Really?

Ok, so this is a rant....a short one. I called Academey today. I went through their little press one for....thing then whoever was suppers to answer the line at the end never did. So I waited for the operator to pick up. No big deal. I am not really in that big of a hurry and really want some information without having to drive 45 mins to get it. Long story short I was disconnected, hung up on, and then they just let it ring. So the next time I asked to talk to the manager and am told yes they have what I am looking for. She will send me to the department for the pricing I am asking about. Wait they aren't answering! She lets me know she is with them right then and they will answer. A) if she is there why can she hand them the phone she is one! B) better yet off she is in the department why cant she answer my question? Any way the kid finally get on the phone. This part of the conversation made me want to pull my hair out. Kid one the phone(kid): May I help you? Me: Yes. I am wanting to know if you have integrated football pants and a price on them. Kid: Yes we have them. Is there a band you would like to know about? Me: I just need a price? Kid:is there anything else I can help you with? Me:I just need to know how much the pants are? Kid: is there a certain brand you are interested in? Me: no. Kid: is there anything else I can help you with? Me: the price. Kid: yes we have the pants. Can I help you with anything else? After about 5 mind of talking to this kid I gave up. Told him I guess he couldn't help me and I would go spend my $10 thousand dollars in uniforms and equipment somewhere else. As I am hanging up I can hear the manager in the background asking for the phone back. I want good customer service no matter how much I am spending, otherwise when I have big orders I will take them somewhere else. You aren't worth the trouble. **** Before someone freaks out about how much money that is. It is for all of our town football teams and its not really that much. However I am finding that it is very expensive to buy all the uniforms. Who knew a Jersey with names and numbers we anywhere from $.35 to 50? And unlike most thing insure goes up in cost per kid them more of them you have. Ok so maybe this is longer than I thought it would be....sorry! Oh and my computer is broken but I have lots of stuff to tell about when I get it up and running again.

Wow! Its been a really long time....

• School has been out for a while now. Its been a pretty great summer so far.
• I cried like a baby the last day of school.
• Leaving the Elementary I realized I will never have another child go there. It broke my heart that my babies are growing up so fast.
• Then I picked up the rest of the kids and realized I wont have any in Middle School next year either.
• OMG! My babies are in high school :/ Ekkk!
• I never did get the older boys report cards. I didn't really bring the topic up because I am pretty sure they didn't do so well the last six weeks. Some of it their fault and some of it the teachers.
• I am not one to place blame on teachers normally but if you don't post your grade until the day before they have to be turned in then I have no idea there is a problem until its too late for me to ask you about.  Also IF my children have more than one or two missing assignments there is a problem and its kind of their job to keep me informed.  Its not as if I am not involved.  I talk to my kids teachers at least once a six weeks and email and every time I think my kids can do better/more.
• Enough of that!
• My kids have been playing tournament baseball.  They do really really great on the first game, ok on the second game, and then bracket play starts and they suck it up.  I mean really really bad.
• I even quit keeping my books one game.
• Then the last tournament they played they in game one they did ok, game 2 terrible, and bracket play started and they played good.  In the semi finals they almost won against a team that run ruled everyone else.  Only lost by one.
• There was one poor kid on the team that had a really bad game though.  He missed 3 fly balls and just could not  adjust the the calls the umpire was making at the plate.
• There will be a separate post about this tournament too....eventful.
• We will play one more tournament this summer. I am excited to see how they do.
• I downloaded an app to keep score on. Its called Game Changer. It is awesome!  Love it. All the kids want to know their stats and it creates a recap story after each game. Win or lose.  I hate reading them after we lose even though it never said bad stuff about the players.
• Its a great app if you like watching and keeping up with stats for little leagues.
• The last week has been a lot of fun but very busy.
• Because of baseball (and football too, I guess) we have become friends with 2 families. 
• I absolutely love these two families. They are sisters.
• They have the most well mannered kids I have ever seen.
• We have cooked out with these two families 3 times in the last 5 days.
• Lots of food, fun, family, and beer.  Oh yeah, fireworks too !)
• Its even better because all of our kids get along and play really well together.
• I am glad to have new girlfriends to hang out with.
• This summer is all about good times with family and friends (that are becoming like family). Making memories I hope my kids will cherish when they get older. 
• We are truly blessed.