Teenagers and Disrespect. The life and times at O'Hana Bags

While working here at the mall, The cool place to hang out on a Friday night if you are of the Teenage variety. I have encountered many teenagers. And I am saddened to say that so many of them are disrespectful and rude to the point of there being a shock factor involved with some of my run-ins. I have had more than a few people tell me I need to blog these so... Here you go .. enjoy.

Tonight. While selling one of the beloved bags I went in the back to load the bag onto a hand truck to pull it out for the customer. When I came out the man who purchased the bag says to me

"Umm do you have a mop? that guy over there seems to have had a spill"

I told him that I would have it taken care of after he was taken care of. In the mean time the teenager who made the mess comes up to me and interrupts the directions I am giving the person who bought a bag and says that he spilled and is it alright if he leaves. I told him I would be right with him. As I go over to inspect the mess I see that he not only has made the Nile river in font of the store but he has spilled quite a bit of said drink on the bag its self. I explain to the boy that I cannot sell this cover now and that he is responsible for paying for the cover.. He laughs and says..
" Yeah right.. how much is it?"
I tell him the price
"154.95"
he swears loudly calls me a b**** and walks out of the mall.. leaving me standing there flabbergasted in the middle of the Nile.

For a while my brother who works here in the day time would bring his Nintendo Wii to work so that he had something to do while he was here. He would often leave it for the night shift to also play with if so desired. These next two experiences pertain to the Wii..

Often times kids just come in and sit in the bags and are content watching a movie. Well this particular day these two Hispanic "hoodlums" have you came in and were being annoying. one asks.
"Can I play the Wii"
"no"
"why not" he replies
" because its not yours"
"right that is why I am asking'
"well its not mine either so the answer would have to be no"
"its because I am Mexican isn't it"
*jaw falls to the floor*



Another day I went in the back to count inventory. I heard some people come into the store so I hurried to finish what I was counting and head back up to the front.. When i come to the front I see about 5 or 6 teenage boys. One of which had come behind the counter grabbed the Wii controllers and was playing the Wii.. I immediately told him to leave.

The third story shows the sheer stupidity of teenage boys

A boy comes in and flops down on his stomach on a bag and pulls out his zippo and starts lighting it and closing it repeatedly..

"Hey, Don't do that on the bags"
"what ... this??"

He lights the lighter and holds it close to the bag

"Hey, seriously, don't be stupid"

" I am not stupid you are stupid B****"

I asked him to leave... and he did.

I have been called a B**** so many times at work I should make a name tag. I am seriously bothered by the complete disrespect that is the teenage society. I hope and pray that I can teach my daughters to behave better and treat people with more respect.

Misc. Ramblings!

Again so many things are swimming in my head that I have to write some of them out or I think I may explode. So many things are changing and happening all at the same time. Some are wonderful some are causing stress.

First, Laira was "accepted" into preschool. She starts a week from Wednesday and doesn't stop talking about it. At church on Sunday she was telling everyone about her "new school". She will go Monday - Thursday from 8:30 to 12:00 so yes her non-morning mother is going to have to adjust. But it is well worth it because she is going to love going to school. Her teacher came and visited us last week and gave her a box of crayons and she has been coloring like a mad woman ever since.

Bailey is still a crazy spacey child. My Dad calls her twinkle toes because she dances where ever she goes. Well she was looking through the shoe basket the other day and what did she happen upon... but Laira's old cowboy boots. And they just happen to be her size. She has decided to wear them everywhere she goes. like Church yesterday and the dentist today.. good times. I am just glad that everyone thinks its so cute.

