Companies I Love/Hate...

I decided I would post my reviews about companies I Love or hate..these are my opinions based on my personal experiences..I will update this often- If you ever want to know more reasons why...email me!

Hate:
Manhattan West Mortgage- Well, it came down to having our entire house contents sitting on the front yard of a rental house, and they still didnt finish the paperwork! There's way more to that!
Wells Fargo Bank- They kiss your butt to get you as an account, then your just a face in the crowd.
Phoenix Schools- Horrible to staff!
Cingular- It dosnt matter if your a great customer for several years, get behind on one payment even for hardhip and your screwed!
SBC- Won't work with you with mix ups either!
Costume Hut- Out of Canada- Beware!



Love:
JC Penney's- Gave me my 1st Credit Card!
Target- Gave me a credit card when I was dirt broke, this was how I was able to diaper my child back then...CREDIT
Chevys- Wonderful quality and service each time, even if they mess up!
Claim Jumper- Besides the awesome food and service, they even gave me free dinner for 4 once, becasue they felt their service was too slow!
Pizza Bell- My favorite Pizza place in the whole world!
Metro PCS- Finally someone makes sense with the cell phone!
WINCO- Even though I can't shop there as much as I would like- the prices are excellent!
Mongolian BBQ- West Sac-Not the prettiest restaurant, but they remember us and treat us well!

Its been a long hard year...

But I'm officially down 85 lbs-- Ive hesitated at journaling all the details of my weight loss but I wanted to post at my 1 year mark since I started this journey.

Sarah

Blog Challenge- 10 things that bug me..

I thought I would participate in this blog challenge, that was posted here:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=1598040

So here goes....

10 THINGS THAT BUG ME... (not in any particuliar order)

1. Mean and stupid people: the ones who wont let you merge over on the freeway, or the ones that dont look before merging

2. Seeing peoples earwax---GROSS!

3. Long Hair on little boys, now a cute bowl cut or surfer cut is all right- but come on moms, when you cant see your boys' eyebrows, or ears, give it a little cut!

4. ATM Fees-- Come on dont banks make enough money???

5. Door to Door Salesman who ignore my NO Soliciting sign, and try to just hand me a business card- and tell me they arent selling anything just showing a product.

6. Dust- it gets in the worst places to clean!!! Plus it turns to mud when you do try to clean it!

7. Bills- especially in December

8. The neighbors cats poopin in my flower boxes and front yard landscaping--- OOYYYYEEEEE
that one really bugs me!

9. Not having a babysitter, I sure would like to know what its like to go out on a date!

10. Property taxes! Geesh! I especially hate it when then increase it due to "community enhancements" that wasnt my decision!!!

oh and one more that makes 11-- the Jerry Springer Show...not that I watch it, but the commercials are horrible enough!!!!

im sure i could think of more, but these were the ones that came to mind...

Sarah

Its official!

Im a store owner! I was able to go in partners with my friend Helen, and we bought the Scrapbook Addict in Elk Grove. It has a very good reputition- and well known in the area- we bought it from a wonderful lady who not only showed us the ropes, but set us up for a path of success! (thanks monique)
the new website is www.imascrapbookaddict.com - our online store will be up shortly!
I am enjoying working, i will work 9-2pm, M-F and some nights and weekends for classes and crops.
so that is all for now! check out the site, and look at the pics!!!!

getting used to mason 

i think she likes DJ! 

kennedy likes her! 

getting used to me- 

Coming Home! 

she flew in to sac with her 1st friend! 

shes here!!!!!!

Last night about 10pm we got in our new little girl pup! she is ardorable! it was funny there was another girl waiting for a puppy there too, and it was a chiwahwah- we took a pic of the two pups together, her pup will get to be all of 4 lbs as a adult- ours over 100!
the boys want to keep holding her, so far they havent complained about picking up puddles of you know what.
she woke me up 4 times last night- but i dont mind-
we still cant decide on a name!

