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Wargod
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07-16-2001

Monday, May 19, 2008 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hey, Nick, apparenty I've decided (unconciously) to suffer with your son.

Dakota had a game tonight. Our little league park has canopies over the bleachers, which I'm guessing is awesome during the morning and early afternoon games, but by the time minors softball plays, usually on the top two rows have any shade and about halfway through the game even they don't have any.

I wore capris and sandals tonight, so when I sat down at 4:45, I sprayed the part of my legs showing and the tops of my feet and toes. And then sprayed Caleb, Kota, and my two nieces. I was sitting next to one of the other girls parents and we'd been chatting back and forth, when about 5:30, the girls father says, "Are your toes supposed to be that red?" He is hispanic and has a pretty dark complexion, not that it matters except that I believe he really was asking in a sincere way and not trying to be funny about it. I looked down and sure enough, my toes and lower legs looked like they were on fire!

I said earlier that I think the lips are the most painful spot for sunburn....well, the tops of your toes are mighty painful too, especially if you have to wear shoes, so pay careful attention to his feet and toes. He may have trouble with pe tomorrow if they're burned too. I'll be wearing my ugly, grungy, work outside sandals for the next few days when I have to wear shoes cuz at least they don't come anywhere near to touching my toes, lol.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 12:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Serate, has anything happened with your neighbours since last week's happenings?

And Urgrace, did you ever get your check?

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 1:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
Yeah, Serate & Urgrace, we need the skinny!

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
No check. No phone calls. No sense of humor left.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I dunno Urgrace.. that was pretty funny. :-)

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Have you tried filing a complaint with the Better business Bureau? It's free and they contact the place for you
BBB

eta: there are quite a few UPS places they list as investigated, so I would think they'd definitely take up your case.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 6:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Thanks for making me laugh, Rissa!

Thanks for the link, Kitt.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
All's quiet on the home front except for a couple of nasty stares now and then. That's ok cuz I laugh my patootie off when he's up on the roof scrubbing his shingles with a scrub brush. Which has become a daily routine.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 11:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Great news Serate! Jeez, I would dearly love to know how much the 'false reporting' ticket cost. Ain't it so WONDERFUL having peace in the 'hood?

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 5:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I'm sorry but I have to do a double take. Serate has a neighbor who gets up on his roof and cleans his shingles? With a scrub crush? More than on just one isolated occasion? I have never in my life heard of anyone cleaning their roof, is that as bizarre as I think it is?

The only time I have ever seen ANYONE (except for roofers) on a roof is when I walked into our kitchen at about age 15 and a very drunk 19 yr old from down the street had passed out on top of our sunroof after apparently trying to hop his way house to house. LOL

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
Serate's neighbours doing bizarre things seems to be par for the course! As long as it keeps him busy! Glad it's all calm, Serate.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'd like to gripe about myself. I had some errands to run today, pay my electric, phone, and water bills, cash a check, pick up some asprin at the store for my aunt and drop it by her house. I've also got Caleb home sick with a cold and when the kids are sick, but not too sick, I don't like to leave them home alone so he's going with me.

I got my bills and check together, check book and electric bill were in the car already and then got dressed. I got stuck looking for my cell phone (which is what I think eventually threw me off) and couldn't find it so finally told Caleb come on and grabbed my bills and left. Or so I thought.

Drove across town, stopped to get the asprin, then went over to the place where I can cash a check and pay both phone/electric bill. Sit in the car to sign my check and write out the one to the electric company, then I reach down for the phone bill and it and the water bill aren't there. We search the car and I finally conclude they aren't there and despite remembering haivng these bills in my hand, I must have left them on the table. I usually end up leaving the top portion of bills in my glove box, so we start looking for an old phone bill, thinking I could use that in the pay station at least....but nope, we found several old electric, water, and gas bills but not a single phone bill. ARGHHHH! This means next week I'm gonna have to drive back to the pay station across town to pay the phone bill.

I put that frustration behind me and went and paid the electric bill and cashed my check, then went over to the water company (luckily I don't need the bill there) and then drove back across town to my aunts. Since the plan was just to run in the asprin and leave, I pulled into the alley and only when I got out of the car did I realize that sitting on top of the damn bills I left at home was the key to the gate lock. I honked the horn a couple times hoping sis and bil would hear me and come let me in but they didn't and I ended up having to drive around to the front. No big deal really, but annoying.

The stupid thing is that none of this had to be done today. The check I had to cash has been sitting on my desk all week, the bills had just come in, and aunt still had some asprin left but I thought since Darrens off on vacation next week I didn't want to be stuck running errands. Other than looking for my cell phone, I really wasn't in that big of a rush and have no excuse for leaving the bills and the gate key sitting on the table!

