Emeline is awesome.

smonster, that is really rotten of your insurance. I was very angry on your behalf, and still am - to the point I can't even think of a decent smite, beyond feet first through a meat slicer. I usually reserve that one for child molesters, but I'm thinking if they can do this to you, there are likely to be some kids out there who won't get the care they need due to shit like this.

Seska, glad to hear your back is cooperating. As someone whose L3 decided to go walkabout and twist way to the left on her back in February, I am totally copacetic with the pain and inconvenience caused. Thank heavens for a good physical therapist.

smonster, I will say you need to come up to UW. We don't treat our state employees that way. Asshats.

Emeline likes carrots! How cool is that! I like carrots, too. Right minded folks need to stick together.

IOmeN, I have coffee. That is all.

stove arrived. installation didn't blow up the house. stove was left 1 foot from the wall ("that's the best we can do because of the gas pipe") and plugged into a 2-prong extension cord (I'd left the room to find one with a ground port and they'd hacked it so they could test and leave). DH and I leveled the stove ourselves later and amazingly got it closer to the wall, used a correct extension cord, and began the complaint process. will not be using sears again, ever.

eta: I really feel for the call center people, who seem to be employed to listen and say nice pallative phrases, but can't escalate calls, or connect to someone who will tell me why this happened. They are nice though. And I'm thanking them each time they take me off hold to tell me that I'm still on hold for the one manager in the entire call center.

Four years ago Kristin purchased a window air conditioner from Sears and we experienced the worst customer service ever. I have set foot in a Sears since and plan to never use them again.

Wow, Sox, that's awful, but glad your stove is correctly installed finally. Sears ended up paying for an almost complete remodel of my parents home because of a dishwasher repair gone awry (well, I say paid for it, I think the insurance company is still working on getting the money from Sears...)

Emeline's carrots are excellent carrots. Rock on, Punk.

Crazy awesome, meara! Southern Decadence so needs you to be there!

The Sears near me in Brooklyn has a pretty good reputation for large appliance installations. Which is good, because PC Richards is run by SATAN HIMSELF and if all their stores burned to the ground I'd throw some more kindling on and make s'mores.

So, I know I'm biased and, like most parents I know, think *my* kid is just the awesomest and the bee's knees.

Isn't that all as it should be? I feel sorry for parents and kids when the parents DON'T think they have the greatest kids on the planet.

Hate Sears. Won't go there.

Emeline is the awesomest!

I often feel mine are awesome, but not so much lately. It is tough to use the word awesome when he has been fired from his job and refuses to go and talk to the manager about the situation. See also refusing to finish high school. See also refusing to help me with anything. See also leaving his trash around. See also raunchy stinky socks. His objective is to get me mad enough to send him back to Florida. His dad says don't let him win that one. Very frustrating.

Anyone wanna teenager?

Anyone wanna teenager?

I'll take him! I trust his bloodlines. Plus I've got some duct tape to keep him occupied.