Even though he's home...

Even though Kyle has been home with us all week, I feel like I have gotten a lot done!

I still hadn't received my W-2 from Walmart in the mail, and that is the only thing we were waiting on! A few weeks ago, I asked a former co-worker if she had received hers and she said she picked it up! I assumed that Walmart would mail them out automatically! Finally, I called and asked if they could mail it to me! So I should receive it by the end of this week! I am excited that we can most likely have our taxes done by this weekend!

We took Kyle to the ER today to get his stitches removed! We waited an hour in the waiting room before we were taken into an exam room. We waiting another hour before they took the stitches out. He did cry a little because a scab had formed over his stitches, so the nurse had to remove his scabs to get to the stitches! He started bleeding a bit. She told us to keep it clean and keep doing what we've been doing. Kyle was very brave! We're glad to get that over with. He should be ready to go to school on Friday! It sounds like his teachers miss him!

While we were waiting in the exam room, Shannon and I had a chance to talk. The subject of our car registration was brought up. We never renewed changed our address with DMV when we moved last year. So I renewed our registration after we got home from the ER! We were a tad overdue! Whoops!

Unexpected Savings!

Our car insurance has gone down! I have no idea why but I am not complaining.

When we first purchased car insurance a year ago, it was in another city and when we moved to our current city, our rate went up a bit. When it came time to renew our insurance, our rate went down again! We are very happy with Progressive Insurance. They have top notch customer service!

We also have to renew our car registration in January and Shannon estimated that it was going to cost between $200-$300, plus the smog check. Well, we just got a bill yesterday from DMV and it’s only $28 for registration!!! I even showed the bill to Shannon because he didn’t believe it.

3 Letters/Vitamins/Errands

I wrote 3 pen pal letters today. I wanted to get a few letters out that were sent to me over 2 weeks ago. Just trying to get through my pile of letters.

We started Kyle on the generic brand of Flintstone vitamins. The first day, I tried giving him a full vitamin but he wasn’t going for it. He tried but I guess it was too much for him. So then I tried cutting them in half and at first he didn’t want them. But now I have learned to give them to him at lunch. I have to place it on the table next to his plate and he eats it either after his meal or halfway through his meal. But thankfully he’s taking his vitamin. He’s still a little hesitant though. I was looking into using a powder form of vitamin for him. I may change to a powder vitamin after he’s done with these.

I told Shannon that we need to go to the bank to get my name added to the account so we can order checks! He said we’ll do the last of our errands this week! We also need to register our car. He said once that is all done, he’s going to start going out to look for jobs (instead of just applying online).

We are running out of the checks that the bank started us out with so I really want to order checks before we run out.

Finally! Half Way Done!

I got my new driver’s license today! I am so excited. My husband got his yesterday! We are half way done from completing our DMV visits. We have to make one more visit to the other DMV office to get a new license plate!

Shannon was talking about going tomorrow if it doesn’t snow. It’s supposed to snow and then freeze up. When that happens, it can cut out the electricity and even the water. I am hoping it won’t be that bad. If it does happen, they apparently close the city and tell everyone to stay home! LOL

There are few more things I need to do since I have a new license! I need to add my name to our bank account and then order checks! I also need to fax my a copy of my new license to our insurance company!

This Friday is Kyle’s playgroup. I am not sure if we are going to go. It depends on the snow! If its that bad, they may cancel it. But I really do want to go if it isn’t!

A Wasted Day?

Or at least that is what it felt like. My husband was supposed to have a phone interview today at 10:30am. Well, the guy never called. So the, my husband thought that the guy may have actually said 2:30 and he misinterpreted him with his accent. Then 2:30 comes and goes… My husband called the guy and left a voicemail for him, letting him know that he can come in for a face to face interview if needed.

We were going to go to DMV for the 3rd time this week but decided not to because of this phone interview. We also need to go grocery shopping because we are very low on food.

We may have to stay home all day tomorrow too, just to wait for this guy to call back. I really don’t know what’s going to happen.

We have Kyle’s playgroup tomorrow but I don’t think we’ll be going. Kyle still has a fever. He fell asleep on the living room floor watching cartoons. Shannon moved him to the bedroom and he slept a good hour and a half. When he woke up, he was burning up! I gave him more Tylenol too. His cheeks and ears were RED! So I fed him fruit, yogurt and water.

He’s not feeling well and he’s definitely showing it to us. Shannon gave him a bath tonight to help cool him off.

DMV Employees

I needed to vent!

What is the deal with DMV Employees? It seems that every other time we have to go to DMV, the employees we have to deal with seem so rude. It’s unfortunate that they talk and act like robots. I guess they expect us all know what we need to bring, what they are thinking, and how dare us for not being ready with all our paperwork ready to hand to them!

I understand they are State employees and they have the BEST medical benefits, retirement, 401(k) and all there is to offer to an employee, yet they treat the regular public like dirt. I think SOME of them need to learn customer service skills and how to be friendly. DMV employees have a really great customer service job compared to other companies. Their employer offers them the BEST pay, benefits, etc! Remember, that not all of us have that!

One lady literally rolled her eyes at my husband, right in front of him! LOL But she quickly changed her tune. I have a feeling it may have been that she finally noticed Kyle. She even offered him candy, which he thoroughly enjoyed! After that, she was much nicer to us.

Our beloved Dyson

I basically complained/explained to my DH today that I really want to buy a new vacuum, only because he’s said (for the last 3 weeks) that he “would take a look at it.” Since he never did, I am stuck vacuuming our house with the hose…and my back is hurting like H*LL! So he said he’d take a look at it today and he actually did. I even spent some time this morning looking at a variety of vacuums to buy! Anyway, he took the filter out and cleaned it. We have to let it dry before we can put it back in the vacuum to use… I am really hoping that it’s JUST the filter that needed to be washed for our vacuum to work again. Our Dyson is the BEST when it does work.

My DH was successful at FINALLY depositing his paycheck into our bank account. LOL He gets paid again in a few days. My DH also went to get our car smogged, oil changed, and our tail light fixed. He also picked up some draino for our bathroom sink. It’s been clogged for the last week and a half or so. After this, I plan on using baking soda and white vinegar once a week to keep our drains clean. I did have a blast using baking soda all over the house to clean! It’s cleaner, safe for the environment, safe to use around my son, and really does work.

We got the Walmart ad in the mail today and I was really surprised to see Walmart encouraging their customers to go green to save the environment and save money.

Tomorrow we have to go to DMV -- fun… I am SO excited about this too… Not really, the DMV’s here in NV are really organized. I’ve never had to wait longer than an hour or less… Plus they have a DMV Express near our house that we can go to. I have to renew my license, just need to change some info. We also have to go grocery shopping tomorrow! I AM excited about this because I have some new recipes to try!

Our DS ended up taking 2 baths this evening! I won’t go into details as to WHY, but he really did need the second one. My husband even had to take a shower too. But the whole situation was very funny!