Month: February 2006

  • I think my insurance agent is on drugs.  Now before you say I’m being judgemental let me relate the following.

    Yesterday I got a letter from her that had been sent on Feb 7th. She
    had put the wrong zip code on it so it was no surprise that it took two
    full weeks to get here.  What was surprising was the contents.
    Here is a verbatim quote of the body of the letter…..

    We have received notification from our underwriter at Argenia that you
    will need to sign an updated application.  The application is
    enclosed.  We will need a response to this letter by February 9,
    2006.  If you have any questions, feel free to call me at the
    number listed above.

    Umm, yeah first question:   Are you on drugs?  Second
    question:    In what alternate universe do you live that the
    U.S. Postal service is able to deliver anything from Arkansas to
    Germany and back to Arkansas in 2 days?  Even with a correct Zip
    code?  Because Yo!  We all need to move there.  And
    question three:  What application?  There was no enclosed
    application.

    So I did what any polite person would do, I called my husband laughed
    at her like a loon and then wrote the following Email because its free
    and fast and guaranteed to get there same day.

    We received your letter dated February 7, today, February 22,
    2006.  In
    it you request that we sign an updated application (which was not
    enclosed) and respond by February 9, 2006.  Even if the letter had
    gone to the correct address and contained the application it would
    still take longer than 2 days to get from ?.?.? Arkansas to Illesheim,
    Germany and then back to you again.   I am sorry we can’t
    move as quickly as you require.  Can you please send the
    application to this correct address.  CMR ??? Box ??? APO AE.
    ?????.  It normally takes a first class letter 7 to 10 days to
    reach us from the U.S.   Sorry for any inconveniences this
    may cause.
    (Which is code for, plan ahead you dummy. and why did I apologise, grrr? Oh yeah, to be polite.)

    Okay, this morning there are three Emails back.  2 are nothing
    but attached paper work the third is more paper work with this little
    gem attached:
    Again, all I’m doing is copy and pasting her words with her typing,
    nothing is changed by me except the address to protect privacy.

    PLEASE FILL OUT THE ENCLOSED APPLICATION AND MAIL
    TO P O BOX ?? SOMEWHEREIN, AR ?????.
    I AM ALSO EMAILING THE TERRORISM FORM FOR YOU TO
    SIGN AND MAIL BACK.
     
    IF YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PEASE LET ME
    KNOW.
     
    THANK YOU,

    First off, pease quit yelling at me, it’s impolite.
    Second, what you really mean is you can’t be bothered to print out
    megabytes of crap, stick it in an envelope and correctly address it,
    because you screwed up the first time and are now faced with a deadline
    that can’t be met unless I do your work for you.
    Third, Are you on drugs?

    Now I know that I make punctuation, grammar, spelling and other English
    horror mistakes.  But I’m NOT in business for myself.  I’m
    not even in business period.  I do however expect a certain level
    of professionalism from people that I do business with and I will be
    looking for a more competent insurance agent.  Sloppy, sloppy Ms.
    insurance lady.  If you do this what other mistakes are you making
    that could cost me?

    Oh and P.S. Ms. insurance lady.  I can’t print your applications
    out because my printer just ran out of ink and the first opportunity I
    will have to replace my American ink cartridges is when I drive 45
    minutes North to the nearest Army post that carries them.  Also,
    my husband is 2 hours West of here Mon. thru Fri. so even if I could
    print them we can’t both sign them until Friday night, which means the
    absolute earliest these will be mailed back to you is Monday the
    27th.  And yo, my policy had better not cancel because YOU didn’t
    allow proper time for an international client.  If you can’t
    handle us then you shouldn’t have agreed to represent us.

    .

  • To my unhappy friend.

