.: Facing my fears

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Facing my fears

I did it! I bought plane tickets. It only took 3 hours to purchase them--warning: rant coming!

A certain travel site charged my credit card but didn't send the reservation through. So after being on the phone 5 times to thickly accented individuals who were obviously reading from a script, (please spell your name---April: A as in annoyed, p as in peeved, r as in rude, i as in imbecile, l as in look, you took my money and didn't give me my reservation!),

I finally got it straightened out. Then we tried to rebook, this time directly through the airline. Once again, a problem, this time my credit card blocked the charge. Only 1 phone call later, and that was straightened out. To someone who is afraid of flying this may seem like a bit of a bad omen. :) i.e. ME! I haven't flown for nearly 15 years. We're going back to Missouri for a week at the end of September. I'm so excited to see everyone and meet Baby Jack, and to show the kids where I grew up. We were going to go back at Christmastime, but has anyone seen how much they jack the prices up for a holiday? We're saving $900 by going now. And this way I only have 3 more weeks to worry about flying. The weather should be great, so we are already planning a float trip down a river. We also already have a scheduled appointment at the Nauvoo Temple which we're very excited about. Chelsie is looking forward to having a "nail" ring made at the local blacksmith. It will be a great trip, and hopefully I will have lots of pics to share, for it will be a busy and fun filled week.

On another note, yesterday we made the trek to Sherman Oaks, for we discovered they have a Yogurtland!!! It was yummy!

2 comments:

Stacy said...: Sounds like it'll be a fun trip! That's annoying about your reservations nightmare! We are going to Hawaii in December and we will have to pay $15 per piece of luggage we check in (each way I believe). I hate that new rule! Also, in the last few months when three of my siblings have traveled, the airlines have lost a piece of their luggage, so that's something else we can look forward to. My bro is on a cruise in Alaska, the airline lost his luggage, so he had to board the ship without his stuff! Sad!; September 1, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Alliban said...: mmmmmmmmm...I'm going next time for sure!

Can't wait to see the trip pictures. You're going to have such a great time.; September 11, 2008 at 11:07 PM

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Quotable Quips and Laughable Life

I decided that I wanted to add a small section with little things that my kids have said or done over the years that I never want to forget and I think are worth sharing. Unfortunately I was much better at writing these things down a bit late in the game....Chelsie steals the show here a bit. If only I could remember all those things I thought I'd never forget. I hope you take my challenge to write down all those things you hope to pass on one day.

When Chelsie was about 2 she had been jumping on my brand new couch, so I promptly told her to stop jumping on the nice furniture. Her response was very logical. "Then where's the mean furniture?"

While camping in the Sequoias, the entrance sign read, "1 bear incident this week...." Kelly mispronounced it as 1 bear accident....later in the bathroom, Chelsie noticed wet spots on the floor, and announced, "This must be where the bear had the accident."

We had a family home evening on choosing the right, and we thought Chelsie understood but when we asked her she said, "Yes, don't choose the left!"

When Kelly was in the 5th grade, she needed to use the classroom phone to call me. She dialed 9 to get an outside line, then she had to dial 1 because I have a long distance cell phone number, but she accidently hit the 1 twice. When the 911 dispatcher answered she was scared and just hung up. 5 minutes later the front office called the classroom stating that 3 sheriffs had arrived ready to take action and were wanting to know who called and why. Now it was by sheer coincidence that this was a morning that there was a prison breakout, so officers were on high alert. Kelly was embarrassed then, but can laugh about it now!

When Wes was about 4, he used to tell everyone that he was going to marry his friend Elizabeth, and that they were going to have 16 kids, and maybe a car.

When Chelsie was 3 1/2 we told her she needed to learn to spell her name. She responded, "I already know....A L I Z A."
(That was her best friend who taught her)

I was talking with my girls about the weather, and Kelly said, that stupid beaver was wrong, spring is not around the corner. Chelsie then chimed in, it's not a beaver, it's a warthog. Clearly I have failed them.