Let’s start with a happy note. I went over to Siobhan2’s place with the gals for lunch. A lovely time of course. The kids swam in the pool and Mr ZQ was jumping in and SWIMMING to the steps I was soo amazed at his bravery. He was making me pretty nervous as he seemed to be getting too tired to make it to the steps each time but somehow he managed it.
The Ls are back from South Africa -WooHoo! AQs face was classic when she saw her Bevan.
Maureens boy has had his tonsils out and they spent last night in the emergency room for bleeding. She has had a rough Summer.
I have to tell ya my fruad story… so we get fraud early warning calls from the credit card if you have 3 suspicious purchases. For example a gas station, grocery store and hotel out of your normal area etc. Yesterday I get one. We start with the confirmations, first trigger is the prepaid gps cell phone that we purchased for ZQ (a very common theft thing). The second is a typical BQ purchase and then we come to the 3rd. At this point the customer service operator has the giggles. I am wondering what on earth might have caused the giggle fit. I hear, “ok, so the next purchase we have to verify is…giggle, giggle… ‘discount handcuf warehouse.com’ more stiffled giggles” Sadly, very sadly I am not able at this point to say “OMG no! Our credit card has been stolen and used for some sick bastard’s fantascy porn.” Nope. I had to admit that yes, my sick husband made this purchase!! The really sad thing is that he wanted those plastic ties that the police now use as handcufs (he truly has other uses for them, trust me if this were for the bedroom I would be insisting on fluffly lined steel cuffs!). So I finish the call up with an operator who is clearly going to have the giggles for much of the afternoon. Adam’s comment was “hasn’t he figured out you deserve better than discount handcuffs!”
So at the start of the season I got an estimate in the mail box for lawn cutting. As we still had Othman doing it I filed it. Othman is back at school now and I called them to do the last few cuts of the season… turns out they are the bastards that cut out the juniper between our properties. Sigh. I will be chatting to them and getting my point accross VIA them. lol
So the washing machine saga, are you ready for it??? So they called me at appointment time today. “Hi, I just wanted to let you know that one of our service techs called in sick today and we are not going to be able to service your machine today.” “UH, ok so when will you be out?” “Let me check… our next available is the 12th” “I have a famliy of 5, we simply cannot wait that long to have a working machine. Is there any chance you can fit us in sooner?” “no”
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAYTAG SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So to anyone out there thinking about purchasing a Maytag Neptune Front loading washing machine after watching all those tv commercals about how the Maytag repair men have nothing to do DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!! It is a scam!! They are booked 2 weeks in advance their products are falling apart all over the place!! Did anyone catch the “machine might catch on fire recal?” Bastards. I called maytag back and begged, the phone call ended in tears. Yes I said tear. Tell a fully grown woman that she cannot wash the clothes for her family of 5 and yes she will cry, especially if it has been a week already since wash has been completed. My 4 year old said to me this morning “Uh, exactly how am I meant to get dressed if there are no clothes in my drawers?”
So after my lovely lunch and afternoon, it was pack the car and hit the laundry mart. I got there at 5pm and left at 9.20pm!!! I counted in the end how many machines we were using. 11 normal load machines, 6 tripple loaders and 2 double loaders. OMG it was nuts. The kids and I did washing cart races and fairy hunts to help ease the child “cabin fever”. Oh and did I mention it was a mere 100 degrees outside?! and about twice that in the non-ariconditioned laundry mart. ZQ thinks he is ninja warrior extrodinaire lately and fell at the laundry mart, he has an egg on his head that is quite impressive. Looks like a small tumour. Poor wee guy. I must say he was quite brave about it as he knew that I had just told him that he should not be doing what he was doing when he fell…
I have to say the entire trip was worth it just to hear my little ZQ crawl into his newly cleaned camo sheets and say “oh Mum you cleaned my sheets and put them right back on. I am so happy. Thank you Mum you are the best” No kidding that is word for word what he said! They sat in a warm spot in the car so they were even still warm when he got in to them. He looked like he had just slid in to heaven.
BQ is in Boston as usual. Jeez did I mention that the diamonds he bought are huge? Every time I look at them I am shocked.
OK really time for bed. Where did my day go?? Oh yer the laundry mart…

Btw I am not taking a picture of myself. I have been sick for weeks now and most certainly do not feel photographic. And for the question of how EQ feels about it… the kids hate me since the hospital trip. Mum dissapears and the kids get SuperDaddy week, not good for mother child relationships. ZQ said to me the other day “I hate you! I wish that I could take Daddy and get a new Mummy.” He even said it on two different occasions just to get his point accross. EQ has been volitile since I came home and getting steadily worse. AQ is still recoverable though she keeps asking for Goupa. She will love me again when we get some time alone. Sigh. It has been a traumatic Summer. Time will heal I guess.