    I remembered a quote I had heard a long time ago and then re-read just
    the other day. It goes like this.  “The most important thing a
    father can do for his children is love their mother.” Theodore Hesburgh
    said it.  He should have maybe said also “the reverse is true for
    mothers”. I said that, but I’m sure its nothing someone smarter hasn’t
    said before and I don’t expect the encyclopedia to start quoting me
    now.   There are all kinds of things implied in that quote
    that aren’t said, such as in
    this deep love he feels for  the mother of his children will be
    respect, understanding,  kindness,  tolerance,  empathy, support,
    etc.   Lots of virtues that people now want from others but
    aren’t willing to share of themselves.  It is also implied that
    these things that are in
    this love felt for mom will also be felt exponentially towards the
    kids.  Yes, Mr. Hesburgh in an ideal world.  I think June
    Cleaver had it in spades.  Ward was quite the man wasn’t he? 

    I read it all the time right here in these pages the disrespect said
    publicly toward ones spouse and it confuses me because I have such a
    deep respect and love for my own husband.  I have some of these
    virtues so tied up in my head that I’m not really sure where one starts
    and one ends.  But I have always wondered at the reasons a person
    would or could stay with another person that they did not
    respect or love.  Some of it I’m sure is just blowing off steam and some
    of it I am equally sure is downright unhappiness.  But in the 24
    years I’ve been married I know you “reap what you sow”.  How can you plant peas and expect watermelon to grow?
     I
    also know that what you focus on is what is important to you.  So
    if you don’t show and focus on the virtues that you want to see in your
    relationships then after awhile you won’t have them, a relationship
    survives on positive reenforcement and can founder on negativity. And
    you may
    find yourself looking back and wondering what you ever saw in this man
    or woman  And honestly everyone around you will wonder the same
    thing because all they ever hear you say sbout your spouse is negative
    and then we wonder why such a smart, fun bright person is tied to such
    a toad. 

  • How many of you know the good about me?
    http://kevan.org/johari?name=indigolady

    How many know the bad?
    http://kevan.org/nohari?name=indigolady

    Do we really care to know what others think of us?  Truly? 
    The thing is, it is so easy to hear people tell you that your kind or
    giving or blah, blah, blah.  But the not so nice things….well
    that’s a whole different proposition.  I’m not saying I want you
    to walk up to me and tell me what a bitch you think I am. 
    That isn’t so nice and not very productive to boot.  But if your
    told in a non-confrontational way some of your bad traits then you can
    work on them.  Or I should say I can work on them. 
    Notice I put the good one up to.  That’s so that after the
    trashing you give me I can go look at all my nice traits too.  I
    know they are there…lol. 

    And here’s what I truly think.  I would rather you be honest than
    nice.  Or if you just have no clue then don’t do it at all. 
    After all its a blog not life and death.

    Thanks to Mystic for showing me where to find a johari.  I won’t
    link her because she didn’t say I could, but she does get my thanks and
    the credit.

  • I stole this from someone….I just don’t remember who.  I’m all
    for giving credit where it’s due so if I stole this from YOU, please
    let me know so I can link you.

    The ABC‘s of me…..


    A    . Age, mine is 44. You’d think I’d be more mature wouldn’t you?

    B    . Books, I read from 5 to 10 books a month. Depending on the size of
    the book.  I have a weakness for fantasy fiction, but I read
    “good” ones too.  My best friend used to tease me because when I
    run out of books I read the encyclopedia.  I love all books
    fiction and non-fiction.  If its in print I’ll give it a shot.
    That 5 to 10 doesn’t  include the 5 magazines I subscribe to as
    well.

    C    .  Car. I dream of owning a sleek dark green 2 seater Jag
    convertible,  me and my man flying down the highway with the wind in
    my hair and the sun on my face.

    D    . Daughters: Two, my heart, my life, my everything.  I am so
    proud of both of them it hurts.  I love both of them so much it
    hurts.  Damn! I miss my daughters.  Just had to grow up and
    move out didn’t you…..lol

    E    . Elizabeth….me.  I have always loved my name, I think it’s classy. thanks mom.

    F    . Fears. I’m afraid of heights.  Since I know it’s irrational,
    I’m  working on it by forcing myself to go up high. Sometimes it
    works sometimes it doesn’t.  What’s really odd it’s not like the
    higher I go the scary it gets.  I have been on cliffs higher than
    2 or 300 feet and been less scared than in a 3 story building.  It
    all depends and I never know when it will hit.

