Much todo about Nothing
I swear my azz watches entirely way to much teLIEtoMYvison cuz everything I think or say got something to do with some dayum t.v. *shakin head* Maybe I need a job outside the home. LOL.
In other news, I was trying to order some "ethnic" educational learning books for my older daughters. Well, actually I did order them like about October 10 or so. Well here it is a month later and guess what? Still no product. Now I'm a patient girl and know how it is if you a one man shop or even if you a conglomerate, sh*t happens. So I politely email regarding ship date and even called the Lansing, MI number listed and left a message. And guess what, I got no reply email and I never received a return phone call. So I'm going to email yet again and call again. But if I don't hear back from them after that, I'm just gonna have to get our money back. I mean $100 bucks ain't alot of money but dayum. Close your pay pal or something if you not in business anymore. Don't just take folks money and be done. Let me not jump ahead, maybe they had to rewrite the text or reorder cuz the text were on back order. Hopefully after I email and call again I'll get a response. I really do want those books. *sigh*
In holiday news with family, I'm trying to get my house in order so it will be ready for my parents and my sister when they touch down on Wednesday at 9am. Yes y'all their flight gets into Washington at 9am. Happy for me, bad for them. Cuz not only are they getting here early a.m. that day, but then they gotta go right to the grocery store and run a few errands. I suppose this is why my mom is not cooking. Altho to her credit she's cooked a holiday meal every year since I've been able to remember. It's only been within the last 3 years or so that my sister and I have done the cooking. My mom would just make the mac and cheese and the dressing, cuz don't nobody do it like her. We would have my dad do the ham or some greens and my sister and I would do whatever else we wanted on the menu. Well I tried to be slick this year since they were coming up here and not going to the yearly Native American
sunrise ceremony. I thought my mom would then cook. Ummm yeah, well that's what I get for thinking. Cuz she told me in a not so nice way that she was not cooking. LOL. My moms be having me rollin yall. She a got a gang of credentials and letters after her name, but she real folks and don't get caught up in titles or how you THINK you suppose to be because of such and such. Must be where I get it from. Both of my parents are like that. Like my daddy would always tell me "you catch more flies with honey than you do with salt" LOL. So anyway, as far as who's gonna be doing the REAL cooking I have to thank my friends cuz they're doing it all. I mean yeah I probably could get it started until my sister gets here. But dayum, I'm tryna do prep and pre-cooking all by myself until she gets here the day before. And then expect her to hit the ground running and cooking a bunch a sh*t. That ain't even right. I wouldn't put that on nobody. I probably wouldn't mind if I didn't have to also tend to my babies. I know my limits and ain't even tryna stress myself out over some food. Besides I don't want to be too tired to go here and here and maybe even make a last stop here once we get back on our side of town. Cuz who wants to miss black friday shopping cuz they was too tired from slaving in the dayum kitchen for 10 days and 10 nights?
And lastly in "my high azz food bill" news the new total (minus the 1 receipt I probably threw away) is now up to a whopping $703.40. And if you add in the holiday catering meal it's gonna be $920.84. And still, no food. We gonna be in trouble when our children become teenagers and really start eating all day, everyday. They azz gonna have to get a job to support our families food habit. LOL. I wonder how many other folks out there spend way more on food and other things than they think. I would never have known had I not made a conscious decision to keep the receipts so that I could see the dolla amount with my own eyes. *shakin head*
Okay folks, little Sumehra is wriggling and giggling (meaning feed me mommy) so I'm off. *That's all* ha!
