Sunrise,Sickness, Plane tickets, & Laughs

Thursday morning the sunrise was like a beam coming from the ground it was so pretty. The above picture is from that morning. I didn't use photo shop on it. I thought it was beautiful.

The girls were very sick earlier this week. Miranda started complaining of her throat hurting her and was running a fever last Saturday night. I called Monday morning and got her an appointment at her doctors. Shortly after getting the appointment I noticed a rash and she was itching like crazy. The doctor said she had scarlet fever which was caused by her strep throat infection. We left the doctors and filled her prescription. When we arrived home there were two messages from the kids school saying Sarah was in the office with a sore throat and a fever. She had been there for two hours by the time I got home from the doctors. I felt so bad. She is so shy at school there for she wouldn't ask them for a cover. She laid there two hours cold. As for Miranda I'm sure most of you know how much of a candy addict she is. She was so sick she wouldn't even take a sucker when we were at the doctors. She usually begs for them from the minute we walk in and tries to snatch one if someone leaves the door open where you go back to the rooms. Everyone is doing better know.
Vince bought his plane tickets with help from his parents and there flier miles. He departs on December 31 around 10:45am. He is flying back on February 14th. and will get in around 10:35pm. That will be a long time to be away from him. I'm glad we get to see each other on Valentine's day. I believe this is going to be the hardest part for us being so far apart. I'm hoping to have every thing up here done early so we can move down earlier but I'm also having a hard time knowing I'm leaving everyone here. I'm hoping to get my mom blogging she says she wants to but we have trouble getting her to read her emails.
Below I have but some funny ways to answer the phone when talking to telemarketers. Let me now if you have ever used one of these methods and which one is your favorite. My favorite is #3 and I plan on trying it some time.

Creative ways to deal with telemarketers

1- Answer the phone. As soon as you realize it is a Telemarketer, set the receiver down, shout or scream, "Oh No!!!" and then hang up.

2- Tell the Telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask him/her if he/she will give you his/her HOME phone number so you can call him/her back. When the Telemarketer explains that telemarketers cannot give out their HOME numbers you say "I guess you don't want anyone bothering you at home, right?" The Telemarketer will agree and you say, "Me, either!" Hang up.

- Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.

3- Tell them it is dinner time, BUT ask if they would please hold. Put them on your speaker phone while you continue to eat at your leisure. Smack your food loudly and continue with your dinner conversation.

4- Tell the Telemarketer you are on "home incarceration" and ask if they could bring you a pizza.

5- Ask them to fax the information to you, and make up a number.

6- Insist that the caller is really your buddy Leon, playing a joke. "Come on Leon, cut it out! Seriously, Leon, how's your mom?"

7- If they want to loan you money, tell them you just filed for bankruptcy and you could sure use some money.

8- If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems; my arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my dog just died..."

9- If they say they're John Doe from XYZ Company, ask them to spell their name. Then ask them to spell the company name. Then ask them where it is located, how long it has been in business, how many people work there, how they got into this line of work, are they married?, kids?, etc. Continue asking them personal questions or questions about their company for as long as necessary.

10- Cry out in surprise,"Judy! Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you been?" Hopefully, this will give Judy a few brief moments of terror as she tries to figure out where she could know you from.

11- Say "No", over and over. Be sure to vary the sound of each one, and keep a rhythmic tempo, even as they are trying to speak. This is most fun if you can do it until they hang up.

12- If MCI calls trying to get you to sign up for the Family and Friends Plan, reply, in as SINISTER a voice as you can, "I don't have any friends... would you be my friend?"

13- After the Telemarketer gives their spiel, ask him/her to marry you. When they get all flustered, tell them that you could not just give your credit card number to a complete stranger.

14- Tell the Telemarketer that you work for the same company, they often can't sell to employees.

15- Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up... louder... louder...louder...

16- Tell them to talk VERY SLOWLY, because you want to write EVERY WORD down.