Thank you teacher who sent me an email to my work email after work that my son will receive an award this morning on his essay. Thanks to the mom who sent me a pic.
Signed, haven't people worked for a long time now so we should have it together by now.
Dear Medical Community, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! I just went through the FOURTH panic phone call that discussed how I owed an $8,000 deductible for this upcoming surgery, just kidding, you don't have a deductible, our mistake, just pay a copay, we'll make a note. How does this keep happening?! If I wake up from surgery and someone slaps me with a bill, I am going to lost my ever-loving mind. Good thing this isn't a procedure for my heart, because my blood pressure is through the roof! Signed, Pissed off patient
Dear insurance company, You are a hot mess. Join the 21st century and get your website under control. Every doctor I have spoken to has said that the information on your website is wrong, and that they get a different answer when they call you. Another reason I know your website is a disaster? Because the address you list is WHERE I AM SITTING RIGHT NOW. My company moved into your old office. You are no longer located here. Because I am. And I don't work for you. What the hell? You're a big company! How do you not have this figured out? Signed, Frustrated Client
Dear Old House, I love your character and charm, but I'm hating your hidden "surprises". Since I'm not working right now, I got all excited to take down the hideous wallpaper in the powder room and paint. I was not expecting to find a completely crumbling paster wall underneath. Now DH is ready to kill me and we have to scramble to figure out how to fix this. Signed, The woman with the disaster bathroom
Dear DH, Next time we find a layer of vinyl underneath old wallpaper and I tell you not to cut it until I've had a chance to research what the heck we're dealing with, PLEASE DON"T CUT IT! We could have figured out a solution to just re-wallpaper if you had left the vinyl in place. But since you tore it all down we either need to drywall the wall or put up a new vinyl layer to cover the wall's flaws. Signed, I told you so
Dear saraml13, As another owner of an old house, I'm now dreading what's under the hideous wallpaper in master bath (other than more hideous wall paper). Signed, Maybe it can wait until 2018
Dear Dentist, Thank you thank you thank you for squeezing me into a booked afternoon and recementing that crown. And for the good news that the tooth is fine. Yay to a $50 copay instead of even more expensive dental work. Signed, Grateful owner of said 20 year old crown
Dear USPS worker, Dude, your multitasking skills are amazing, and thank you for pausing long enough to save me $5. You're my new hero. Signed, Mom will be happy to get her pressies
Dear Daycare, Yes, I would actually love to donate wine glasses for our gift basket for the silent auction! We've had some really nice ones sitting around since our wedding, and they should go to a good home! Signed, Thanks for helping me clean out my spare closet
Thanks for offering to reschedule ours. Appreciate it, but we've already moved schedules to make it work. But I also am 89.2% sure that sign hadn't been up since last Monday like you suggested.
Signed, Someone who's never 100% sure of anything anymore.
Post by somebabiesmom on Mar 21, 2017 12:43:13 GMT -5
Dear mom,
Do NOT give my kids' DC teachers notes reminding them that they are DC teachers and not prison guards and that the children are young, developing minds and not hardened criminals. Also trying to give me a heads up when I'm already at the DC with the kids, is not sufficient. Thank god the kids can't read, b/c I didn't see it until DS had pulled it out of the bag and was showing it to his friends...
I need helping adulting today. Here are my questions: 1) after DD's confirmation we are having pulled pork, cole slaw and baked beans, followed by cake. I feel like we need one more thing and it needs to be something DD can eat because she can't have cole slaw or baked beans. Would roasted broccoli and cauliflower be weird?
2. Ideas for "special snack" at school. DS doesn't eat fruit (kills me) and his class is 5-7 year olds. Headed to the store after work.
3. DD's rescheduled birthday party is dinner followed by an escape room this weekend. I can place "something" in the briefcase she and her friends get at the end. Chocolate bars? What is this "something" and ... I just have no idea. It's not compulsory but clearly I am type A-ing this.
4. Is there such a thing as flat dressy sandals? DD is wearing a black Cynthia Rowley a-line dress for confirmation. Black flats aren't doing it for me. I'd like to buy shoes she will wear again. Help.
DH is in town (this is not actually helpful except that I can be social) this week and we have night games and I am doing unusual things (taking a friend to running group, meeting a friend for dinner and a walk tomorrow and DD has a school program Thursday and then I have a HH). Overwhelmed.
