ditzyscrap
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Oiy. So...I'm cleaning off my desk because tomorrow I'm getting a new computer - mine is pretty much garbage at this point, it can barely do anything.
ANYHOW, here's a funny story... (don't worry, it'll come full circle in a few minutes):
Last JANUARY (lol) we were filling out all the information for our passports for our upcoming trip to California this past April. I already had the small wallet size birth certificates for the kids, but the instructions said that the framing size were better because they had the parents names on them. So fine, I put out the money to get those. Fast forward a few weeks and the person signing our passports was shocked to learn that I carry my own birth certificate, the kids and my SIN with me at all times. Apparently they're supposed to be put somewhere safe. So after we dropped off the paperwork, I put all our documentation back into this envelope and when we got home, I put it *somewhere* in my office.
Fast forward until a week before our trip, and I read a paper that said I HAD to have birth certificates for each of the kids on top of their brand new passports. I knew I had 2 copies for each, so I went looking for them. I couldn't find them anywhere, and I started to panic. I had done a huge cleanup in my office a couple months before and thought I'd thrown the whole works out without paying attention. Nearly in tears, I called the registrars office and they told me that I could order new ones, but to have them rushed, I would have to pay extra. Fine, whatever...at this point, in my mind, it was have the birth certificates or kiss our trip goodbye. I paid almost $400 to get new copies of the birth certificates (1 for each of the kids, and my own) - this cost MORE than the passports did!
Turns out, we were never asked for the new birth certificates on our way through security. So it was a waste. I figured, better safe than sorry, etc...and at least now I have them.
So now...I'm cleaning off my desk...and what do I find?! Yep, you guessed it...the envelope containing the original documentation. I know I'm supposed to throw them away...but dang, those are EXPENSIVE pieces of paper there. :blink: And I don't want to tell DH...this is not the first time I've done something like this (ahem...while we were in California, I "lost" our tickets to Disneyland for the second day...I went to the ticket office with our letter from Children's Wish and tears in my eyes, just HOPING they'd give us another set of tickets...they did...and an hour or so later I found the original dang tickets in another pocket of my wallet).
Seriously...I either need to get better organized or shake the cobwebs outta my brain. This is getting bad!
ANYHOW, here's a funny story... (don't worry, it'll come full circle in a few minutes):
Last JANUARY (lol) we were filling out all the information for our passports for our upcoming trip to California this past April. I already had the small wallet size birth certificates for the kids, but the instructions said that the framing size were better because they had the parents names on them. So fine, I put out the money to get those. Fast forward a few weeks and the person signing our passports was shocked to learn that I carry my own birth certificate, the kids and my SIN with me at all times. Apparently they're supposed to be put somewhere safe. So after we dropped off the paperwork, I put all our documentation back into this envelope and when we got home, I put it *somewhere* in my office.
Fast forward until a week before our trip, and I read a paper that said I HAD to have birth certificates for each of the kids on top of their brand new passports. I knew I had 2 copies for each, so I went looking for them. I couldn't find them anywhere, and I started to panic. I had done a huge cleanup in my office a couple months before and thought I'd thrown the whole works out without paying attention. Nearly in tears, I called the registrars office and they told me that I could order new ones, but to have them rushed, I would have to pay extra. Fine, whatever...at this point, in my mind, it was have the birth certificates or kiss our trip goodbye. I paid almost $400 to get new copies of the birth certificates (1 for each of the kids, and my own) - this cost MORE than the passports did!
Turns out, we were never asked for the new birth certificates on our way through security. So it was a waste. I figured, better safe than sorry, etc...and at least now I have them.
So now...I'm cleaning off my desk...and what do I find?! Yep, you guessed it...the envelope containing the original documentation. I know I'm supposed to throw them away...but dang, those are EXPENSIVE pieces of paper there. :blink: And I don't want to tell DH...this is not the first time I've done something like this (ahem...while we were in California, I "lost" our tickets to Disneyland for the second day...I went to the ticket office with our letter from Children's Wish and tears in my eyes, just HOPING they'd give us another set of tickets...they did...and an hour or so later I found the original dang tickets in another pocket of my wallet).
Seriously...I either need to get better organized or shake the cobwebs outta my brain. This is getting bad!
