03/31/2010
The last time that my husband and I were invited to a wedding, there was just a disc jockey playing records. Now, one of my co workers is getting married in a month and she cannot stop talking about how great the Arizona wedding reception band is that she hired. She keeps telling me that I am going to love them. I am really not much of a dancer, so I hope that they play some good tunes to just sit and listen to.
I remember hearing this Phoenix dance band in a bar one time and they played every type of music that you could think of. There were people of all ages there and every time someone would request a song, it seemed like they knew it and it sounded great. I am actually hoping that the Arizona wedding reception band is very similar then I can tell my co worker that I really do enjoy the band that she thinks is so great.
I have heard a few of the other people in the office complaining about how much my friend is talking about her wedding and some of them are thinking that they do not even want to come to it anymore. I am trying to talk them out of not showing up. I explained that she is just excited and we probably will not even see much of her at the wedding and we will all be able to enjoy the Phoenix dance band and eat lots of great food.
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03/23/2010
The footie pajamas that I had bought for my nephew were accidentally sent to the wrong address and my niece got them. I had asked my husband to make sure that each of the already wrapped packages made it into the appropriately addressed box and then take them to the post office. I should have known that he could not handle that.
When my sister called and asked if I had meant to send my niece a pair of footie pajamas with army men all over them, I was a little confused and then almost immediately realized what had happened. I told her that I was sorry and that I would have to call our brother and tell him about the mix-up before my nephew opened up the really pretty princess girls pajamas and started crying.
I made the phone call to my brother and told him not to let his son open the gift from me and that our sister would be sending him the right gift. I asked him to send the package that contained the girls pajamas to our sisters house and he agreed. I do not think that my husband realizes what he did nor does he realize how much trouble he is going to be in once he gets home.
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03/22/2010
I was given a list from my boss of things to find and order for the big party that he was throwing for the entire office. I am not quite sure why he just did not have it catered but he thinks that between his wife, his mother and me, his secretary that we should be able to handle all the food. I am not a great cook, and neither is my bosses wife but his mother is a great at it. We will be relying on her expertise.
I had to find some food service supplies first and place the order to ship overnight, since he decided to give me this list, two days before the party. I think that we may be able to pull it off but it will take a lot of work on our part. When I found a good food service supplies company, they also had all the cleaning supplies that were on the list so I put them together on the same order and overnighted it all.
Since I had the cleaning supplies and the food service stuff out of the way, I headed out to the local warehouse store to pick up all the food that needed to be prepared. The two other ladies, who were roped into this deal, met me there and we bought everything else that we needed.
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03/16/2010
The policy that my agent suggested for me was the no medical exam life insurance. He knew that there is a history of something’s in my family that could possibly hold me back from getting normal life insurance, where you get a physical from a doctor. It could be that they find nothing, but he felt that it would be just a safer bet to go with the no medical exam life insurance for now, and I could always add additional policies in the future if I wanted to.
I called him on a Friday afternoon last month and by the following Tuesday, he had gotten me all the life insurance rates that I needed. By the end of the week, my policy was set in place and I was able to toss all the other life insurance rates into the garbage. I felt like I had done something really important, right after signing all the papers.
I guess that it made me feel really responsible. I was planning for my kid’s future and knowing that they would be well taken care of, gave me peace of mind. I have informed my attorney about the life insurance policy and he has a copy of it, to put with my will. I am certain that if anything would happen to me, he would make sure that everything was handled properly.
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Jewelry — Amy @ 3:10 pm
03/01/2010
I found out that my ex wife was selling gold jewelry that I had bought her when we were married. I have to pay for all the credit card bills that most of that jewelry was bought with, and she is out selling it. I am trying to find out from my attorney if this is legal or not because I think that if I am paying for it, I should be selling gold jewelry to help pay the payments.
My mother who helped me pick out some of the pieces that are being sold is the one who discovered that my ex wife is selling gold rings, necklaces and earrings all over town. In fact, she bought one of the pieces back just because it was a necklace that I bought for my wife when our daughter was born and we talked about passing it down to her when she turned eighteen. It was probably the most expensive thing that I ever bought for her and I truly thought that she would still want to give it to our daughter, not be selling it to buy other things.
I called and discussed the matter with my attorney and he says that there is no way of stopping her from selling gold jewelry that I paid for with a credit card that I am paying. It was something that I should have taken care of before the divorce was final and now it is too late.
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