For only $2.50 not $100

JP and I joined Triple A almost a year ago. We decided it would be a good idea in case our car ever brakes down or we get locked out or whatever else might happen. We have never, thankfully!!!, had to use their services but it is nice to know we have options. JP's cousin Scott just moved and he has a car that is not doing well. JP and I, probably me, told them that they could just use our Triple A card and get the car towed. (I know this may not be all OK with the Triple A people but I do have to be there to show id and what they don't know will not hurt them right!?) Anyways so I call and get everything set for Triple A to tow the car and I meet with Scott and get the keys. Well, after I set everything up I ask how many miles we are allowed to get towed. The nice man tells me 5. Five......what?!?!?!?! Only five, that will get you from the middle of no where to the middle of no where. What if we really were stranded somewhere in the middle of Utah and could only go 5 miles. So lets see would we want to be closer to the town that is 30 miles away or the town that is 20 miles away. Either way we would still be very far away with only being allowed 5 miles of free towing. I tell the guy I need the car towed about 15 miles so how much would the other 10 miles cost me? The guy tells me it will cost about 100 dollars. What......100 dollars!?!?!?!? WHAT THE CRAP, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? So I tell the guy I need to check with my husband before we do anything else. I call JP and tell him what I have found out. He tells me to call Triple A and upgrade our policy because 5 miles will literally get us to no where. I call the membership people and ask if we can upgrade. After being put on hold forever the guy comes back and tells me that we can upgrade. I ask how much it was going to cost. He looks in the computer and cannot find how much it will be. He says that if the amount is under 5 dollars the system will just write it off. Then he finds that it would have cost us $2.50, but it was just written off. Then I ask the very important question, how many miles can we be towed now. He tells me 100. I say 100 and the guy says yes. Then thinking I did not hear how many miles we could be towed with the other plan correctly I clarify things. I say "So with our old plan we could only be towed 5 miles right?" The Triple A guy: "Yes." Me:"And with the new plan we can be towed 100 miles?" Triple A guy: "Yes." Me:"OK, thank you."
WHAT THE CRAP! So for only 2 dollars and fifty cents we can be towed from no where (5 miles) to a real city (as far as 100 miles), or in Scott and Sarah's case from Sugar House to Bountiful. Man, who knew that $2.50 could buy so much?!?!

Embarrassing Wife

JP and I went out to eat with some friends tonight. While we were waiting for our food we were talking about topics like me working and selling our boat and whatever has happened lately. At one point I raise my voice to say something because JP is not listening to me and talking over me. He quites down and I finish what I was saying. Dinner gets over and we leave. In the car ride home JP tells me that I always yell at him when we are with these friends and that is embarrassing. I tell him if I always yell at him in front of these friends and make fun of him in front of his family then why does he take me out because I obviously am not public broke yet. I don't act appropriately. JP just laughs and asks me if I am tired. So apparently I embarrass him a lot and he was not amused by it tonight. So to those friends I am sorry I acted the way I did and too my husband I am sorry I embarrassed you. I think I need to make a 'embarrassed my husband' jar instead of a swear jar, although one of those jars is also needed at times!?! Then with the money that is put in the jar I can buy my sweet husband treats. I like this idea. It will make me be nicer, hope it works!, and my sweet will make money for sweets. Although this could back fire, because I could loose lots of money! I better learn to be nicer fast.

So, was that a sign... or what?

Before you read this I need to add a disclaimer for younger readers (aka Kimberly). Although I will keep this rated G you still may not want to read it. You can read the last paragraph though.

So last night I get ready for bed and after I climb into bed I lean over and kiss JP. Now I linger a little and then lay down. JP looks at me and says "So, was that a sign, or what?" I just look at him like you have to ask, but I decided to have some fun and mess with his head. So I say "What do you think?" And this is how the rest of the conversation goes..
JP:"What do I think?"
me:"Yes, what do you think?"
JP:leans over and looks at the clock "Well you usually don't kiss me like that at 11:30 at night and want action because it is too late. Besides I don't like this game because I always get it wrong.." (here is where I need to explain a little. You see I am all for a little action if it is not too late and JP loves to cuddle up to me when it is too late so I get mad at him and have told him if he wants any action he needs to come to me before eleven at night. Is that too much to ask?!)
me: "Is it too late."
JP:"I don't want to answer wrong and you to get mad at me."
Here is where I am done messing with his mind and explain to him what I mean by the kiss. I tell him that the kiss was because I wanted some action and because of the conversation we just had and having to explain things to him I am not longer interested anymore. Then he says "OK" and starts watching tv again. (Apparently James Bond is better then getting some action?!? WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!)

