I am $85 poorer.

I just wrote a check to the City of Phoenix for $85 because of a security system false alarm. My lovely splurge, my once a month housecleaner, put the code in improperly. The alarm company called to inform me a woman armed with vacuum and soap was trying to break in. I said I beg of you to let her (have you seen my bathroom floor?) and please call off the dogs. And didn't really give it another thought.

Until I received the bill. Stinkin' bill! Apparently more than two false alarms and they make you give them $85 bucks a pop. $85 could buy an entire wardrobe for all of my kids at Goodwill on their half-off days. Oh yeah!! The two other false alarms were due to Littlest finding the alarm remote and pushing the panic button (Littlest: you could have just said I won mow p, no need to panic!), and when the panic button is pushed, there is no calling off of the dogs. Which is actually a nice feature, if I was to ever really panic. I often panic, mostly about things undone... I wonder if our friendly neighborhood cops will help me check things off of my to do list if I am panicked enough. I wonder how that would go over. I'd gladly pay $85 if enough was checked off. Hummm.

Anyhoo, I am usually fairly successful in groveling my way out of charges. Sadly, my powers of persuasion seem to be waning, much like my reproductive system. If you're paying attention, I did tell them to CALL OFF THE DOGS! So they should never have come. Which was one of my key points in trying to dodge paying. But within a 4 minute period of time, the police were called, came and left and siiiigh, now I am left to shell out the bucks. I guess when you live in the hood, one should expect there to be a cop within spitting distance. Generally a great feature, however hugely frustrating today.

All I can say is this: I sure hope next week, my fridge (not included) is magically cleaned out. Because you KNOW I called and left a sweet message asking her pretty please to PUT THE CODE IN PROPERLY!!! and la la laaa, see you next week! :)

And there you have it, the Seinfeld of blogs, a blog about nothing.