Life Lessons

There are things you learn in life that just stick with you, and you promise yourself you will NEVER make that mistake again. And usually, you keep that promise, if it's a BIG lesson.

Life lesson #1-Never cross a double SOLID yellow line to cross the car in front of you (especially if the car in front of you is a cop)...The car in front of me on the way to Wal-Mart learned this one, and all the cars around them also learned.

Life lesson #2-If someone calls you telling you that you have won a bunch of money from Publisher's Clearing House, get the person's info, call Publisher's Clearing House to verify. And if they call back, tell them you are on the other line with Publisher's Clearing House...they will most likely hang up, cuz this is a SCAM (It worked like a charm for my dad today)

Life lesson #3-ok, this is my last one, cuz I haven't learned a lot apparently...If someone has been kicked out of apartment after apartment, and 2 different families (their family, not random families) houses, and say it is all the other people.. that the people are just trying to mess them over, DO NOT, under ANY circumstances, EVER, let them stay with you! There is a reason they have been kicked out of all those places, and even their family will not allow them to live with them. This is a HORRIBLE idea! NEVER do it!!!!! They will mess you over so bad financially (and if they have children they will take a bunch of your children's toys with them when they leave, and then claim they never took anything of yours, your children just lost all those toys the day they moved out). Can you tell I have done this? Recently...and still dealing with it. Still waiting for 3 months of rent/utilities, etc (not to mention all the food they ate of ours after losing food stamps). Having to eat the hundreds of dollars in toys that have mysteriously "disappeared". So, unless you have thousands of dollars to waste, I recommend NOT doing this.

I hate being taken advantage of, especially when it comes to finances and my family. My child's favorite toy from his uncle, who just got back after a year in Afghanistan, the one he gave my baby for his first easter, that Brock carried everywhere, and played with for hours with his uncle just before he left for Afghanistan. The one he got the Easter we spent at my grandparents for my Grandpa's last Easter just before he passed away, that my Grandpa played with him for a full day with before we left, is now gone forever. That's just something you can't replace. But apparently, me even asking for it back is being "petty" (even after explaining all that to them). And the other toys, that were all gifts from FAMILY (grandparents, aunts and uncles) are all gone. The toys can be replaced (if we were to have the money), which is what their attitude is, just buy them new ones, it's better anyway. How do u replace the sentimental value? I mean, I have pics, I guess those will just have to do. It just irks me (I think that's a word) that they don't even seem to care and "how dare we even accuse them of possibly accidentally packing some of my boys toys". And they do not want any further contact from us (not sure how that's gonna work until after we get our stinkin' money that they're nover gonna pay us, but whatever)

Ok, off my soap box now, sorry. I am just VERY frustrated right now. Next post will be happier, promise :)