And speaking of watching tv, JP has a bad habit of watching tv late at night. This would be OK if he didn't listen to it so loud. I can sleep through almost anything but it takes me awhile to fall asleep sometimes. Because it takes time for me to fall asleep I will listen to the show he is watching and start asking questions about what is going on. See I keep my eyes closed as to not get to into the show but not seeing what it going on is hard. Last night JP was watching James Bond, you know the one where he saves the world, you know that one right!?! Well at one point Bond is in trouble and next thing I know someone is shooting. I ask who is shooting, JP tells me it was Bond. I ask where he got the gun and he explains. Other conversations when watching CSI go like this... It was the girlfriend huh and she used this to kill them? Or it was the neighbor huh. Late night tv would be more enjoyable if I opened my eyes and actually watched it but why when JP can explain it too me?

Chain saw in the middle of the night

Upon our return from Fish Lake this weekend I discovered that the power was out at our house. It was also out at our neighbors next to us and behind us. It was not out across the street though, lucky!! We found flashlights, thankfully! after searching, and got ready for bed. Due to no power we had no air conditioning, or no cold air conditioner (ha ha), so we opened the window. The power had not been out for too long though because the fridge was still cold, thank goodness!!! I was almost asleep and I hear a chain saw. I HATE CHAIN SAWS!!!!!!!!! Murray Power must have found the tree that fell on the power lines. For about 20 minutes I hear the chain saw and then our power came back on. Although I do not like chain saws, in this instance I was grateful for them. Don't worry I did not have nightmares about chain saws, again thank goodness because I thought I would!

Runny nostril

Why does one of my nostrils run more than the other? Being sick is bad enough but then when one nostrils goes crazy and snot comes pouring out. WHAT THE CRAP, oh wait it would be WHAT THE SNOT!

Good bye Pontoon Fishing Boat

Over the weekend JP and I went to Fish Lake with Joe and Jen, and the dogs of course! While there JP sold the fishing boat to one of Joe's friends. We had some good fishing trips on that boat and now we will have some good fishing trips on.... oh wait we don't own a boat. We will have some good fishing trips off the shore. All things considered I am sort of glad the boat is gone but mostly upset. I know I joked about it but I liked the boat. I always wanted to use it, JP didn't. Hence why he sold it. So, so long pontoon fishing boat, hopefully your new owners use you more then we did!!

My husband

I know what you are thinking, I am just going to say something mean about my husband. But you are very wrong! While I was on vacation JP was the cutest husband and did a lot of things around the house. One was he hung up the long mirror I have in our room. I just had it on the floor and the dogs would knock it over all the time. He kept telling me to hang it on the wall but it didn't have a hook on it so I never did. JP went and found some clips and put it up. Now the dogs won't run into it anymore. Thanks hunny! He also made sure the house was clean when I got home. The dishes were all done and the house was vacuumed. I love my husband! And last but not least when I was gone Bailey got sick all over the carpet in the basement and JP cleaned it all up. That is a sign of a great man! He will clean up dog diarrhea! These are just a few of the reasons I LOVE my husband so much.

Look no flowers!!!

I am not sick. I just cough.

That it how it began. While on vacation with my family my brother Tanner had this cough. I asked him if he was sick and he said "No. I just cough." Well I think coughing is a symptom of being sick!! I now have this wonderful summer cold. I am congested beyond belief, my nose is running like a faucet and I am sneezing all the time, YEAH summer colds! NOT. This sucks!! At least I am home and not still on vacation.

Yesterday JP and I went down to the Days of 47 parade. I went out to the car and noticed the back door was open. I thought JP would close it after he put Molly away. As we are driving I ask him if he closed the back door. He says no. I tell him then it is probably still open and we need to go check. He says the worst that will happen is there will be lots of flies in the house but Bailey will protect the house and not to worry. So when we got home low and behold we left the back door wide open. Thankfully nothing was missing and Bailey was still here. Molly would have been gone had we not put her in her kennel. Also I go to do laundry this morning and this is what I find....

Yes a spider in my washing machine. I contemplated just throwing my laundry in and washing it with the laundry. Then I thought about having spider guts all over my laundry. So I got a tissue and took care of it.

