Saturday, September 22, 2007

shysters

Each fall knox county school students sell coupon books to make money for the school system. $10 will get you a really valuable book of coupons that you can use around town throughout the year. The sales kicked off this thursday-or at least the info came home in the backpack thursday, they were off friday so we did not get any books for C to sell yet, I suppose I could have gone by the school thursday & bought some them but I didn't. C did come home with stories about what prizes you can get if you are top seller, allegedly $300. Now he won't be a top seller. Top sellers sell crazy amounts, he will sell around 15-20 enough to get a tee shirt & a few other silly awards. The top sellers are usually kids with parents that own a business & can sell them at the front counters, if it came down to it I could probably do this where I work but you have to front the $$ for the books and I don't have hundreds of dollars to do this plus 15-20 is just fine.
So friday after work we stopped by the supermarket only to be accosted by these little shysters selling coupon books for $5! They also had the nerve to ask me if I wanted to buy one! I was walking with my clearly school aged child! What am I going to say no C I won't buy a coupon book from you but I will send $5 less to buy it from these strange girls?

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

pet peeves of the week

-put down the cell phone and drive your car
-that stick coming out the side of your steering wheel, it's call a turn signal you can move it up & down to indicate to drivers around you which direction you are moving your car in
-those cars & trucks that have sirens & flashing lights, they are called emergency vehicles, pull over for them, they are headed to an emergency
-SLOW DOWN IN SCHOOL ZONES

Monday, September 17, 2007

color me thrilled

just got back from taking C to the dentist. C my lovely mutant sized 7 year old, just turned 7, 7 year old apparently has the mouth of a 10 year old. This means we have to go to see an orthodontist for a consult like now at the age of 7. damn we need to win the lottery, damn we need to play the lottery so we can win the lottery