Man: “Ooh, I am sorry, I need you to pay cash for today’s services.”

Me: “What, are you serious?  I have used this company about a hundred times and paid by check every time?”

Carpet Cleaner Man: “Yeah, well she should have told you over the phone, everyone who works on 4th of July Weekend, gets to keep (3) of their jobs as a bonus, so that’s why we need the payment to be cash.”

Me: “Well I was never told that on the phone.  Why wouldn’t she have told me that?”

Carpet Cleaner Man: “I am sorry maam, I am not sure, would it be possible for you to run to an ATM?”

WTF?  Does this guy think I am an idiot?  I know damn well he is lying and that he is going to write on my ticket that I cancelled the cleaning and pocket that money.  So fine, Todd ran to the ATM just to get this guy out of the house.  But here we are this morning and the stains are all coming back as you can see here:

What a week!  Ashton has been sick, running a fever since Monday night.  It started with the fever and then turned into a chest cold.  So, we have been home all week.  We went to the doctor on Thursday and the doctor did not want to put him on antibiotics.  She said that because he was on antibiotics his whole first year, his body doesn’t know how to fight on it’s own - therefore, we are waiting this one out, at home, with no help from daddy (who’s job is apparently more important than mine, thus he cannot take time off to help, because its okay if I lose my job) - blah.
 

Kaiden has been at Vacation Bible School this whole week with her best buddies, Kevin and Brianna.  I need to thank Nadine for all her help with Kaiden, while I was dealing with Ashton (not like she had a choice, Kaiden through a shit fit in the church so she could go with her Dee Dee).  She really enjoyed it, and has been asking everyone all week if they have Jesus in their heart and telling us we need to forgive, because God does.  You see, we have to send her to these things, because she does not get any moral lessons at home!!!  They had a big program today, followed by a luncheon.  It was cute!  Kaiden’s class was the “Zebra’s” for the Noah’s Ark theme.
 

Both kids will be starting their new daycare/school on Tuesday - WAVE Children’s Learning Center.  This place is great, they have a Montessori program, an indoor gym/playground and camera�s in the classrooms so that we can view them during the day via the web with a password.  She gets to go with her friend Ethan, my friend Dena’s son.
 

Well that’s this week in a nutshell, hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July weekend!!!
 

On the Calendar for Next Week:

07/02/05-Carpets Steam Cleaned

07/03/05-Cookout @ Nadine’s Mom-In-Law’s

07/04/05-Cookout/Fireworks @ the Pier

Aloha Friday is brought to you by the letter A and by Snarky!

What temperature does it need to be outside before you consider it ?hot??

85F and I say that because I live in Virginia Beach and there is ALWAYS humidity involved, so 85F feels like 385F!  I like spring and fall!

If you could pick a TV show character to be your best friend (no reality shows, please), who would you pick and why?

I would pick Karen and Jack from Will and Grace.  Because who couldn’t use a drink and a laugh on a

hourly basis!

Spread the spirit of aloha?whom should we visit this week?

Go over and visit MommaK at Petroville.  She is a GREAT read and I am pretty sure she is a fellow Virginian!  Please excuse her site, it may be acting crazy - she is having some hosting issues - but she is still a great read!