T.H.E (Trying Hard Everyday) TEAM ~~> Week 15!

Tomorrow is off day from gym but I am gonna take a good walk at some point. Not much on the agenda. More cleaning and might get ambitious and clean my family room carpet IF i can afford to. THings are pretty tight right now. Ex is being a douche and hasnt paid child support for 3 months now.. so the purse strings are pretty scrawny..

douche, I love that word I really do and use it often to describe my husbands ex-wife... About the Child Support, that sucks. My hubby pays it and it comes directly from his paycheck and that makes it nice. We don't have to worry about it and we know it's getting paid. Even though he is considered a Seasonal Worker they adjusted it so it doesn't go behind when he is not working - he pays more but that's okay. It works out in the long run... He also pays it to a Clearing House in AZ that then sends it to her, isn't there a way you can get his checks garnished?

My issue, laminate floors, I hate them, do I wash them before I have the company or do I just dust mop and clean the rest of the house and not be a freak about my floors??? Let the babies have a good time and not worry about people taking off shoes ect.. I seriously have OCD when it comes to a clean house..

Well I am off to surf the web and then get ready for work..

Nita

Cant garnish his paychecks, he is self employed but basically retired now. He has other people working the business for him but we were in business for 10 years together and a year after our divorce he locked me out of it. I spent the next 6 years in Supreme court suing the crap out of him before he finally offered to buy out my interest in the company. He stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from me of which I am just finding out about since he is just now getting around to filing the taxes for the corporation from 2002, 2003 and will have more through 2008 when he purched my stocks. Back to court we go. Its a disaster. All of which could have been avoided if he wasnt such a controling douche. (hence the reason we got divorced after being married for 10 years!)

So.. on the child support issue. No we cant garnish his paycheck, he doesnt get one and basically ignores them. The longest hes gone without paying is 8 months before the prosecuting attorney crawled up his butt. Then he stopped paying it regularly and I got tired of not knowing when I was or wasnt gonna get it. The final straw was in Feb when my daughter told him she needed some stuff for school during his weekend visit. Hte told her "Thats what i pay child support for". Yeah...only he hadnt paid it in 2 months! So I requested a review and they upped it by $552 a month beginning in March. Boy was he mad! He hasnt paid since... not that he paid it regularly before LOL... anyway...at the end of April, the division of child support sent out a bank hit to garnish his bank account. The bank had 20 days to respond and low and behold... this morning my bank showed a deposit for March, April & about 1/3 of May. They wiped his checking account CLEAN! :laugh: :laugh: Serves him right! When a guy sits there in court and tells the judge "oh its not about the money, i just want the kids to be happy" then doesnt pay his child support just to be a butthead.....yeah, it serves him right. Anyway, he has more money than god, just not in that account. Otherwise It woulda been the full amount. It will be 2 more months before they can do it again, unless he starts paying voluntarily. Im actually hoping he bounces a few checks in the meantime just so he gets taught a lesson. I'm :devil: that way.

Im really glad that alot of you guys have good situations with your ex spouses. My kids have been through alot, but are very well adjusted. Ive tried to protect them from alot, but Ive also been honest. Ive always made it very clear that they dont have to choose a side. He's always trying to get them to take his side (move in with him, talk smack about me) but they dont. They just roll thier eyes and tell me they think hes nuts. I dont know why he has to make everything such a big issue. We dont talk much and I only call him when its an urgent situation regarding the kids and school or medical care. If I talk to him more often, he gets really bossy and self righteous. I could go on alllll day, but trust me, ya just dont wanna know all the crap Ive been through dealing with him.

I spent the day shopping with adopt4. Got my youngest some bra's, shirt & pants at Khols. Gonna take them shopping more tomorrow right after school to see if I can find the girls some dresses. They need something cute to wear to thier Opa's 75th birthday party next weekend. Also found out that I am now a 14/16 @ Lane Bryant. WOOHOO!! Down from a size 20. I found a pair of capri's at goodwill which are soooo comfy and the Venezia brand. Got those so I can pass on some of my bottoms to adopt4. I also hit lane bryant and found that they have long sleeve t-shirts on sale for 60% off of $9.99. So I got 3 cute long sleeved t-shirts size 14 for this fall for less than $15. I tried them on and they fit, but will fit looser by the time its time to wear them...and if not...I'll pass them on...they were cheap so figured why not!

OK... laminate wood floors....I have them through 65% of my downstairs Nita, so I know exactly what you mean!! What I do is... if they are really dirty looking, I sweep with my swiffer, then use the swiffer wet on anything icky lookin (dribbles in the kitchen). If I have a house full of people coming, I pretty much do that and thats it. Then, once the party is over, I give it a good washing (& drying) with the laminate floor cleaner and the dry mop. That way it gets shiny and stays looking ok. Dont use murphys on laminate or it will bubble up along the seams. It cant stay wet, but the swiffer stuff dries pretty quick so I havent had any trouble with that. I love the swiffer with the kitties!! It picks up EVERYTHING