the best $10 we’ve ever spent…
This:
laser pointer
We’re getting a kick out of watching the cats try to chase it.
The best part is fixing the light on one of their paws… then they see it, and try to lift their paw to shake it off…
And we can get them to chase it in a circle. Ha!!
Friggin hilarious!
on the bandwagon…
Thanks to D, I got invited to get an account with Gmail.
Now I have invites of my own to dish out.
I got six. Three I am reserving for the Gmail4Troops thing, and three are up for grabs here… although I am pretty sure that the small number of people who read my blog probably already have an account! 😉 But if you know anyone who is still pining for one, send them my way.
How about making up a Limerick to get an account? As long as they aren’t too dirty! No nasty words, but you can be clever if you wish. Or, if you’re limerick-impared, you can use a limerick generator.
Have fun.
lesson learned… the hard way…
I have a credit card with Target that, at one time was strictly a Target department store card… It eventually was converted to a Visa card.
We don’t use it very often, and I pay the bill online, so I don’t check the statement as much as I should.
Big mistake.
I discovered a recurring charge for Auctionwatch.com (now Vendio), and looked into it. I didn’t recall signing up for their services. I looked back through all of my e-mail over the last four months, and couldn’t find any “welcome to Vendio” or e-mails of the like. The first charge was on February 21st. (this was the week before our wedding, so anything to do with auctions was the last thing on my mind!)
I contacted Vendio on Sunday, letting them know I needed their help determining whether I had an account with them and just didn’t remember the login information, or if it was an unauthorized account… I had to leave voice mail since they’re only open Monday through Friday.
Someone returned my call today. Prompted by my call, they had determined that the account was unauthorized and had shut it off. I was told in order to dispute the charges I would need to contact my credit card company, who would in turn contact them to dispute the charges.
So I called Target. Their policy is to dispute up to 90 days of unauthorized charges. Which means I’m stuck with the first charge of $50.94, because I was stupid and didn’t check my statements for accuracy (either online or the paper version). Dammit. That’ll learn me!
My only hope is that the people at Vendio will refund that last charge, but I don’t think they’ll even do so since it’s been so long. Grrr.
I’m not even sure how someone got ahold of the card number, the only place we’ve used it online has been at Circuit City, and that was to do their “in-store pickup” ordering… AND, that was waaaay back in 2002. Otherwise, charges have been few & far between, and all local.
Fuh. I’m contemplating cancelling the card altogether. There’s only about $850 on it, and I planned on getting it paid off in a couple of months anyway… may as well kill it off and be done with it. It has a shitty APR, anyway.
Fortunately it seems to be the only card this is happening to.. the others, which consist of either department store credit cards (two out of four have a balance), and then our check cards & platinum cards, are ok…
I’m thinking about going part-way through the signup process at Vendio just to see what kind of information they ask for when someone signs up for an account. I’d like to know what kind of verification process those nutjobs have on their site… This really shouldn’t have happened.
Anyway, don’t find out the hard way like I did that unauthorized charges are being made on one of your credit cards. Don’t be stupid like I was. [/hangs head in shame]
kitties like yarn…
If I wasn’t in such a foul mood this morning, I may have actually found this a little humorous. Who knows, maybe you will.
I was sitting here at my computer, with a newly started knitted blanket in my lap, reading some of Mac’s entries from this morning. I suddenly felt a tugging at the knitting, but at first didn’t think anything of it.
The tugging got a little harder so I turned around, only to see one of my cats with the strand of yarn in his mouth. The little shit was pulling the yarn out of my office, but since the skein is still way too heavy, he was merely unravelling it. Little putz! He was halfway down the hallway before I was able to get it loose from him.
Good thing acrylic is washable. Icky kitty spittle. Puey. 😕
feels like Monday to me…
Entry in the restricted area.
Register if you want to read it (but I’ll have to adjust your membership accordingly).
And remember, I have to know you or your blog in some way, otherwise I will leave your membership set as the default, and no restricted reading for you. At least not right away, anyway.
I think I’m going to do some knitting.
Guessing game…
Ok, this is for you plant people out there.
Can you guess what kind of plant this is?
Here’s a closer shot of one of its leaves:
The only hints I’ll give is, it’s the fastest growing freaking plant I’ve ever had, and no, it’s not a weed. 😊 Other hint: it’s not your typical house plant.
Oh, and I know what it is… the question is, do you?
I’m not sure of the difficulty level of this… for all I know, someone could know right off the top of their heads. Prizes? Just the warm fuzzy feeling of being the first to guess!
Good luck!
spam, spam, spam, spam, spam (repeat)
I think it’s time to migrate my Cox e-mail address to a new one, reflecting my new last name.. If for nothing else but to try to get rid of the huge ass amount of spam I friggin get to that account!
11 out of 16 messages, unwanted spam! A couple of those I signed up for at one point (out of the 5 remaining ‘valid’ messages), so I can’t complain about those… but 11??
Eesh.
need opinions on cell phone services…
Mainly from anyone who uses Verizon wireless.
What kind of phone do you have?
Do you like it?
Have you had any problems with it or the service?
Opinions please… we’re considering moving to Verizon wireless from Sprint. I’m debating whether to get a non-camera phone or a camera phone (I currently have a camera phone, use it on occassion), too.
Thanks!
It’s great in milk!
What’s up with celebrities giving their children funky names?
Gwyneth with Apple, and now Courteney with Coco?! Isn’t that a name one would give to, say, a CAT or a DOG?!
Eesh.
birds of a feather…
Hmm. There were three four news helicopters hovering above our neighborhood about 15 minutes ago
right now.. We flipped on the news to see if anything “newsbreaking” was going on, but nada, zip, zilch.
The only thing I could find was an article from this morning in regards to a small plane crashing yesterday afternoon. The airport in the article is not too far north of us.
I suppose it’s possible they were filming shots from the wreckage of that crash, but why show up now? It happened yesterday.
I thought I saw something like smoke up north, but it was really faint, almost dust-like. So I’m not really sure what it was.
Guess we’ll have to wait until later tonight to find out what the ruckus is all about.
If anyone finds out while we’re sleeping today, give a holler in comments.
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