Monday, August 18, 2008

Trust the MIDAS Touch

I just thought I would share this story with all of you. Once again this has nothing to do with Tader but worth sharing. About 3 weeks ago I needed to bring my car into Midas to get the brakes fixed. Well 4 days and $900 later I got my car home. The next morning I noticed that my car was leaking oil out of the left rear brake so I called Midas, they said that they had put an O-ring on incorrectly and would need the car for 1 more day. Again I brought my car in for an entire day but once again when I got my car home it was still leaking out of the same back brake. I told them that they could not have my car an entire day and give me a time that it could be looked at and I would bring it. I brought it in 2 weeks ago at 1:30pm the time they told me was saved to look at my car. I ended up sitting in the waiting room 2 hours while my car sat in the exact same place that I had originally parked it. Finally 2.5 hours and a lot of yelling later they were ready to look at my car. It took them 5 minutes to determine that yet again they screwed up and could not fix it b/c they needed to order parts. By this time I am fuming. Being of strong Hajek blood and not allowing to be screwed over by Midas I escalated my complaints to the regional director of Midas. He assured me that they would take care of my car without anymore hassle to me. He told me that they would pick up my car Monday 8/18/08 morning @ 8:30am from AEGON and bring it back to me in tip-top condition. 8:30 rolled around then 9:30 then 11:00 and I eventually ended up calling them. When they told me that they couldn't get my car in today so I gave them two options, "Give me a rental car to drive while they fix it or give me the full refund for the Brake job." They took the rental car option. Okay, I thought I could live with this. The whole day I was thinking, this might be cool, I might be able to drive a Lexus, BMW....Maybe even a Mercedes. I would take the Tader and drive around town in my new digs showing off to the world that I was the women who got the best of Midas. I would open the windows, let my hair blow in the wind, sporting my shades, maybe even be able to open the sun roof....The anticipation was killing me!!! Well at 4:00 when I left work to see what shiny car was waiting for me in the parking lot of AEGON (thinking "I hope my friends see me in this car...boy wont they be jealous) I noticed this...........................................





The pedophile mobile



I am almost certain I have seen this van on Datelines 'To catch a predator'. I am sure Chris Hansen (the host) is following me around town with a camera waiting for me to make my next move. BTW if I wanted to make my next move I am sure I could...This car comes standard with Curtains over the windows and check out the back....Yes that is Carpet, apparently to patch any spots that might come about during an abduction, A blanket and oh yes the inevitable roll of duck tape.....Not a joke, Not a plant, there was really a roll of duck tape in the back of this car. Lastly for all the clean up, there is a handheld Dustbuster! YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!

Tader standing tall


I just thought I would share this picture of Tader with my uncle Jon. Apparently there is a picture floating around of my grandfather doing this to my dad.....I don't think that my grandmother was seen in that picture standing in the background fearful that her baby was going to fall.


Anyway....Thanks Jon, I love the picture.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Got Stuffed Animals?


Well I have writen in awhile but we have been pretty busy lately. I have attached a slideshow for you all to see. The outdoor pictures (with hat) were taken over the 4th of July....We took Tader Camping and well we can say that he is the happiest little camper there was (literally). He is getting so big and learning new things everyday. He constantly says Da-da but of course has yet to learn Ma-ma. At his 6month appointment he was in the 95% for Height, Weight and Head Circumference (Yes, still a big boy).
Here are two slides shows from the last two months