Not Fair!

I booked flights yesterday for my Mom, Stella and I to go to Connecticut for Thanksgiving. My flight was $425 which was a pretty good deal. I got my Mom a ninety-nine dollar companion flight I had coming through my American Express card. Stella's flight was $400!!!! They raised it from $150 each way to $200 each way!

Now, I don't mind paying for my dog to fly with me and truth be told, I would've paid the $425 I paid for myself for her IF they would let her have a seat. Or at the very least, let her ride in my lap. But for $400 she has to ride in a closed carrier under the seat in front of me. Totally not fair!

If she were a child under the age of two, she would be allowed to ride for free on my lap. And she is much better behaved on a flight than about 95% of children I see on planes. Not to mention that I also lightly sedate her to make sure she has an uneventful flight, she's never bitten anyone, she's not an agressive dog and she's a seasoned traveler who sleeps for the entire flight.

And the argument about how it wouldn't be fair to people with dog allergies doesn't hold water. Delta allows in cabin pets as long as they fall under the weight limit so if you have allergies, they don't care. There may be dogs or cats in the cabin. Not only that, but the havanese is considered a hypo-allergenic dog and she gets groomed once a week. She smells better than a lot of folks I've had the misfortune to be assigned to sit next to on a flight.

I won't even start on why it upsets me that she also doesn't qualify for a frequent flier number and therefore can't earn any frequent flier perks.

Hmmm, I wonder if American Express would issue her a credit card so that she could charge her flights and at least get frequent flier benefits from them?

5 Years of Hate

I hate this week in August.
Missing Jim today :(
And to add to the hate, my Mother and I drove to Anamoose yesterday and scattered my Grandma's ashes.
Missing my Grandma today :(

Yep, I truly do hate this week.

Ordered

the jeans. I'll be doing back flips if they really fit.

Hmmmmmmm,

is $155 too much for a pair of custom fitted and made jeans?
It's impossible for me to find jeans that actually fit my weird body or are comfortable. I am a jeans person. Like I said, hmmmmmm...

How Is It?

How can one woman have so many expired tubes of lotions and potions in one drawer? A small vanity drawer at that! I had stuff that expired before I moved into this condo 9 years ago for crying out loud!

Note to self:
Check the expiration dates on those tubes before you toss 'em back in.

Laid Off

Looks like Grandma's Day Care is closed. I packed up all the stuff along with the boys and dropped them with their dad after church today. He's going to take over from here.

It was a tough job but the boys were so good. I'm amazed at how well it went and how well the boys listened to me. Not perfect but they are just kids.

Back to being Grandma :)
It's a job I like better anyway :)

Busy July

I am now the full time day care for Allison's boys while their mother works. Don't ask.

I had them from Friday at lunch time until Monday morning. They came back for dinner last night and I have a break now until Thursday. Man, can those kids eat!!

We've been doing lots of things, picnic in the park, a trip to the library, playing at the soccer complex and on the playground at Edison school. We also went to see the "Beezus and Ramona" movie and we all enjoyed it.

Looks like I'm going to be busy for awhile which in itself is not a bad thing. Keeps me hopping but you do what you have to do.