Merry Freaking Christmas!!
Instead of back tracking and filling you in with everything that has happened over the past few weeks, I am going to start with what happened last week.
So on Monday before Christmas, I traveled to Brownwood with just Emma. Greyson and Braelyn were already there with my parents. I was excited because one it was Christmas and two, I was driving my new car! (See below) Tuesday morning rolls around and I wake up like normal and check the banking account because I planned on paying our December bills later that day. (I am a huge procrastinator and HATE paying bills so I have everything set up so its due at the end of the month haha..) I always pay our bills online through our online banking, have done this for 5 yrs now with no issues.
So at that point everything is all good, only to get a text from Ladd an hour or so later asking, "Whats up with the checking account? Have you looked at it lately?" Why yes I was just about to sit down and do bills. Concerned I looked at it real quick thinking, what could possibly be wrong.?! Miss Rasheeda Rhodes had cleared our savings and checking accounts. Frantically I call our bank. Turns out Miss Rhodes LOGGED into our online account, transferred money from our savings to our checking, created herself as a QuickPay Bill Pay, and then proceeded to pay herself everything that was in our checking. Being the amazing bank they are, Chase recognized this as suspicious and cancelled the transfer immediately and it was all refunded to us soon after catching it ourselves. At the point while I was on the phone with the banker, they froze our checking/savings account, cancelled our debit cards, and froze our online banking account. So with NO money available, only the cash we had in our wallet, (which I didn't have because I HATE carrying cash), I couldn't pay bills. Now let me remind you I was in Brownwood and Ladd was out on a Rig so a Chase Bank was no where close to either of us. To get this completely straightened out we had to go into a Branch and reset everything.
THANKFULLY Ladd was able to come home Christmas Eve for a casing break, so we made a "quick" trip to Abilene (Over an hour away) to go to a Chase bank. After sitting with Mr. Tyler for over an hour we had accomplished: Closing our old account, opening a new account, cancelling our debit cards and checks, ordering new debit cards and checks, creating new online profile/account. Then we realized Ladd's direct deposit which would be going thru Thursday night would be bounced back to Baker then Lord knows how long it would have taken them to reissue the check, so we reopened the old account so that deposit could go thru and all we had to do was call and get someone to transfer it over to the new account Friday. Since Chase required us to run virus scans on our computers we couldn't officially set up our online accounts. So almost a week later I have to go back into the bank tmrw to get that all set up and officially close the other account.
Just in case you don't understand what closing an account all spirals into let me give you an idea:
1.) All my bill pay accounts have to be inputted BACK into my online checking account
a.) This requires tedious account numbers and addresses and account information
2.) My TollTag auto pay has to be reset
3.) My Netflix account has to be reset
4.) My Paypal account has to be reset
5.) My auto payment on several bills have to be reset (Includes car insurance and school loans)
**If you EVER had to deal with Salle Mae you will understand how this is a huge PAIN IN THE ASS!!**
6.) Remembering a new PIN #, Log In name and password, account number.
I spent close to 2 hours yesterday calling all my bills and school loans trying to get extensions on everything because I had NO WAY to pay them. A few ppl were like, "Do you have a check? All we need is the account number." HA DID YOU NOT UNDERSTAND ME PPL!!?? Where do these companies find their workers? So I am hoping everything can get back on track tmrw morning after I head to the bank for the LAST time in regards to this mess!!
Now on to the good parts about the past few weeks!!
So about a month ago, my Trailblazer, just died. I was driving to the store and it just stopped. Everything on the dash board, wipers, lights, windows, AC, everything, still was on and working. Just wouldn't start or go. So after spending 2 weeks with a mechanic thinking it was the computer, replacing said computer, it still didn't work. So we towed it to the Dealership and turns out it was the ignition switch. Well at this point I am over it all. As soon as we got it back, I put it up for sale. It sold with in 12 hours of being posted on Craigslist!! BAAM! Well, just about the time we started having the car issues our good friends, Brad and Ragan was looking at buying a new car and thought of us when it came to the car they had. They cut a HUGE deal and after setting up financing, we HAVE A NEW CAR!! Ever since I HAD to get rid of my last Expedition, which I missed SO MUCH, I told Ladd I don't want anything else, but another Expedition. Well Ragan's Expedition was a 2006 King Ranch. It is by far the fanciest car I have ever had, and I love it!! Oh and the kids LOVE it too!! It is was/is a huge blessing and I CAN NOT be grateful or thankful enough for Brad and Ragan and their love and caring heart they have for our family, which always seems to be in need at the most inopportune times! Its loaded with DVD player, Touch Screen navigation/radio, Heated/AC seats (my fav), sun roof, back up camera, and NICE, REAL leather seats!! All that bank fraud crap can suck it! I got a new car!! Haha..
Over Christmas we were at my moms house and on Christmas day all my dad's family came down from Archer City and Mineral Wells area to celebrate. Mom and Lily had cooked AWESOME Tamales and enchiladas, which were gone in no time!! After eating and opening presents mom wanted to get pictures of everyone. So I did a little side by sides to give you perspective on how our family is growing is just 3 short years. The top ones were in 2011 and the bottom ones are the ones we JUST took at my moms. 2014
This is my Granny and all her grandkids.
Top: Kouri, Ryan, Mathew, Canyon, Caleb
Ashley, Luke, Granny
Bottom: Ryan, Kouri, Caleb, Matthew, Canyon
Ashley, Luke, Granny
This is my Parents with their Grandkids.
The Haehn Family is expecting a new addition in 2015 which will make for 6 grandkids.
This picture is of my dad and his not so little brothers. Believe it or not my dad is the SMALLEST of his siblings.
Just to give you a perspective. There is a small incline and I am wearing 2 inch heels. I am "slightly" shorter than all my cousins. I am 5'10" (besides Luke) everyone else including my brothers, are all AT LEAST 6'1" or taller!!
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT CHRISTMAS.
I know my kids made it out like thieves.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
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