TheChrancyFamily.com is no longer available....

I'm sorry to report that my domain name (TheChrancyFamily.com) is no longer available. I decided not to renew it and the domain name should be deleting pretty soon. That is including my previous email (nancy@thechrancyfamily.com) so it's safe to remove it from your address book.

If you still want to follow me, my newest blog is http://missnancypantalones.wordpress.com. It's still pretty much the same but with a new blog platform, look and new name. I hope I can keep up with it. I hope to see you guys there. =)




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Arianna's Birthday Party = Disastrous Chaos at Monkey Joe's

I hate to use my blog as a "negative review" aspect. I really do. I don't like to complain especially on my blog. Even though I hardly use my blog, I want to my readers (especially the ones who are local too) to be well aware of our recent experience with the facility where we had Arianna's birthday party.

Our impression with Monkey Joe's at the Copperfield location was very disappointing. When I heard the news they were going to build a Monkey Joe's in the Copperfield location. I was thrilled because it would be a potential birthday place for my daughter. When I went to check out Monkey Joe's, my first impression was they were clean, very well-kept and the facility room was huge. I thought it would be a perfect to have my daughter's 2nd birthday party there. They even had a toddler section (that I thought would be perfect for Arianna & her toddler friends) and I thought the facility room was spacious enough for the older kids we were inviting. The girl who booked our party (who is also a party coordinator) told us that 1 ADULT would be allowed to go into the bounce house if the child was 3 years or younger.

We got the package for a party of 8 kids which costs about $209 (Fri-Sun). Their policy is that you cannot bring your own food except your own cake. You can order their pizza which they order from Papa Johns. It's $15.95 a box with 8 slices of pizza and one topping. (You can do the math there.) The beverages for the children are included in the package but if the adults wants drink, you have to start a tab or they can buy their own drinks.

On the day of the party, we arrived 15 minutes early so we could check into our party. They told us since our party started at 12pm, we won't be room into our party room till 1:15pm. Understandable and they took our cake, party favors and balloons in for us. At that point, I thought it was going to be a breeze. Ugh, I was wrong. Totally wrong!

We KNEW when we booked our party, the activity room was going to be opened to other people that also have reserved parties as the same time as us. It was a Saturday afternoon and I UNDERSTAND they are busy. They state "YOUR TIME IN THE PLAY AREA IS NOT PRIVATE. However, the 45 minutes in the part room is private."

Alright, I got that part and understood BUT I didn't realize was how OVERCROWDED the play area became. It was way too crowded and it made it very hard for some of my guests to enjoy watching their children because there were so many other children running around including the adults standing around waiting around for the other parties to begin. There were so many children running around and I think I saw a few kiddos bump into each other. They state they supervised the play area with their referees but I didn't even really see anyone supervising.

The walkway to get to our party room was cluttered with so many people in the way. Then we are told we are not allowed go into the bounce house with our daughter even though they told us we could when we booked our party. That was very frustrating for us but their policy, their rules...right? *sigh*

Second, the lack of staff help was terrible. Not only they were terrible but some of them staff that I encountered were rude to me. My guests that arrived for my daughter's birthday party told me there was no one helping them to get their wristbands so they could check into our party but they were just standing around. I asked two girls at the far end (who seemed they weren't doing anything after they helped one customer) that my guests needs their wristbands. They replied "Oh those girls could help you down there." Those two girls they referred me to were helping another customer and another one was on the phone. I just wanted my guests to get their wristbands. Is that so hard to ask??

Again, none of the staff was available to help. I took matters into my own hands and I saw the extra wristbands for my daughter's party after some of my family members told me there was NO ONE helping them. I grabbed the extra wristbands and gave it to my family members. One of the staff saw me, got really rude with me and told me I needed to wait. At this point, I'm already fuming with the staff. I thought the purpose of booking with them was they will have a staff on hand to help us with our party. I just literally watched a bunch of staff standing around and behind the counter just gossiping away.

The time came and it was time to head to our party room. In our party room, my husband asked one of the staff that he needed to order some drinks. They told him that he could go up to the front, order drinks and bring it back to the party room. He asked would anyone be available to help him bring it back instead of making a few trips. She said "No, you have to do it yourself." My husband and brother-in-law had to made a few trips to bring drinks for our adult guests.

Overall, the only positive experience I had was my host (Danna, I think that was her name) in the party room. She really took care of us like she said she would and was very helpful. She was sweet and soft-spoken. I did not have a problem with her. I think she really did her best to help us have the party run smoothly in the party room.

The entire time I was there, I felt like we were having to take care of our party. Even they stated they will help, I didn't feel that way. They tell you that they will have helpers take the presents and your other items to your car. It says on their paper but nope, no one helped us with anything.

