Time to 'fess up...

The phone rang early at my house (especially early as it is Spring Break week at our school and my kids are getting the chance to sleep in) and I grabbed it quickly, hoping a couple of my kids would stay sleeping.
Guess what? It was an "important call" to let me know about the big sale this week at Fashion Bug. Are you serious???? I hung up thinking, "I totally understand why there is such a thing as road rage on the interstates."
Now I am wondering who it is that gives out my number to these automated, computer-generated call lists. I mean seriously. I have not been in a Fashion Bug store, much less made a purchase in one since before my last home perm...which has to be at least almost 20 years now. So, how is it that these people feel the need to call me first thing on a 'sleep-in morning' and expect me to be excited about their sale's call? It's ridiculous.
I told Chip the other day that someone out there is "ruining it for the rest of us". If it is YOU, it's time to confess. You see, apparantly some people actually refinance their home or get a bid for new siding or go shop at Fashion Bug when they get calls such as these. I truly believe that if nobody responded positively to these telemarketer calls, then they would have to go away eventually. But, as long as people actually get sucked into the sales pitch, well then, I guess I can expect to keep getting these computer-generated calls, which don't even give me the opportunity to be 'rude' about hanging up, or give me the chance to hand the phone to my kids for a few minutes of fun while they tell knock-knock jokes.
I'm over them. Life has enough stuff for me to 'weed through' without throwing in lame phonecalls and 'not-to-miss-sales'.
I'm not mad. I'm just surprised that telemarketing still works. If you are a telemarketer, you can take me off your call list and make my day. I've learned my lesson from the Fashion Bug today...I will be letting my 'machine' screen all my 'important calls' from now on. =) And I can't believe I just gave them as much 'free marketing' here as I did. Shame on me. I guess their telemarketing scheme actually did work- in a way. Even if it's negative press. It's till press, huh?!

What I found at Mom's so far...

We are still enjoying our stay with family in Minnesota. Chip will probably make me quit blogging forever after this post though.
Jody and family..."the early years". As in Nitty.Gritty. 1979 & 1983 in the above photos. Remember awhile back when I blogged about Ogilvie Home perms? Well, that would be me with one in the second photo. I am just realizing that I grew up surrounded by people who would outright tell me lies. I remember people telling my parents that they had such a good-looking family...they were lying or just being nice at the time. Either way, I am happy to have grown up and found the Gap along the way. I am glad that I scrapped "home perms" for "Nice & Easy color enhancer". =) I do have to say that although I wasn't the cutest kid on the block growing up, I still wish I had more pictures to thumb through and laugh about and reminisce and of course, to scrap. My kids may think I'm crazy for all the times I stick the camera in their face for no special reason...but I am guessing they will thank me in the long run.
Here are some vintage Hi-Ho Cherrio game pictures I promised to post. Bella and Ava are loving this 1966 version. I am thinking it would be smart to do an Ebay search on this game and see whether or not I should be letting the kids play with this.
Next up? Despite the blasted cold weather here in MN, we are staying in and making a batch of French Vanilla Homemade Icecream. I will do my best to get a few photos of that event. Someday my kids will thank me, I'm sure!