Love, Mama Aly
In other news, I was trying to order some "ethnic" educational learning books for my older daughters. Well, actually I did order them like about October 10 or so. Well here it is a month later and guess what? Still no product. Now I'm a patient girl and know how it is if you a one man shop or even if you a conglomerate, sh*t happens. So I politely email regarding ship date and even called the Lansing, MI number listed and left a message. And guess what, I got no reply email and I never received a return phone call. So I'm going to email yet again and call again. But if I don't hear back from them after that, I'm just gonna have to get our money back. I mean $100 bucks ain't alot of money but dayum. Close your pay pal or something if you not in business anymore. Don't just take folks money and be done. Let me not jump ahead, maybe they had to rewrite the text or reorder cuz the text were on back order. Hopefully after I email and call again I'll get a response. I really do want those books. *sigh*
In holiday news with family, I'm trying to get my house in order so it will be ready for my parents and my sister when they touch down on Wednesday at 9am. Yes y'all their flight gets into Washington at 9am. Happy for me, bad for them. Cuz not only are they getting here early a.m. that day, but then they gotta go right to the grocery store and run a few errands. I suppose this is why my mom is not cooking. Altho to her credit she's cooked a holiday meal every year since I've been able to remember. It's only been within the last 3 years or so that my sister and I have done the cooking. My mom would just make the mac and cheese and the dressing, cuz don't nobody do it like her. We would have my dad do the ham or some greens and my sister and I would do whatever else we wanted on the menu. Well I tried to be slick this year since they were coming up here and not going to the yearly Native American
sunrise ceremony. I thought my mom would then cook. Ummm yeah, well that's what I get for thinking. Cuz she told me in a not so nice way that she was not cooking. LOL. My moms be having me rollin yall. She a got a gang of credentials and letters after her name, but she real folks and don't get caught up in titles or how you THINK you suppose to be because of such and such. Must be where I get it from. Both of my parents are like that. Like my daddy would always tell me "you catch more flies with honey than you do with salt" LOL. So anyway, as far as who's gonna be doing the REAL cooking I have to thank my friends cuz they're doing it all. I mean yeah I probably could get it started until my sister gets here. But dayum, I'm tryna do prep and pre-cooking all by myself until she gets here the day before. And then expect her to hit the ground running and cooking a bunch a sh*t. That ain't even right. I wouldn't put that on nobody. I probably wouldn't mind if I didn't have to also tend to my babies. I know my limits and ain't even tryna stress myself out over some food. Besides I don't want to be too tired to go here and here and maybe even make a last stop here once we get back on our side of town. Cuz who wants to miss black friday shopping cuz they was too tired from slaving in the dayum kitchen for 10 days and 10 nights?
And lastly in "my high azz food bill" news the new total (minus the 1 receipt I probably threw away) is now up to a whopping $703.40. And if you add in the holiday catering meal it's gonna be $920.84. And still, no food. We gonna be in trouble when our children become teenagers and really start eating all day, everyday. They azz gonna have to get a job to support our families food habit. LOL. I wonder how many other folks out there spend way more on food and other things than they think. I would never have known had I not made a conscious decision to keep the receipts so that I could see the dolla amount with my own eyes. *shakin head*
Okay folks, little Sumehra is wriggling and giggling (meaning feed me mommy) so I'm off. *That's all* ha!
Love, Mama Aly
Smiles for M.A.T
My Loves
M.A.T. in black and Aly
3 Comments:
At 11:07 PM, November 14, 2007,
Raquel said…
ummm yeah.
My Costco bill manages to freak me out everytime that I think about it!
And about the books you ordered... I know that you spent $100 and I'd get that back too but up there in Bellevue is supposed to be the best "school supply" store in WA. Check it out:
http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/home/home.jsp
For my two of my kids, I've been using a series called Explode the Code to teach them to read and it's like magic. For real. 20 minutes a day with some Bob Books and they're learning leaps and bounds.
Anyhow, here's to getting your cash back!
At 5:56 AM, November 15, 2007,
Carmell said…
my mom has NEVER cooked a whole holiday meal. when we were growing up we always went to my grandmothers. when my parents divorced we went to my other grandmother's. when she passed she expected us to do it. 2 of us are married so if my moms not cooking we have somewhere to go. i'd do it but i don't want to. my mom says shes got 3 grown daughters... well looks like she'll be spending thanksgiving alone again cause i'm not cooking. but then again its early i may change my mind cause i really don't want to go to the in-laws. i want soul food. gurl i fixed mac and cheese last year and they didn't eat it cause they didn't know what it was. it wasn't from the box. i was so pissed.
have you thought about looking on Amazon.com for the books? i hope they come.
gurl get you a hobby! i only watch TV when i'm knitting. and that only really prim time.
well you have fun cleaning... hee hee
At 11:22 PM, November 15, 2007,
Bliss said…
i'm scared to add up our monthly food bills. we eat organic as much as possible and we HAVE cut back on eating out. but mr. bliss will buy any and everything, eat half and toss the leftovers. :-(
as for that company, go to the better business bureau's website. start with them in trying to get your money back. take it to the state attorney general next. then step it up to the federal trade commission if you have to.
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