Finally here are some other things that happened on our trip. My cute dad called to wake us up the first day. Whitney answered and when she hung up she told us we needed to wake up. Of course no one moved. Next thing we know the phone is ringing again and my dad asks who is up. Whitney tells him no one so he asks to speak to each one of us personally. This is how the conversation would go.. me: Hello, in a very groggy voice. Dad: "Good Morning! It is a very beautiful day here at Disney World and there are many things for us to do, so you need to wake up." Me: "OK" Then I would hand the phone off to whoever he asked for next. Whitney was always the first to answer because the rest of us would not move! He would call and wake us up everyday after that. Also one time I came out of our room to go my my parents room and look over and see my dad knocking on the next door neighbors door. I ask him what he is doing and he turns around and has this hurry and move look on his face. Oops, that was the second time that morning he had knocked on their door. Good thing they didn't answer! Whitney also made friends with this cute frog the first night. It was hopping across the walk way. Whitney got closer to look at it and it hoped onto her leg and then her arm. I took pictures and it was nice enough to look at the camera for me. I will post this picture and others soon but because it takes so long for them to upload I get very impatient so I will post them later!

Disney World

My family and I just got back from vacation in Orlando. We spent over seven days in Disney World. It was a lot of fun with some moments at times but we all survived! We stayed at the Boardwalk Hotel. It was really nice and had a really good bakery right by it. We ate breakfast there ever morning. It is in walking distance to Epcot and Disney Hollywood Studios. My favorite kingdom is Animal Kingdom. I really like Disney World but going in the middle of July is not advised if you can help it. My dad was there for a dental convention and the family tagged along. (minus Joseph, Jamie, Jeremy, and JP who had to work, and Jess and Shauntel who are on another adventure in Hong Kong.) Here are the highlights and lowlights.

Thursday: Arrived around 4:30 Orlando time. Got on bus and was on our way to the hotel. My dad was already there so he had checked us in already. Once we got there though we realized one of the rooms they gave us either had not been cleaned or someone else was staying there already. We got it fixed and headed over to Epcot. We walked around and rode some rides then watched the fireworks.

Friday: Disney Hollywood Studios. Courtney was brave enough to ride tower of terror and it was a terror ride for her! She ended up in tears and was very mad she went on it. My family went again and her and I just waited and got some ice cream! In line for the Rockin Roller coaster there was a group of teenage kids in front of us. Next thing you know it smells and they are laughing. Kimberly looks at them and says "You guys suck! That is disgusting!" One kids face turned dark red! Then because they were a group of five and we were a group of five I ended up sitting next to him, and he didn't say a word to me, wonder why!?! For lunch we went to my dads favorite place the Sci-Fi restaurant. You sit in a car to eat and there is a big screen with black and white commercials playing for you to watch. Due to a meeting running longer then he wanted my dad was not able to join us. The food was OK to say the least and when I was telling my dad this he said "The food has never been good. You just go for the ambiance!" Kimberly and I also stared in the Indiana Jones show. OK so stared is an over shot, but we were chosen as extras and got to be in the show. It was lots of fun. It also rained on us and we purchased some rain ponchos. My dad was told it rained almost every day so we would want them. Well it did rain almost everyday and we did use them! Thanks dad for the ponchos! We also ate dinner at the Derby restaurant. The food was really good and then I had grapefruit cake for dessert. It was really good and I got a recipe to try and make it. I will let you know if this happens.

Saturday: Epcot. We went to a Princess Breakfast in Norway. The food was really good and Courtney got her picture with all the princesses, Ok so the rest of us did too! After we walked around the park. There was a minor blow up in the middle of China which was over the lost top of a water bottle and there were tears. This was the first blow up since we got there but not our last, it was the worst though! It would not be a true family vacation without a blow up! We ate a late lunch early dinner in Italy. The food was very good but the waiter was better. Kimberly and Whitney were salivating more over him then their food!! Mom, Kim, Whit and I stayed for the fireworks and had a front row seat to them. We also had a front row seat to someones wedding reception!

Sunday: Animal Kingdom. This was by far the hottest day yet, but I was not complaining! We went on the Safari first thing and saw a baby Giraffe, they think it is only four months old. It was running around. It was really cute! We went on all the rides, had a really good hamburger and then headed back to the hotel. I would have stayed all day long but we wanted to meet up with my dad. We hung out at the hotel for awhile just lounging. We sat on the boardwalk on benches and my mom fell asleep. My dad motioned for us to get up and leave. So we all got up and left her there alone. We turned back and were laughing to see how long it would take her to notice we were gone. It didn't take her long. Some guy next to us was wondering what we were doing. It was funny! Courtney also got one of those giant suckers and people would give her weird looks. She enjoyed the sucker though, so did the rest of us! We walked back over to Epcot and watched the fireworks. Magic Kingdom was open until two in the morning but we opted not to go. It was in every ones best interest, the family and others around us, for us to just sleep!