Recently my sister came home and declared that she now has a boyfriend. I was excited for her and then the realization hit me. I am the only one in my family with out a significant other. How pathetic. For me .... Meeting someone new is always fun. But I always seem to forget the awkwardness that comes with trying to get to know a total stranger. I use to be such a big flirt.. I could keep any conversation going. Now I feel like I am losing my touch and am very boring to converse with. However. I have met someone who is fantastic to talk to. I feel like we have alot of the regular things in common (movie preferences and music) I look forward to hearing from him and talking to him. Sometimes I find my self thinking about him and not being able to shake it. This is all fine and dandy .. and scares me ALOT. That is all I am going to say about this matter

No for the stress. I think the Alternator on my car is dead. It wont start... again..... that is all I can type about that with out crying. *sigh*

School is still fabulous. I can't wait for class and I love learning. I am just hoping that I am absorbing things the way that I need to be so I can not only preform the tasks but also pass the written test. I am sure if I stick to it and keep studying I will do fine.

Well I suppose I am out of things to write about for now. I hope that someone actually reads this. and if you do that you actually find it entertaining. If you do read .. leave me a comment.. I would love to know who reads.

I hope you are all having a great day.

SWEATERS!!

Another thing about fall that I love is SWEATERS!!

I love them. I love how they are so fun and unique. I love that you can find them in so many styles and colors.

I have my eye on these 2 sweaters to add to my always growing collection of them.

I am a big fan of cable knit sweaters.

It's Starting!!!

I don't know if you can see it in the picture or not, But the leaves have started to change. I am soooo excited! I LOVE FALL! I love the crispness in the air, the flamboyant colors that are everywhere. All of the food that comes around with the Harvest. The temperature finally cools down enough to go and do things out side.

One thing that comes with fall and being out side is PUMPKIN LAND! My girls love going and following the trails around the garden and then getting to the animals and the playground. The best part is picking out the pumpkins at the end. This is our picture from last year. Laira talks about it all the time. We actually drive by Pumpkin land quite often. So we never stop hearing about it.

Another thing that I look forward to is the Holidays that come during the fall season. Thanksgiving is one of my favorites. Its a time where most of my extended family gets together. Some I haven't seen for a very long time. I love my family and I love being with them. Our Thanksgivings consist of the regular spread of food . We usually hold it at a church since there are so many of us. So after dinner we usually play volleyball or Basketball. We also just hang out and play lots of different board and card games. Its something that I look forward to every year. We must never forget to mention my Mom's amazing dutch apple pie. She has made the pie every year for as long a I can remember because no one will let her make anything else.

So yes. the colors that are beginning to pop on the mountains are very exciting for me.

Worst Blogger ever!

ok, so I am the worst Blogger ever! I always feel like I have nothing important to say! My friend Erin does something on her blog called "Brain Dump" and sometimes that is what I feel like doing, Although it always seems to come out as whining. I don't want to be a whiner. So I again sit at work with nothing to do, Ok almost nothing. I really should be studying but today for some reason I am procrastinating. Someone told me that once you procrastinate you've already lost. So I guess I've lost.

School is going great ( other than the procrastinating) I had a talk with my instructor about the lady in the class who disrupts everything. The other day we had a sub and while she was there the "lady" as she will be known, Made several derogatory remarks and offended several people my self included. I went home from class and couldn't shake it. I discussed the situation with my Dad and he suggested going to Student Services and trying to see what could be done from there. Well, it turned out that Thursday the lady didn't come to class and our instructor had a lecture planned on tardiness and classroom respect. Both of which the lady was guilty. So on our break I started talking with the instructor and asked what she thought I should do in the situation and didn't give any specific names. She told me she knew who I was talking about and that she thought she was alone in being bothered by her. Several other classmates came into the room during our discussion and told of how hard it is to focus on their studies when she is constantly battling for classroom control. Needless to say it needed to be discussed and now that she knows that the lady bothers us all and causes attention problems she is going to have to put a stop to it. So hopefully class time will be a more enjoyable experience. *sigh*