Krop 4 Katrina Event 

from tragedy- great things do happen

so do you ever look at the chain -of-events when something happens in your life--and wonder if you had done something different would it still turn out the same?
ive been thinking about this a lot, because of how fast my life has changed from an awful hurricane that hit our country-
well being in california- and far away from the destruction what can you do but donate money to a charity- well we wanted to something more, so my scrapbooking friends and I put together a fundraiser "KROP 4 KATRINA"
We partnered with the salvation army and were able to raise over $4100-
Now the first wonderful thing that happened was a friend of mine who actually attended the event was hired by the Salvation Army a few months later-
now my chain of events started with a Thank you Card to A LSS owner who had given several items for the rafflle-
I had mailed all the Thank you cards out but decided to hand deliver this one to the owner, as she was an aquantaince of mine, and I did patronize the store often-(hey i needed an excuse to go shopping!)
it was at this delivery she told me she was selling the store- This was the ultimate job I wanted to be a LSS owner, as I had researched it about 6 months previously- but decided against a start up store- After discussing the options with my husband and talking with the SBA there was no way I would be able to manage a store and my family- let alone afford a store-
as a joke i asked helen my co-chair in the krop 4 katrina fundraiser if she wanted to buy a store with me- Helen and I met over scrapbooking- and never have I met someone as so much alike as me in my scrapbooking hobby that we just seem to make a perfect match-As she seriouly thought about partnering up with me to buy this store- we talked on the phone for at least 5 hours a day for 3 days straight determining if this would really work- after all helen a SAHM of 4 and me a SAHM of 3- jumping back to the workforce let alone owning a STORE! wow-
well- a month has passed since my little joke email- and january 1st- Helen and I become the official owners of the 'Scrapbook Addict' in Elk Grove-
All this from a hurricane!

puppy 5 weeks old 

puppy is 5 weeks old

I got an update from jamie, who has our puppy- she is 5 weeks old tommorow- so puppy will come live with us in 3 weeks! isnt she cute--- still dont have a name...any suggestions?
sarah

ahhhhh--quiet

i have the house to myself for 3.5 hours! wow! first- im enjoying all the delicious quiet- i even just heard an airplane fly by!
i love getting time to myself- of course i debate being a bum and just laying around watching movies- or being produductive clean the whole house, etc-
i havent decided yet what i will do-
for now i will listen to no one punching anyone, there are no spills, there are no video games playing, there are no tattle tails, ahhhh quiet!
dax took the kids on a nature hike to get some scout goals done for mason, he even took kennedy-
i hope they do ok- ok here I go turning my quiet time into being a worrysome mom---YIKES!
3.20 left......

jimboys tacos remind me of high school

so being to lazy tonight to cook the boys dinner, we went to jimboys tacos-
the boys love quesidillas, and i get my usual #7
its funny how a taste of something can transport you back to another time, and i remember going to jimboys tacos when we had open campus in 9th grade-
we also went to jimboys when we had home volleyball games in 10-12 grade sometimes for dinner -
if you have never heard or been to a jimboys tacos, they make the best corn tortilla grilled in parmesean cheese! yumm--
from the jimboys website www.jimboys.com
"OUR FAMOUS TACO-A grilled corn tortilla with cheese, lettuce and choice of meat and parmesan sprinkled on the side;the same way it's been made for over 50 years!"
anyway- so tonight i remembered sitting in the booths at jimboys, eating tacos with my friends-
yumm!

DJ the Doodler-- I wonder who BOB is? 

when your kids do stuff like you...

for those of you with kids you will know that over time they do little things like you- either because they saw and learned it from you, or they got it genetically-
it always amazes me when the genetic things pop out- because its interesting how your traits can be passed down--

so I crack up because my middle child DJ has become my doodler- drawing here and there, on scraps of paper, the calendar, the white board, or even my business notes- sometimes he writes his name, sometimes he doesn't, just marks his territory with his pen or crayon or whatever he can get to write with- and leaves his drawing for me to find-

just like his mom, doodling, all over papers, phone books, notes, anything...

OH NO we cant draw, but we do master the art of stick people- its not a nervous habit, not a need or desire- just a doodle-

so for now DJ the doodler, doodles like his mom, it will be interesting to see what other traits will be like me as he gets older---

hopefully he wont sass like his mom did- or try to stuff all his friends in a VW bug, or all the other things his mom did but cant write becasuse her mom will read this! Ah yes, her mom, is used to reading diaries---remember that one MOM!!!!

Sarah

mason soccer game