Bank of America helps??

As many of you know, Kelly's identity was stolen last week. He called me on my way home from work one night in a panic, because he had tried to order pizza and our debit card was declined...from 2 different places. i pulled up my mobile banking only to find out that there was a debit of $888,888.88 to our account. there was no explanation as to where is came from. Kelly tried to call customer service and of course....they were closed. There was nothing we could do.

That empty feeling washed over me as I wondered what were we going to do. Obviously we couldn't do anything until the next business day. So we had to wait...... and as we waited i got more and more frustrated, reasonable thought went out the window....

Who the hell would try to take that much money....from not just us, but anyone....

and why had the bank not caught such an odd amount..... I pondered on this for the next 12 or so hours....

First thing the next morning after we got the girls off to school. Kelly called the bank. I was downstairs feeding the baby and started googling $888,888.88...I knew there had to be a reason it was for that amount!

At first I found info that the bank had done it because they thought someone had committed fraud. I wondered what we possibly could have done for the bank to think that we had done this. I decided to keep reading.....I found a blog posted my someone (didn't think to save the search) stating that their bank had done this when their identity had been stolen.

I had mixed feelings over this! i was glad that maybe the bank didn't think we had committed fraud, but worried about our information.

When i was finished giving A her bottle I joined Kelly to see what he had found out.

Sure enough his info had been stolen. We didn't know where or how. the bank had put this hold on our account, because they knew it was a legitimate account and they didn't want whoever this person was to be able to touch it. For this I was thankful. They credited our account for all the fees that had been acquired. Kelly went into a branch explained the situation...new account opened...old account closed....they gave us some information on what we needed to do to report the theft......we thought that would be the end of our issues...at least with the bank...

It was not....

Yesterday was payday. I had managed to stop my direct deposit (to the old account)but, they could not start the new one in time so i got a paper check. Kelly came to work to get it a rushed to the bank to deposit it in time.....We do have bills to pay people!!!

He received a notice that there a hold being placed on our account until they could verify that the check was a good one...WTH.... this is my paycheck from the big hospital that I work at...the same one that had been direct deposited into our old account for 5 years.....

I told Kelly to call to find out why and get the hold taken off ( I had to do this once before). I thought maybe it was because I have not been added to the account yet...and yes I signed the check over to him before he deposited it!

He couldn't get any info on the phone, and the branches were closed by this point so we had to wait til this morning.... Saturday morning. the worst banking day of all days.

He went into the branch thinking this would be the easiest way to handle it. It wasn't!

The person he talked to informed him that not only was there 1 hold on our account, but 2....and the account was severely in the hole. It seems that they ended up putting 2 holds on 1 check, each hold was for the amount of the check....and other transactions had gone through so lots of overdraft charges......

The guy didn't have a clue what to do about it. He said hopefully Monday night it would be reversed and both hold should be removed.....HOPEFULLY...WTF....seriously thats all the help he could be.

Kelly immediately left and called customer service. He was told by the rep that when they pulled up our account it was blocked. All that would come up was a message stating that the account holder had to go into a branch to access this account. Seriously....He told the CS rep that the branch didn't know what to do with it either.....By the time all this happened it was after 1pm and the branches were all closed

So here we are, beyond moneyless, bills due, HOPEFULLY it MIGHT be fixed Monday night....

So Bank Of America really seems to think that we are going to stick around after all this. I am greatly appreciative for what they did when they discovered my husbands info had been stolen. But it was supposed to have been fixed with our new account. Why do we have to keep jumping through hoops, why are they doing this to us. Do the not think that the stress of everything else we have going on is enough.................

Monday morning we are going to stalk every manager we can find until this is resolved.....we will then run away as fast as we can and take our money with us...........

Hurt feelings go both ways!

I got a call from my granny this morning. I haven't had a chance to talk to her in a few days so I answered the phone. The first words out of her mouth were "you really hurt my feelings this time". I knew what she was talking about. She says ( I say it that way because, she's not often accurate) that she has received some award from the "National Assisted Living Organization" (I'm not even sure if there is one.)

She says there was a big write up and she wanted me to make copies so I could have one and she could send some to her friend in Florida. I haven't had a chance to talk to her, because I have been working. She knows I'm not allowed to talk when I'm working.

When I answered the phone I had all intentions of congratulating her and telling her I couldn't wait to read the article.....she never gave me the chance. When I tried to explain that I was sorry I didn't have the chance to call her she just kept saying "you may not care about it, but I'm very excited".

I tried 3 different times to apologize and tell her I was excited, she wouldn't listen to me. I finally got frustrated and asked her why she never listened to me...her response "I'm sorry I bothered you."

I give up....we have many conversations that go this way. She asks me a question and when I give her the answer she ignores me.

I told one of my Twitter friends this morning that she is "crazy granny" she is either crazy funny or crazy mean.

Kelly tells me not to let it get to me. I try not to, but it's hard. I know she has dementia and gets confused....but she's not totally gone, part of her is still in there. She was always a little bit narcissistic, but it has gotten worse the older she gets. She is the master of guilt trips, she always has been. There are days when I wish that was something that was lost in the dementia.... instead, it seems to have only gotten worse.

What you say???

Now I know that when i have a good/funny story to tell, I never mind telling it over and over again.... To different people that is!

I was at the old house today (yes we are still rapping things up there!). When the next door neighbor came over. He's unemployed and gets lonely! he always gets so excited when we come back, cuz he has a grown up to talk to! (Like my hubby he is mostly a stay at home dad now!) So we were talking, for like an hour, and we got to talking to what happened to the lawnmower. (scroll down for that story!!) Now mind you, I have personally told him this story 3-4 times. I have heard Hubby tell him a couple of times.....how the hell does he not remember it by now.