Monday: Disney Hollywood Studios and Magic Kingdom. It was my dads last day with us so we went back to Hollywood Studios and rode some rides with him. My dad left around 1:30. We went back to the hotel with him and said good by and then went over to Epcot and had lunch at Canada. This was the best filet minion I have ever had. If you are visiting Disney World any time soon or in the far future call and make reservations at the restaurant in Canada. I don't remember what it is called but my mom took a picture of us under the sign, so I will find that picture and let you know. Then we went over to Magic Kingdom. Courtney lost her autograph book and we spent some time searching for it. We found out that Disney has some of the nicest most helpful people working for them!!! Unfortunately we did not find the book but they gave us a coupon for a free one. My mom stared in the Monsters Inc show and Whitney's joke was told at the show. The best part about her joke was it was shown on a screen as we were standing in line. Tanner saw the joke and told it to Whitney. Whitney text it in and after the show I told her that joke was on the screen while we were in line. She didn't know and just laughed. We watched the fireworks and saw Tinker Bell fly. We then ate some really good ribs as far as fast food and rode Space Mountain. We closed the ride down and then went home.

Tuesday: Magic Kingdom. We wandered all over magic Kingdom. We rode a lot of rides. Courtney is young enough she was all caught up in the whole magic thing. It was cute to watch. She would decided what rides to go on because the rest of us didn't really care for the most part. She even had a map she would cross things off on after we rode the ride. She really liked driving the cars! We watched the fireworks and then got a front row seat to the parade. While waiting I went and got some Turkey legs for everyone to share. They were really good and we also had some good commentary to go along with it. Kimberly said she felt like a cave women. Whitney could see people giving us weird looks. I just enjoyed it and didn't care others were staring. We closed the park down and went home.
Wednesday: Everyone did what they wanted. I got s cold from Tanner so I slept in and took my time getting ready. Then I went over to Epcot and got these Mr. Potato Heads. They are Star Wars ones. We got on the bus around 1:45 to go to the airport. Due to delays we got on our plane 40 minutes late then sat on the tar mat because of rain. Finally we took off. We all sat in first class on the way home. I have now seen how the other half lives and I like the larger seat and leg room but for the most part people are not very nice who sit up there. I know they spent lots more for their ticket then the coach people but that does not mean you are better. The flight attendant was really nice to Whitney and I. He was also really cute with Tanner and Courtney.

Well there you go. Sorry about all the typos but JP is finally awake from his nap and I don't have time to proof read this before I post it. He is sitting right next to me telling me to hurry. Pictures will come soon!

Puppy Love

So I finally posted the pictures from our swimming parties. There is also a picture of my new hair cut and library card. Here is a really cute picture of Whitney and Jeremy's puppy Shadow! Jeremy got Shadow about three weeks ago. He is so cute. Bailey doesn't mind him but Molly thinks he is a play toy. He started playing back though and nipping at her. It just took a little while because Shadow was trying to figure out if Molly was going to eat him or was just playing!

P.S. How do you get rid of the not so cute flowers from your slide show. I figured out how to make it colored (Thanks Shauntel!) but am still struggling with the flowers. So enjoy the flowers because hopefully they will not be there next slide show!?!?

Check out my Slide Show!

Weekend update

I know it has been awhile since I posted something. I have been busy playing house with my younger brother and sisters. My parents are out of town on a cruise in Europe so my brother Joseph and I are trading off watching the kids. So here is what has happened...

Thursday: Not too exciting. Courtney came and stayed at my house.

Friday: I got my first library card in about 15 years. Courtney and I went to find a book for her but the one she wanted was all checked out. I did however find a book. I got the Kite Runner. Kimberly read this book and said it was good. I will let you know. After the library I got my hair cut (due to the fact I am not at my house I will have to post pictures later of my hair). A girl who graduated with me from Hygiene cut it. She does a very good job. That night we went to Gateway with some friends. We ate dinner at Applebees and then went over to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory and got carmel apples. They were very good!!! Courtney wanted to go into Bath and Body Works so we walked through. JP found some tanning lotion and wanted it. I thought he was joking but he wasn't. Then he told me it was for this, and pointed to his stomach. I laughed because no one sees his stomach but whatever he still got it.