    G    . GOD, way more important to me than people realize.  I believe in God and prayer.

    H    . Hell, I believe in that too, but I don’t worry because I will be in the best h…. Heaven.

    I    .  Ice cream. Summer or Winter there’s usually ice cream in the
    freezer.  Vanilla is my fave but it needs to be a really good
    vanilla.   I also love Jamoca Almond Fudge.  Yum

    J    . Jeans, my pants of choice even though I know slacks look classier.

    K    . Kingdom of Loathing, my own private addiction.  It’s pop
    culturetastic and ridiculous in a good way.  I spend way to much
    time in the chat channels and when I’m neglecting xanga you can usually
    blame it on KoL. I’m thinking of making a new character by the name of
    thischicksaloon.  as in “this chicks a loon” not “this chick
    saloon” (whew, I just came out)

    L    . Lonely, I get so lonely here, being isolated by language and away
    from friends and family that sometimes I feel I’m in solitary. 
    Then it goes away.   Oh and get this.  I finally figured
    out why none of the army women will try and be friendly. 
    They  think because of my age that I am an officer
    wife….ha,ha.  ME! an officers wife. to funny. 

    M    . mumps. I never had any childhood illness.  I never had measles,
    mumps, chicken pox nothing.  Now Drs. freak if I come in contact
    with them because they’re much more deadly for an adult.

    N    . nocturnal. I think I was born that way.

    O    . Observant, sometimes I’m not at all and that really bothers
    me.  So I make a point to be and then after a little while it just
    gets forgotten until the next embarrassing faux pas of
    non-observance.  Like when I didn’t even notice my own husband had
    shaved until he rubbed his bare chin pointedly.  Hello! open your
    eyes.

    P    . Parties, I love ‘em.  Not the get drunk and puke kind. 
    The kind with good friends, food and conversation.  (peace, I want
    world peace SO bad)

    Q    . Quarter horse, someday I’m going to own one.  That’s all there is to that.

    R    . Running.  If I ever have to run for my life I’m a dead woman. I
    have a bad knee and after falling down the stairs last year a weak
    ankle.  Yup, a dead woman.

    S    .
    Sunshine. I was born in the sunny South and raised in the even sunnier
    West.  If it rains for more than 10 days I start getting
    crazy.  Probably why I loved living in my other S Spain so
    much.  Because, “The rain in Spain stays mainly on the plains.”
    It’s true.
    T. Truth, tell it to me even if it hurts.  I’ll get over the hurt but not the lie.
    U.
    Umbilical, I don’t think mine was ever cut, which is really awkward
    since both my kids think the same thing and that may be why I’m such a
    klutz.  Always trippin’ over those three cords.
    V.
    Vanity, I am vain and I admit it, which is why I go to the gym 3 times
    a week and have started Pilates for beginners on the opposite 3
    days.  (yeah Kat I finally broke out the dvd.)
    W.
    Wander I adore a good wander.  If it were up to me I would wander
    all over the world.  I cannot think of one place I wouldn’t be
    thrilled at wandering around in. AND wisdom. Of which apparently I was
    born without as in teeth. yup, not one wisdom tooth, my mom was
    thrilled, as you can imagine.  I also happen to have 4 baby
    teeth.  The dentist always announces this like it’s going to be
    news to me. “YOU have BABY teeth.” 
    X.
    xanga of course. Without which L would be even worse.  Without
    which I would be so less blessed by knowing you, my friends and family
    of choice.
    Y. Youngest, I am the youngest in my family, they say that’s why I’m such an attention whore. 
    Z.
    Zombie my favorite Cranberries song. Zucchini, my favorite squash. Fried
    please not boiled. Zodiac, Aries, explains a lot doesn’t it. And last
    but not least Zinnias, I love Zinnias not for their scent (icky) but
    because they are so colorful and are such long lasting cut flowers.

    There now you have my ABC’s, won’t you play along with me.