Dear DD I'm so excited that we won the read-a-thon! I'm super happy you get to go with the principle to Barnes & Noble to get a new book. Please stop worrying and stressing about car seats and how you are going to get yours to school. I'm glad you understand the importance of car seat safety but this mom is hoping they just take a bus and not the principle car. Happy mommy who is a little weirded out by DD latest anxiety
Dear H Thanks for asking if I wanted to go out to watch Beauty and the Beast. But telling me to pick the time, date, find the sitter and we would go wasn't so hot. Step it up or I will go after tax season alone on my first full day off. Wife
Dear clients Get your shit in here! There is 4 weeks left and we have about 100 of you that have yet to bring your stuff in. I'm stressing and don't want to work midnight oils all of April because you wait until after spring break to bring in your crap. Also clients that are done come in and pay pick your stuff up and pay us! Stress tax preparer
rere26, DD's school did this to me in February. Why can't they give us more than a few hours notice on assemblies that parents need to attend. Actually this might be a FFC: I don't think parents should go to assemblies during the school day.
2chatter, broccoli sounds a little weird, but if the DD likes it I'd go with it. Are there any summer "salad" type options that she likes/can have? And pickles always go well with pulled pork, IMO.
Snack ideas...hmm. How healthy do they have to be? Some kind of yogurt/gogurt? Goldfish?
tas1883 - that's exactly what I have in my head - but are they "dressy" enough for something a little structured?
@sudukofan - Pickles are a great idea! There is one brand that DD can have - I'll read labels this afternoon. Sides are super hard - I am now thinking a fruit salad? Easy to do berries and precut melon. And goes with BBQ?
Fruit salad is nice and easy and will be a hit with a lot of folks. Can she have mozzarella? Tomatoes? you could do those caprese skewer things, offer the balsamic on the side maybe? It's not really "bbq" ish, but it would read summer picnic.
sudokufan - caprese skewers would be super cute. DD almost always did caprese bread - this would convert it to no starch. There's a great balsamic she can have - she eats tons of caprese now but for some reason I haven't translated it to socializing. Genius.
If you want to take a vacation to Montana or Northern CA or wherever this summer, start doing some research now. Throw some sightseeing and hotel or camping ideas my way.
Also, you're having opinions about how the kid's birthday party should go. Great! Pitch in please; I am not enjoying planning every detail.
Signed, Not Wanting to be the Full Time Family Activities Coordinator
olenka - preach! DH and the children all have the exact same expression when they say "what are we doing this weekend" or "where are we going this summer". W T F!
Dear HOA, Thank you for finally approving our request to replace our windows (3 months later). We've spent all winter with drafty old ones, and I can't wait to have windows that actually work right (and sliding doors!!). Would it have killed you to approve the privacy glass in our bathroom, though? Signed, My pre-teen neighbor boy jumps on his trampoline and can see in my windows
When I'm working from home, and I tell you that I'm on a deadline and can't stop working just yet, STOP TEXTING ME ASKING ME IF I'M DONE. It does not make me work faster. It pisses me off. And when I tell you I'm not done, DON'T keep knocking on my door and asking me when I"m going to be done!!! Kthaxbye Wifey
Post by judyblume14 on Mar 21, 2017 17:06:06 GMT -5
Dear Boss Lady,
Thanks for the nice year end review and "grade" you gave me a few weeks ago. I was really pleasantly surprised. Especially since I'm on leave and didn't even have an actual review meeting. Thank you a million times more for the very unexpected salary increase. I was expecting the minimum since I wasn't around to fight for more. But 7% in a not-so-great year for the company? I will never leave you, my love.
Sincerely, Analyst who realizes how much she's going to have to step it up when she returns from leave...
Just because you coach middle school vball, doesn't mean you can play middle school vball. Right now your right arm is not working your hand well. We'll see what the morning brings.
Dear daycare ballet teacher, Texting parents that a ballet recital will be at 10am tomorrow is too short notice for working parents. Was I supposed to have predicted that this is when the recital was going to be? I guess I am going to have to try to figure this stuff out at the beginning of the season next time since apparently more than 24 hours advance notice is too much to ask for.
Signed, Annoyed working parent
Dear MIL & FIL, Thank you for making it to DD's ballet recital today after extremely short notice. I had so much guilt that H is out of town and I was not able to go. Also thanks for watching a sick DS for me yesterday.
It was incredibly non-awkward to see a fellow preschool parent as my OBGYN today. We talked about our kids, how much we love the school, and then got right on with it.
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