Saturday: Jeremy and Wayne came over to my house to swim. Although Jeremy forgot to tell Wayne we were swimming so he had to watch. They brought their puppy Shadow. He is so cute. Molly had lots of fun playing with him! I will post pictures later. Shadow even got in the pool and went swimming. After swimming we went to Gavin's baptism. After the baptism we went to Heidi's 30th birthday party.

Sunday: Went to church and now deciding what to eat for dinner.

So here you go. Sorry pictures are not attached but I will put them on as soon as I can!

I had an epiphany

I know what you are thinking, oh great so what does Stephani have to tell us now, but this is pretty good. The other night when I couldn't sleep JP and I started talking (don't worry I will not include the whole conversation again!) At one point in our conversation I said "There is no normal." As many of you know I say this a lot. I do because this is really what I think. But the other night after I said this I was thinking, if there is no normal then what is there? And this is what I came up with "There is no normal, just varying degrees of crazy." Now before you all send me nasty comments about calling you crazy hear me out for a second.

See normal does not exist. It is a make believe thing that you are taught at a young age to be like. Normal is a figment of your imagination and try as you might you will never achieve normal. This is why, what you do is "normal" for you. Because it is not "normal" for someone else it is weird or crazy in their eyes, when in fact it is not either of these, it is just different. Because people do things different then you, it will never be "normal" to you. Even though we are sometimes taught that different is bad, it really is not. If there weren't a different and we were all the same then life would be boring. (and the animals would have no one to talk to them!)

Case in point, I have two dogs, two turtles, and some fish. I talk to my dogs regularly like they are human and understand me. (I also talk to the turtles and fish. Now I will admit that this is a little crazy but they respond by moving like they understand!?!) Those of you who do not have dogs may see my behavior as weird or crazy, whereas those of you who have dogs may see my behavior as "normal." (cats can also be substituted) If you also talk to your pets you see my behavior as perfectly "normal" and nothing is crazy about it. Those of you who do not talk to your pets think of me as weird or crazy.

Another comparison, if I have not lost you by now. Some people like certain foods, where other people don't.
One of my sisters does not like cinnamon rolls and another sister does not like chewing gum. I think they are not "normal" because cinnamon rolls can be divine and I love chewing gum. But this behavior of not partaking of these certain foods is their "normal." Just like my not eating sausage (NASTY!) is my "normal".

So if you are confused here is the short of it, THERE IS NO NORMAL, just varying degrees of "crazy"!! (or to be more politically correct it would be differences not crazy) So stop trying to achieve a fictitious thing. Live how you want to, and go ahead and talk to your pets because they really do understand you!?!?!

P.S. If you are really confused and have no idea what I am talking about feel free to call me and ask me. Just be prepared for a long conversation!

Girl's day out!

Kimberly, Whitney, Courtney and I hung out today. We started by going to lunch at Applespice Junction. If you have not tried this place you need too. They have very good sandwiches! Then we went shopping because that is what girls do when they hang out right?! They talk, eat and shop. What else is there to do with your girl friends?
First we headed to Steve and Barry's. When Steve and Barry's came to town everyone was very excited. I had never heard of this store before but decided to try it out. So Kim, Courtney, Whitney and I went and checked it out. This was the end of December and everything was very picked over and not very neat. Not to mention tons of people! I was not very impressed to say the least. We, my sisters and I, decided to give it another try and went again today. I was a little more impressed but I don't think I will be back any time soon. They did have lots of nice clothes for JP though.
After we went and visited Jamie at work. We wanted her to go to this cupcake place with us but she worked until five. So my sisters and I took off to downtown to find this Mini's place Kim knew about. I love to watch the show What I Like About You. Any of you who have seen this show know that Val, the older sister, owns a cupcake bakery. They always serve these yummy cupcakes! (at least they look yummy on tv!) I have wanted to visit a cupcake place ever since I first saw this. So this is where Mini's came into play. There is also a place called So Cupcake too that we are also going to try sometime. Mini's is downtown on 8th south between Main and State. All of their cupcakes are mini cupcakes. They have cute names like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Smore Please, and Pretty in Pink. We got a dozen and then came back to my house to try them. We cut them in fourths so we all could try them. The first one was Breakfast at Tiffany's. It was good but nothing really to shout about. Then we tried this chocolate one and so on. Kimberly had tried some of these cupcakes before and she said that the ones we had today were not as good as the other ones. I thought they were pretty good but would I trek downtown to get some more again, maybe. You see, even before Val's cupcake place on tv I have loved cupcakes. So this being said I would be willing to try these cupcakes again. They didn't have any funfetti cupcakes though and those are my all time favorite! I love them with strawberry frosting and sprinkles. My mouth is salivating now! If I wouldn't get fat I would live on cupcakes, orange juice and popcorn (microwave or theater). I know what a combination!?