I was seriously disappointed with it being overcrowded, it was unorganized, lack of staff help and a few of the staff were rude. It's a new place of business but it was majorly a cluster of chaos disastrous chaos. That same evening of Arianna's party, I sent a tweet to Monkey Joe's expressing how disappointed I was and this is what they responded me with:

I did DM Monkey Joe's back with my contact information and the location but I have yet to hear anything.

My husband has already tried to speak to a manager to complain but someone said there wasn't a "manager on shift duty" available. Yet, no one has called him back. We aren't expecting anything back in return but we want to relay our experience back to them so they know how to handle something like this in the future. My opinion is that I'm going to tell everyone NOT TO HAVE a birthday party there. I'm sure open play is fine but having a birthday party? Forget it. Save your money and go elsewhere.



 

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A new year....

I have mentioned before that I was thinking of changing over from Blogger to Wordpress. After thinking for awhile and it was a difficult decision for me to go through with this. I have made the decision to NOT renew TheChrancyFamily domain name. As you can see that I have neglected my blog. My dedication is not into my blog anymore and I don't know why.

My domain name is supposed to be renewed sometime in the spring so if anything, the domain name won't work and it will just take you to my original Blogspot name.

I haven't decided what I really want to blog about. Did I want to make a new domain name and try to stick with that? Not sure. I'm afraid I won't be dedicated to it as much. I wanted to lean away from the whole "family" blog name. Granted, I still love talking about Arianna and parenting but I haven't really been all about that. I would love to try something new that something out of the "mommy blog" genre.

If I do decide to buy another domain name, I will be sure to make an announcement. I haven't even thought of new names but I am open to some suggestions! Right now, I really don't know what to blog about. As you can see, I will never stop blogging about Arianna. I love talking about my daughter, no matter what. Although mommy blogs can be a bit repetitive and it can get boring. I'm not going to lie about that. I'm on a mission to find a blog on what makes about "me plus Arianna" without having to fill my entire blog about her.

Anyways, I'm a huge TV junkie so I probably will find myself talking about a lot of TV shows and doing recaps of the latest shows. Gossip news? Of course, my guilty pleasure. I love reading books too so I could also write my own book reviews. Heck, I even decided that I need to do a new makeover for myself so you could possibly see new posts of my journey to a new me. (I still need to get out that frumpy funk) I didn't make any resolutions for 2013 because I decided that I'm just going to go with the flow of life and live my life everyday to the fullest. Pretty much, I'm going to do "me" & of course, Arianna. I will always do my best to be the best mother I can be.

I know I could do this with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram but I would love to always document and hear some opinions about it. I'm not sure what's in store for me in 2013 since it's only been a day but we shall see.

2013, I'm going to own you and make you my bitch. =D

See you for the next 364 days!

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Enjoy a nice cold glass of Stella Artois!

I know everyone isn't usually a fan of beer.

People says it taste like piss water, it's not fruity or bubbly or whatever.
Have you tried Stella Artois? No? Well you have came to the right place. 

I remember when Chris bought a few glasses of Stella Artois when we were in Vegas at the airport. They didn't leave him with the bottle like they do with other beer and it wasn't in your regular beer drinking glass. They poured it in a Chalice. What is a Chalice? It's considered a first class in glassware. It is designed to preserve the beer's aroma and ensure the head foams flawlessly.  I occasionally drink beer which is usually a spur of the moment so I was given an opportunity to try out Stella Artois in a Chalice. 

Stella Artois is a lager beer brewed from Belgium. At first, Stella Artois was originally brewed as a holiday beer but now you can enjoy all year round. 

It's a pretty refreshing and satisfying beer. I feel like it leaves a wonderful aftertaste but that is just me. The angles at the bottom of the Chalice causes a wave that positively affects the relation of the liquid to the glass. It pretty much enhances flavors in your beer. When it comes to drinking Stella Artois, you have to master the  The Nine-Step Pouring Ritual. There are 9-steps to pouring a Stella Artois. Believe me, it's worth doing it this way. {For the record, I purchased my own six pack of Stella Artois. BzzAgent provided me the Chalice.}

It's golden in color with exceptional clarity and a spicy hoppy character. Stella Artois should be served between 36-38 degrees F while using the nine-step process.

1.) The Chill

2.) The Purification

3.) The Unveiling

4.) The Alchemy Begins

5.) The Crown

6.) The Beheading

7.) The Judgement

8.) The Cleansing 

9.) The Bestowal

Here is my BEFORE picture of my Stella Artois in the Chalice.