My girls were invited to go with my parents camping. My Mom has an OBSESSION loves to go, she calls it "Treasure Hunting". But the most exciting part of it all was that they were taking the *drum roll* Camper Car. Ever since my parents came and visited us in Arizona and brought their truck and camper for Geo caching, and were going to something like a convention in the form of camping. Well my LairaLaira has been obsessed with going camping and going in the camper car. All day Thursday she was asking when my Mom was going to be home so they could go. Once on the phone to my Mom about 11 am she said " You are almost going to be late" not knowing that my Mom had to work until 4. She bounced around the house all morning. My Dad and I had to take her to get some tennis shoes since the ones from last year are now too small. When we put them on her feet she said. "ok.. stand back I have to check and see if they are fast enough" and she gave them a good test run. After she declared that they were indeed fast enough we bought them. I think she was the happiest girl alive.


I am excited for my plans after work. There is a pot luck get together of a group of people of whom I know few. I am excited to go and meet new people and make new friends. I love to be social. I love to talk, and share life experiences. I am grateful that I have opportunities to go and have fun.

I am hoping that life is treating you all well. And I will try to blog more even if I don't think I have anything special to blog about.

Till next time!

Denae's Ramblings

So, its time to blog again, and I have a lot of things on my mind so I will just write about them.

Monday I was served with a court summons. I was flabbergasted. It turned out that when Laira broke her collarbone back in October the ER doctors people never billed the insurance. So they sent it to collections and from there to an Attorney. How did it get that far you ask..? The answer is, I have no idea. When I called the insurance company they said that they had the insurance information on file and they can prove it because the hospital filed their claim. So they told me to just call the UVPB ( Utah Valley Physicians Billing) people and tell them to file the claim. I called and they tried to tell me they never had the information and I told them that they did and that the insurance company is very upset that this has happened. Then I told them I was very upset that this had happened and that I DEMAND it be taken off my credit. We will see what happens.

So I've moved. I forwarded my mail. There were one or two days of mail that didn't quite make it into the forward.. and my landnazi's are holding on to it.. I have called them and emailed them several times to let them know that I have important things in the mail that I need. She just tells me that she has forwarded it on.. but I haven't received anything. The only reason I am upset is because my insurance cards for August are in there. I cant take myself or the kids to the doctor with out them. Laira needs to have a Physical for Headstart Preschool and also go to the Dentist. so anyways I am frustrated.

School is going well. I really enjoy it and the instructor is GREAT! I am soaking up the information as quickly as I can and am always thirsty for more. I hope my thirst for this knowledge continues on for a very long time.

Last thing on my mind is a big one. Brittain, (my ex husband) and I went through a period of a couple of months back in March of being great friends. We actually hung out quite a bit and things were great! that is until I told him that I wanted to readjust the child support since he had a great job and makes tons of money and I had just been laid off. He flew off the handle and well he wont talk to us ( any of us) and hasn't seen the girls or made any acknowledgment of having daughters for 3 months now. I get so frustrated when he gets mad at me and takes it out on the kids. Its not me he is hurting its them. He has told me recently that he gets no joy from being a father like everyone else does. he says when he has them they don't want to be there and he doesn't want them there, He doesn't know how to discipline and they don't listen to him and so on and so forth. and I just had to tell him that he is the one who chose to make it that way by 1) leaving us. and by 2) floating in and out of their lives and not keeping things consistent. Its hard enough for kids to have divorced parents but its even worse when on parent chooses to be so unstable. If he has been a consistent parent and taken the girls on his weekends like he is suppose to every time things would be routine for the girls and not an "interruption" to their lives. I just hope that someday he grows up and realizes what he is setting him self up for failure. His children know whats going on and when he chooses to "check whats happening this weekend" and being to "busy" for the kids over just taking the girls and spending time with them . That they are going to know he didn't want to be with them.

Anyways enough of that. Regardless of my venting I am very very happy with my life and I love my children more than anything else. Someday when I meet someone special he will be able to complete our little family and make life complete.

I hope that all of you are finding joy in your life's endeavors !

until next time... All our love!!