Tawas, here we come!

In just a few short hours we'll be on our way to the place where my heart is most of the year. For a few days of the year both my heart and my person are in the same place. Tawas is the most peaceful place I know. It's a very small town but I bet we find wifi. If so I'll try to post a few pictures. Farewell for now.

I don't like Sam's Club

I enjoy a good bargain. I love saving money. I think I get a physical high from it. But let me tell you something SAM'S CLUB MAKES ME MAD!!! First of all, to get into the door I have to show them my card. It doesn't matter if I have 6 kids with me and each one is crying and I'm dripping wet from the rain I had to stand in to get all 6 kids out of the car, I still must show the card. I cannot buy anything without this exclusive Sam's Club Membership Card (which I happen to have a Gold Business account; this info will come in handy in just a moment). After shopping I have to have them scan the aforementioned exclusive card. After paying for my purchase I walk 10 feet to the door where I must present my receipt. 99.4% of all my purchases are made for work. This is important to know because it is imperative that I not lose my receipts. I am conscience of this so I put the receipt into my special "Don't Lose This Very Important Piece Of Paper" area of my purse. I walk the 10 feet to the door where I am met by a Sam's Club associate who nearly shakes me down to see if I have stolen anything. They want my receipt. Shoot, I already put it away. I have to get it out of the DLTVIPOP area. At this point in my visit they must count each and every item in my cart. Now mind you, I walked no more that 10 feet from the register! What is going on here? Sam's Club either 1. Has lousy employees whom they cannot trust to do their jobs, 2. Have a lot of stupid crooks or 3. Don't care that they make all the honest customers upset. Does Sam's really have that much theft that it warrants hiring an employee to stand there? Now back to my "special business card" issue. I can get in to Sam's very early, which I always try to do to avoid the crowds. The last time I was at Sam's I was THE ONLY ONE in the store, other than the employees. After purchasing my items, the employee at the door (which I will from here on out refer to as the prison guard) counted each and every item. She was watching me checkout just 10 feet away! I just don't understand this. First of all, there is nothing small at Sam's, that's kind of the point of the store. Where would I hide anything? And, if I did hide something (which I would never do because that is WRONG, always) why would I put it in the cart prior to walking out of the store? This logic makes me think that the prison guard is there to monitor the employees and not the customers. I don't like Sam's Club.

Unbelievable

So last night I was at work. I had several customers who were high needs. I don't mind that part of my job as long as they are nice. When I get a grumpy or nasty person who wants me to be their personal shopper it gets annoying. So along came a sweet (or so I thought) old couple. She was putting together a memory board celebrating the life of her father. I assumed he had passed on because she herself was a bit older. I started to check them out and her husband, out of the blue, asks me if he puts his email address down if I will email him dirty pictures of myself. OUTRAGEOUS!! I said, "I will not send you dirty pictures, however the store will send you a lovely email about what's on sale." He said, "Well, I'll put it down anyway." The sad thing was his wife didn't look surprised that he said that. I was in utter shock. I felt violated as he continued to speak to "me" because he wasn't looking at my eyes if you know what I mean! Seriously, I'm just trying to bring home a few dollars and I get hit on by a dirty old man. I'm looking forward to vacation.

Let it begin.

So here it is. let the tradition begin.

New tradtion

Grace and I were looking for something to do last night and I suggested we pick blackberries. We usually find about a total of 6 berries, but I thought it would be fun to try anyway. We found a spot between our yard and the field and we hit the jackpot! We had plans to go to the Silverhawks game so we decided to hit the patch early this morning. I cannot believe how many blackberries we found right behind our house! As we were picking them she said, "Isn't it amazing? We don't even have to buy these!" I felt a little like Laura Ingalls. Grace and I decided that we've started a new 4th of July tradition. I love having the idea of traditions but we don't really have any. That all changed today. Jam anyone?