AFTER: You better believe it was awesome.

You can easily purchase the beer at any liquor store or grocery store. You want your own Chalice or knows someone who wants one for Christmas? You can purchase your very own Chalice for a 2-pack for $14.99. I'm sure they will thank you and love the gift.

Be sure to check on Stella Artois {official website}. Are you on Facebook? Check them out on Facebook or follow them on Twitter. Please note that you must be 21 or older to enter. Drink responsibly.


I was provided with the above mentioned products  {Chalice} as a BzzAgent. No other compensation was received and the views expressed here are my own opinions are 100% mine. 

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It's a miracle! Snoopy is back home!

Would you call this a Christmas miracle? I don't even care but I think it's a miracle. My dog Snoopy is back home!! Words cannot express how much I am so happy to post this. 

For the past 2.5 days, we were a mess. I can't remember the last time we cried this much. It was so hard to think about celebrating Christmas without Snoopy. We were thinking all the worst case scenarios and just couldn't imagine Snoopy was gone. We couldn't sleep or eat. We focused every waking moment searching for him and hanging a billion of signs on every light post and stop signs. We wanted him to come back home so bad. 

I had to ask my parents to babysit Arianna for the weekend so we could focus on getting Snoopy back home. We had plans to make trips to every animal shelter and passing out signs to every vet clinics. That Saturday morning, I was on my way back home picking up Arianna because my MIL came to help us search for Snoopy. She also wanted to see Arianna. I won't ever forget that phone call I received.

My phone rang and I picked up, a man greets me with his name and told me "Hi Nancy. I just want to let you know we have your dog. My daughters took him in and have been caring for him." I had all these burst of emotions exploding through me that I probably scared guy on the phone. It turns out we both lived on the same street and we lived really close to each other. 

I mean REALLY close. Like literally, across the street from each other. I could walk to their house. It felt so good to know that Snoopy was not out in the streets far away from home. I quickly called Chris and let him know. He was not expecting that phone call from me.

As soon as we arrived home, I ran right to Snoopy and held him. {My BIL/SIL helped with the search too. They went to get Snoopy from them since they were closer to them} I cried and pleaded him to never do that again. I apologized over and over to him for being terrible and impatient with him. I am so grateful that he is a part of my family. He was so happy to see me and loved me right back.

Chris and I went to the neighbors house to introduce ourselves and thanked them for what they did. They didn't have to take in Snoopy but their kindness in their hearts did. The lady (Shannon) said she saw Snoopy wandering around the street and her daughters begged her to get him because they didn't want him to get run over by a car. They took him, bathe him and fed him. They were getting ready to make FOUND signs and when they saw ours, that's when they called us. 

My neighbors are going to forever be held to my heart for life. We even gave them a reward but they couldn't accept it but we didn't take no for an answer. We pleaded them to take the reward and to enjoy Christmas with it. They were such nice people and I can't thank them enough for bringing our family member back home to us. 

After that day, my adrenaline was still pumping with happiness. It felt so good to have Snoopy back home to us. I spoiled the crap out of Snoopy. I took him out to Petco to play with other dogs, bought him Christmas gifts and went shopping for him We got him a new collar with new {updated} tag. This week, I plan to get him microchip so we won't ever have to go through this again. Our neighbors even offered their help and walk Snoopy for us if we needed them to. Seriously, the husband and wife are such wonderful people. Their 2 daughters was so sweet and I told them they are more than welcome to come over to play with Snoopy if they want. 

 After going through this, I have learn to appreciate Snoopy more than ever. He's just not a "pet" or a "dog". He is my family, my son and Arianna's big brother. I don't care what anyone says. If you don't understand the bond with a pet then you can't really understand or relate. It's a wonderful bond with my furbaby!

Welcome back home Snoopy!

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You will never learn to appreciate till it's gone.

Before I start this post, I want to excuse every possible grammar mistakes I am going to make. I have no desire to grammar or spell check after this post because I am hysterical mess. Yesterday, my dog Snoopy got out of the house and has been missing since.

Look at this cute little bugger, Snoopy.

Around 5pm-ish, Arianna and I came back from getting the mail. I left the the garage open cracked opened while leaving the entry door {to the garage} open so I can let some cool air come in. I was feeding Arianna dinner and Snoopy was hanging around us as usual when there is food. I saw him go in and out of the backyard and that was the last I seen him. Normally, Snoopy is VERY good about staying inside the house {since he is an indoor dog} and he is never curious to go explore further. Snoopy is usually in his bed asleep and never goes anywhere. I lost track of time and got distracted as I was focused on Arianna. By the time Chris came home from work, I realized he wasn't in his bed after I kept calling his name. That's when we noticed he had already been missing for hour and half. 