Fourth of July weekend

For the fourth of July weekend JP, Bailey, Molly and I went to Fish Lake with Joe, Jen mom, and Ozzy. Many of you have heard me talk about Fish Lake many times. I love visiting there! Here is what we did....

Thursday:We left early enough the boys were able to go fishing when we got there. They did not get back to the cabin until eleven that night. Then the boys stayed up and talked very quietly so I could sleep, oh wait they were not quiet at all in fact they were very loud!!!

Friday:The fourth. We slept in! Jen mom and I took the dogs on a walk. Joe, JP and Charlie went golfing in Richfield. Then we (JP, me, Joe, Jen, Charlie and Joyce, JPs aunt and uncle) went into Salina and watched their parade. JP got lots of candy. I didn't take any pictures but Jen mom did. It was funny though because it was JP and this little two year old getting the candy. We ate at MOM's Cafe, which was been around for a long time. The food was really good! Then Charlie took us on a tour of Salina. We saw a elk farm and some doves. Then we went to the Salina Rodeo. The Salina rodeo was a happening place. None of the bull riders were able to hang on for eight seconds but we were still very entertained. Jen mom and I decided to come up with some names for the bulls because the ones they had were not scary enough. We came up with Sudden Death (My favorite), Whiplash, and Last Wish. After the rodeo there was a fireworks show. This fireworks show was so good I forgot we were in a small town! Joe was wondering where they got the money to do such a big show. I wonder too.

Saturday:We slept in! You see the thing about being at the lake is you sleep in and then you take a nap in the afternoon. This is my kind of living!! Charlie and Joyce took us hiking. We took the dogs with us too. Molly LOVED this. Bailey enjoyed it too but is still recovering today! We went four-wheeling in Joe's truck. This is very red neck but you don't get wet or dusty! It started to rain on us so we hurried back to the truck and drove around some more. We found a place to stop after the rain stopped and started a fire. We tailgated and ate our dinner. After dinner the three boys: Joe JP and Charlie, were looking for deer and elk on the other mountain. The whole time we were driving around they were looking for deer and elk.

Sunday:Jen mom and I slept in and JP, Joe and Charlie went fishing. It was a very good fishing day! The boys brought the fish back to the cabin and gutted them. Charlie took them home and will enjoy them. JP, Jen, and I took the dogs on a walk, or did the dogs take us on a walk?!? Then we came home.

I put together a slide show of some pictures. I realize it is a lot of pictures but it was hard to choose which ones to us. I also apologize because being new to the slide show thing I have no idea how to get rid of the flowers or make the pictures in color. Some day I will figure it out!?!

Fish Lake Pictures

Would you like to buy a magazine?

I don't know what it is about our neighborhood but everyone and their dogs sales magazines to raise money. To raise money for what you ask? One kid was raising money to visit Hawaii, another so his baseball team could travel to the finals, and so on. About twice a month someone comes to my door asking this question. How many magazines can one person read anyways?! I always politely say I am not interested after they finish their whole spill about why they are here and blah, blah, blah. Then they ask me why I am not interested and why I can't help them and blah, blah, blah. Well I will tell you why I cannot help you. First I already subscribe to a magazine, Rachel Rays, and I don't even read that. Second why am I going to help you get to Hawaii when I could save that money and go to Hawaii myself? And third NO IS NO!!!!!!! Then they leave. Now I never get mad at the poor kids and I don't tell them anything mean I just say I am not interested and close the door, which can be difficult because the dogs always have to see who is at the door too and then they sit in the door way until the person leaves. I think I am going to get a no soliciting sign for my door because this gets very annoying! Not to mention the fact that I was very comfortable sitting on my bed watching TV before the person came and now the dogs know I am up and think it is time to eat, and it will only be two o-clock in the afternoon. I think the next trick I teach my dogs will be how to really tell time and not by their stomachs!