I tell him we are going to have someone come to cut the yard because we haven't replaced the lawnmower yet...."oh yeah what happened to it?"

I had to pause to regain my composure. I expected that in that moment he would be like "oh yeah I remember"...it never happened. So I had to tell the story over again. I loose my enthusiasm after the first couple of times.

I kept waiting for an "Oh now I remember"...it never came.

I know I don't always have the best memory, but come on...

After he left (an hour + later) I got to thinking..........

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This was not the first time I had had reoccurring conversations with him. I have been in his house a couple of times...he doesn't remember..... He has asked to see our floor plan several times....he never remembers it, but says he like ours better....

I kind of wonder what he did in his younger years..........

*Lawn Mower Story*

I will warn you it won't read as enthusiastically as when I tell it!!

About 2 years ago, hubby got a new lawn mower, a nice one!! My neighbor does seem to remember it being a father's day present! He might be right! (of course he remembers that!!)

So at the time i was still working night shift. I would come home around 8am and be exhausted. Back in those days I would try to work my 3 shifts a week in a row so I wouldn't flip flop my schedule too much.

Now I don't remember how many nights I had worked, but I was tired and in a hurry. I'm not for sure what I was doing. So I get out of the car and go in the house.....all of a sudden there is a loud crashing noise! I had taken 2 steps in the door....I turn around and there is my van, about 4 feet from me. It seems not only had I not turned the van off......I hadn't put in park either.

I almost got squished. luckily the lawn mower kept it from hitting the house......and of course ME. The lawn mower was pushed under the grill which finally stopped the van. In the process the handle was ripped off and the wires that connected the starter disconnected. Did I mention it had only been used for about 2 months! Hubby wasn't sure how to fix it so we sold it at a yard sale!

THE day!

I have been thinking a lot about the day my Hubby and I met! I was working at an insurance company, still living in Oxford, MS. I had broken up with a man i thought was the love of my life almost 2 months before. (that's a different story!) I had taken a part time job as a security guard at football / basketball games (at Ole Miss) to earn some extra pocket money! I had a horrible break up with my ex and had only really stay in oxford in hopes of a reconciliation.

Little did I know.....

My first night on the job I was to help out at a basketball game. As I was checking in and seeing where they wanted my for the evening!! I was told that this guy named Kelly would be in charge of me for the evening!

I took one look and that was all.... I knew it was meant to be. It was like we had known each other forever. I have always been one that has to get to know people before I open up and am truly myself around them. With him I felt comfortable immediately. I went home that night and told my roommate that I had met the man I was going to marry!

Little did I know at the time....that I would be right! We fought several obstacles to get where we are today. That is a story for another day. I will have to have permission to tell it. This June we will celebrate 5 years of marriage and November will mark 13 years since we met. It has been a long journey, but one I will never regret! I love you always!

Hot Lemonade??

Alright peeps, time for a crazy granny story! Those that follow me on twitter may have heard this one already, but I still have to share!!

So the other day I'm talking to granny on the phone and she asked how the kids were doing (mind you she doesn't always remember how many we have, but she knows we have some!) I mentioned that most of the family had been sick with one thing or another and that the baby, Abigail, had her first fever a little over a week ago. She said she hoped we all got to feeling better soon, and that was it.....

The next day she calls and leaves me a message. She says that I need to give the baby some hot lemonade...why you may ask? Because hot lemonade will bring the measles out!! Apparently when my mom a baby and sick, someone told her to try hot lemonade. She tried it and it worked!! It brought the measles out so my mom could get better faster!! She said once the measle were out she would feel better and hopefully not have to deal with them ever again!

Why she thinks my baby has an underlying case of the measles is beyond me. That's what makes crazy granny so entertaining!! Guess she forgot that there was now something called a vaccination to keep kids from getting the measles! Got to love her!

I swear I'm going to write a book....I have stories for days.

Not so settled!

This weekend was a little strained in our house. Brianna was here for the weekend and very excited about the new house!! She was ready to help in any way for us to get the house in order, so we can really enjoy it! This caused issues with Taylor.

Taylor loves to help, but one of two things always happen. She loses her focus/concentration and forgets what she's doing. Or she tries to help in the wrong way. For example, unloading the dishwasher before the dishes have been washed...She means well it just doesn't always work for her.

Brianna spent most of the weekend one step ahead of me and we got a good bit done.

I don't know how to teach Taylor to think ahead, I'm not sure if it's possible for her. As you may remember she is our ADHD child. She has issues focusing on everything. She even forgets she has to pee sometimes! She means well, but gets frustrated when things don't go her way. We have an appointment with a new psychiatrist next week and I'm hoping he will be able to help. we have been waiting since Jan. for this appointment, but he is supposed to be one of the best in the city!

I sure hope he can give her some tips. We need all the help we can get!!

Not enough time!!

Why is there never enough time? There is so much I want to do, but I have issues finding the time. This is mainly due to the fact that I always have a child around me. Don't get me wrong I love my kids, but they are ALWAYS under my feet, or just in my personal space.
The good news is we are moving. We found a good deal on a house that ought to give us room to breath, I mean move! I am hoping that once we get moved (In less than a week!) and settled, that the kids will realize how much fun having their own space is!! Hopefully I will get to do more "me" stuff!
I know that moving in itself won't make a difference, but we will have more room to roam so to speak!! Speaking of i guess I need to get some more packing done.
I will return, and try to update more!! That is both a threat and a promise!!