I'm heartbroken. Terribly heartbroken. I am so angry at myself because I was the one who left the garage cracked open. Snoopy was my first baby and we spoiled him rotten. Honestly though? The huge guilt I am getting is that I was giving him less attention right since Arianna has been born. I have been slapped in the face. Not once but multiple times. 

I have been slapped with the realization that he is gone and I miss him terribly so much. I didn't mean to give him less attention and lose my patience with him. He loved me and he loved Arianna too. I was always constantly reminded that we were all Snoopy have. We were his ONLY family and I am so mad at myself. He is an indoor dog so he really can't handle being outside on his own for long. He doesn't have his tags/collar on and we never got him micro-chipped. I keep slapping myself in the head so many times for putting it off. I can't stop being angry at myself. I really can't.

Chris searched all around the area last night looking for him. I have a flyer made up for him so I can get ready to print them tomorrow first thing in the morning. I will have to spend ALL day and night if I have to go look for him. I made a Craigslist ad in the Lost/Found, I have reported him LOST to the Animal Control, I used Facebook and begged my friends to share the link so we can find him. I'm at loss. I can't stop crying and I can't stop feeling guilty because it was my fault that he got out. I am hurting so bad. 

I'm not the spiritual type and ask for prayers but I could really use them. I have faith that he will find his way back home to us. When Snoopy comes home, I'm going to hug him and kiss him. Then I'm going to scold him for 5 seconds to never scare and do something like that to us ever again. Then I'm going to hug him even more. I promise I will never let him go and admit to him that I have been a terrible dog-mommy. I want to make it up to him and give him all the love/attention that he has been wanting so much from me. All I asking is that Snoopy to come home. I don't need anything else but him, Arianna and my husband. Snoopy IS my family. 

Please come back home, Snoopy. This house isn't the same without you.

He was so protective of me when I was pregnant. 

I am so sorry Snoopy. Please come back home.

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Oh hello blog, you have been neglected.

Oh hello my dear blog. I have most certainly been neglecting you. That is a definitely a fact. I feel like I have really nothing to blog about. I have said previously in my past blog that I'm a constant Twitter-whore and I use Instagram a lot now. I'm not sure what I should even blog about. I will keep this post a bit brief.

Now that Thanksgiving is over with, I have to look forward to Arianna turning 2 years old (OMG, I can't believe she is going to be 2 years old!) and Christmas. Time is going by way too quick. Luckily on my part, I have finished all Christmas shopping before the month of November. Thank you Amazon Prime and online shopping because it was so much easier to do it from home in my pajamas. Right now, I'm just working on getting a few gifts for her birthday. I can't wait for Arianna to open up all her Christmas gifts. She is going to be so excited!

As for my blog - I haven't decided if I wanted to renew my host name. I'm not sure. I'm still in between if i want to dedicate my time to my blog or not. I have been thinking about switching from Blogger to Wordpress but also wanting a new name. I'm not really feeling "The Chrancy Family" anymore even though that's identity of who my family is. If I do end up getting a new name (which will cost money) - I will seriously have to dedicate my time to my blog and of course, responding to emails. I want a completely whole new layout for my blog and I want to start fresh. I still have till next year to think about this before my renewal. We shall see how next year goes...

Next year, I am suppose to be looking for classes and registering for spring classes for 2013. I haven't even think to look for classes because I have been putting it off. I feel like I am coming at a cross point in my life that I am not sure if I want to become an educator. What makes me really sad is that I am about 36 credits away from completing my Associates of Arts in Education degree which I could finally transfer to a university to complete my Bachelor's degree which could also take another 3 years. I have been constantly thinking about working in forensics science field but I am not sure. Chris thinks I will be amazing at it because my interests in science. That's what I wanted to be was to become a science teacher if I went into the education field. If I went into criminal justice to go work in forensic science, its another 2 year program (which shouldn't be a problem because I already have a few credits completed) and I can transfer to get my next degree. I am just not sure what I want for my future besides being a SAHM.

My life as of right now has just been being a SAHM to Arianna. We don't have baby #2 planned for the future {right now} which is why I want to take the opportunity to work on my schooling. I have no idea what the future holds for me right now. I need to get through Christmas and Arianna turning 2 years old which means I'm going to plan an awesome birthday party for her. Again, we shall see how everything goes for me.

Until then, I am still a Twitter-whore (so follow me!) along with being on Instagram. I'm still a TV-junkie so I would love to discuss about some current shows and the shows that currently got canceled. Boo. Hopefully I can put more effort into my blog more and update about us (if anyone cares or read this).



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