Nut Jobs

Oh my, I had a good laugh this afternoon.  I found a letter that I received in June of 2008 at my place of employment.  I received a phone call from a young man and he was wanting to set up interest free loans for our clients.  As many of you know, I worked for [...]

My Little Klepto

My dog has a habit.  Yes, he does.  He likes to pilfer small objects, most notoriously, pens.  I just caught him scoping out a fuzzy topped green pen of Vivian’s.  I saw it when it caught his eye.  He stood under the desk contemplating how to get to it.  I moved her chair away from [...]

Smart Couponing

1,100 boxes of cereal? 20 jars of pickles?  Who needs all that?  To hoard it?  To give it away?  Neither of these are good reasons to spend 6 hours of my precious time planning for a strategic strike.  Multiple transactions?  NO WAY!  Not only would that make me grumpy, it would make the sales clerk [...]

“House of the Leaning Pole”

Has a certain ring to it!  We have kicked around ideas for a good name for our house.  We have also thought about renaming our house versus naming it by last name of the original owner.  BUT, I think “House of the Leaning Pole” is definitely descriptive. Everyone knows where my house is…its the one [...]

All is right again….

You might remember my post about suffering a shock from receiving a $4,700 utility bill which, thankfully, turned out to be a clerical error.  This  month I suffered an equal shock by receiving a $110 utility bill which was NOT a clerical error!  Thank God!  Such extremes!  Hehe…. The $110 utility bill is not very [...]

$4,700 Utility Bill!?!?!

WOWZERS!!!!!!!!!  Imagine my shock when I am told I have a $4,700.00 utility bill!!!!!!!!!   For me to have $4,700 utility bill, ALL of the following things would have to happen: 1) My heater or air conditioner on 24/7, 20 degrees higher or lower than the outside temperature; 2) All of my water systems dripping, leaking, [...]

Things you never see in Central Louisiana

1. Icicles 2. Ice (unless its in a tall glass of tea) 3. Frozen trees Its cold!  Ok all you Northerners…stop laughing at my post!    I want summer…I want the beach…I want to go to Mexico on a cruise!!!!!!!!! Andrea

Why do smart people never answer the phone?

So, I called my textbook supplier to see if they would still buy back last semester’s books.  I was told by my husband that I may have missed the cut off for selling them back.  I could not find anything on their website about buy backs, so I called the Customer Service number.  This is [...]

Kindle 2 Battery – Defective

All right Amazon, ya made me do it.  I usually have a very good relationship with you and you have usually taken care of me.  However, in this instance, you have FAILED.  It all started out with my Kindle 2 battery not holding a charge about 2-3 months after I received it as a gift [...]

Religion

This is a very interesting post and worth a read. Don’t know much about religion? You’re not alone, study finds Odds are that you know Mother Teresa was Catholic, but what religion is the Dalai Lama? How about Maimonides? And – no Googling – what’s the first book of the Bible? How about the first [...]