Denecee
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09-05-2002

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Denecee a private message Print Post    
ARGH!! for you Wargod!

Texasdeb
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05-23-2003

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texasdeb a private message Print Post    
I'm telling you, Wargod from reading your posts on this board, (I enjoy your posts) you have enough "real" un-avoidable stress in your life. Girl, why do you stack shit up on yourself? Get a day planner (I'd be lost without mine) & don't sweat the small stuff. To quote you: "The stupid thing is that none of this had to be done today"

My gripe: I've gotten used to my Boss who transferred in the 1st of Feb. It's been really rough - but I have 12 yrs of myself invested in my job & I'll just adjust & make the best of it. This boss & I have actually developed a great working relationship. He is amazing in areas the old boss never even ventured into. Yip, I'm working my rear end off & he can't help but notice (should be positive for me next evaluation). He is now directly effecting one of the Service Managers. This svc mgr (DSM) has started confiding in ME about his feelings. I told this DSM today that I went through the same negative feelings & it took alot out of me but I realize that HE is the boss & I can't change that & I'm just there in boss's opinion to better HIS pay ck. I think the DSM feels better knowing that I am dealing with the butt hole attitude of the boss & not letting it bother me anymore. I'm telling you, this guy doesn't give you alot - you have to get inside yourself & not let him get to you. I'm comfortable with him now & I call him out in a joking way when he makes an ass comment to me. I told the DSM that he will have to find it within himself to put aside the fact the guy is an ass & doesn't help out & get to the point where it doesn't bother him.

I now believe that I've assumed a new responsibility: "How to deal with the rear end for a boss"

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, May 23, 2008 - 10:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I'm into self torture? LOL, seriously, I try to group errands, but sometimes I just need to stop for a bit and take a deep breath before running.

This weekend or next week, we're going to set up the utilites that we can to pay online. I know for sure water company, phone company I learned this afternoon that I can pay over the phone so I'm pretty sure I can pay them online too. Not too sure about the electric company or gas co though. If the electric company does that, it'll save me a trip across town which would be nice.

I just need to simplify a lot and try not to do it all.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 1:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Sorry War for your frustrating day!!

This may seem like a DUMB suggestion, but when you were frantically searching for the cell phone could you have called its number from your landline? When it starts buzzing it might help to locate. Unless, of course, you leave it with the ringer on mute.

It will certainly simplify things if you can pay on-line. One thing, though, they try to push sometimes is Automatic Withdrawals. My Sis got into trouble doing that with her water bill. Turned out her pipes broke & she wasn't aware. They yanked $500+ from her checking account which almost bounced her automatic mortgage payment (fortunately while scrambling for money, her income tax got deposited in the nick of time).

Personally, I just mail mine in and figure I'm saving that much in gas & stress via the postage stamp.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 1:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Oh noooo...no more automatic withdrawls. Your sis' story is just the type of thing I'd be worried sick about happening. Besides which Darren gets paid every other Friday, not on set dates, and I need to be able to pay around his paydays and not trying to remember to check my checking account to make sure there's enough in there to cover a bill 3 days before payday.

I have to say I do love the water bill. That's the first sign (unless you have water shooting straight up in the air!) that somethings wrong. Our water bill from Oct-Apr is $20-$30 a month and from May-Sept $40-$50. Middle of summer we got one for $120 something and immediately knew something was wrong and sure enough we had a broken pipe.

Heh, wanna hear the saddest thing? I would have called my cell...except that I don't know the phone number. I never call it and I never give the phone number out because I only use if for when I really need it. The few people who have my number know to only call it if they absolutely have to get ahold of me and I'm not answering my home phone. I use a pre paid and usually can buy 90 or 120 minutes and have about half left after 90 days. I could have had sis call it, but I never even thought about that!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 3:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Oh my. ALL these new inventions and they just seem to add to the snarl and stress of the living experience. But still, given all that you're doing re: your aunt, baby nephew, kids, hubby, I can appreciate the need for the dang cellphone. I think that's where I got the idea, Sis called from Phx to ask me to call her cellphone (she too didn't know her number).

I'm like you. When my water or electric bills come in (don't have gas) I open them up immediately. Just NEED to know, for better or worse.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
We sorta meet in the middle. Our bills get mailed to us and then I pay them online. I agree with Wargod, I like to have control over when they get paid.. even if it is just a few days but I do like not having to fill out envelopes or run around in the car.

Biscotti, if Wargod is anything like me, I ONLY lose my cell phone when it's set to mute. If I have the ringer turned on nice and loud then I inevitably know exactly where it is.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 12:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
LOL, I never set my phone to mute, but my ringtone is the song Wish You Were Here. Sometimes I'll be out shopping or even sitting at home and think, dang, I got that song going through my head again! Only later does it dawn on me that it was my phone ringing, lol.

I almost never lose my cell phone. My case has a clip on it that I keep attched to either my pants/shorts or purse if I'm carrying one. Thursday night though, I'd filled out a form for Dakota for school and I always put my cell phone number on those, so I'd grabbed the phone out of the case to get that. My mistake was not putting it back in the case when I was done with it. Then Darren got up Friday morning, saw it sitting on the desk, and moved it to the bookshelf where he usually keeps his cell. Since it's a high shelf and I'm semi-short, I'd never put it there so never thought to look up there.

Sometimes I think my memory is pretty much like a collander. If I don't have it written on a list right in front of me, chances are good I'm going to forget it. I know it's cuz I always have something to do and that I'm shopping and running errands for two households. I'm pretty good about writing grocery lists and writing things on the calendar, but terrible at actually looking at the calendar. I have an organizer, but half the time leave it in the car, so if something needs to be written down I'll most likely write it on the notepad on the desk and then it doesn't get put in my organizer. I'm working on that, but hard habits to break I guess.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    

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Sometimes I think my memory is pretty much like a collander. If I don't have it written on a list right in front of me, chances are good I'm going to forget it.




Oh man, do I know what you mean! I was in....um....a private space in the house, when I remembered something I needed to put on my grocery list. I thought I better get that written down or I'll forget. Then I figured it was something I really was getting low on, so for sure I'd remember. Then, I remembered a second item, and realized (about 1 1/2 minutes after the first item), that no matter how much I wracked my brain, I couldn't remember the first item! So, while the second item was in my brain, I tore off a scrap of paper, grabbed a pen (yea, I do puzzels and stuff in that room), and wrote it down pronto.

It wasn't till after the groceries arrived that I remembered the first item I'd forgotten. Its now on my list for next time!

And then there was the time I went to the store specifically for dog food, figured since that was the most important thing I was going there for, that I didn't need to put it on the list. So naturally, I walked right out of the store without it! Thankfully, sis called on my cell phone as I was getting in the car. And I mentioned I wasn't home (home phone fowarded to cell), and that I'd had to go out and get.....Oh CRAP! At least I was still there, and just had to turn around and go back in the store!!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 7:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Well thanks! Turns out that I, too, can pay my electric & water bills on line. Just decided to check it out after reading here. Like to have those paid first thing after the automatic mortgage payment, so that pleases me no end & it saves some postage!

So at least something 'positive' came out of Wargod's bummer of a day. TYVM War!

Yes, I must write notes to myself, always have. Back in my younger days I took a Time Management Class and the first thing they asked was if we write notes to ourselves? I sheepishly raised my hand. Danged if they didn't say that was the BEST time mgmt tool we could ever use. So I keep pads and pens in every room, then tag them to a clip on the refrigerator to sort through before leaving the house. Glad to hear I'm not alone!

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
You're very welcome Bisc!

I have noticed plenty of times if I write to do lists that I get more done than if I don't. I may wake up and tell myself I'm doing this, this, and that, but usually don't finish, however, if I write those down, I'll finish them plus more. I don't know why, something about having them on a list really forces the fact that I need to do whatever it is. Really, really need to pay more attention to the calendar though and check it more often, lol!

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
War ~ "This weekend or next week, we're going to set up the utilites that we can to pay online."

Shouldn't there be a Webaddress on each of your bills, so you can just go online and see for yourself? In our case, City of Seattle runs both Electric as well as Water/Sewer/Garbage. At their "secured" site all I need is the account number and name. Could charge to debit or credit. Might save you another trip just to 'set it up'.

On my ToDo Lists, I mark off finished items with a super bright, florescent marker. Makes me feel like I've accomplished something and gives a little glowing pat on the back kind of feeling, so I'm more inclined to get extra done.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 9:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Bisc, you can also use Yahoo calendar to send yourself reminders. You set it for how far in advance you want to be notified, and then you have to download Yahoo notifier or something, and it is great. On some of my computers it makes a great noise when it sends me a reminder, and on others it is silent, but it is quite fun and helpful. Except when it malfunctions, so don't give up those notes and lists.

Oh, and just wanted to let you know, I have started looking for those fleece socks. But ONLY north of the King County line. :-)