This & That...My Silly Life

Hello everyone! I have been so slack lately...sorry! Not much going on other than every day life. So I will just do some updates and maybe just 1 rant. (LOL)

Today was the last day of Super Doubles at Harris Teeter, not as exciting as usual. I feel I got some great deals especially on dog food. I think I am stocked for at least the next 3 months. I had some pretty good shops. I wanted to post pictures, but I bought 3 bags of dog food each time and I just couldnt lug those bags of dog food in and out for picture purposes. At least I know Nitro (my German Sheperad) will appreciate my shopping trips this week!!!

I brought my 4 wheeler home Friday. I haven't had a chance to ride yet, but everything seems to be in order :) Hopefully I will get to test it out pretty soon! After it was all said and done I only had to pay $140 for the near rear end assembly. I wont complain one bit, it was about $1,400 worth of repairs so Yamaha I thank you!!! If anyone is looking to buy a ATV go with Yamaha, they stand behind thier products and I am very happy with the service I recieved from Yamaha's corporate office as well as my dealership Triange Cycles in Durham North Carolina. They are awesome and I thank them all for thier hard work. That is one problem that has been taken off my plate with a great outcome. A good sign I hope.

I tackled my issues with Verizon Wireless too... Not as easy as it should have been. Let me say I have been a customer with Verizon for the past 9 years with never a complaint. I added two more phones to my plan and it has been a hassle to get all the charges they added taken off. 1st of all I am upset that thier own employees don't know thier policies which started this whole situation in the first place. I talked with 3 customer services agents before ordering the new phones and recieved the same answer from each of them, then the story changes. That doesn't work with me... When I do everything in my power to do things the right way I will not pay for someone elses mistakes. Plain and simple. So I was pro-rated when I was told I wouldn't be, I was charged to changed a phone number I requested in the first place and not to mention ativation which was clearly stated would be credited on my first bill. So after 3 phone calls to get the mistakes corrected finally my bill is correct. I am happy *now*, but I did let them know I was very unsatisfied with the service I received. After being a customer for 9 years you can push the issue a little more. All in all its done and taken care of, so I will let it go now :)

Rant time anyone???

I can't help myself...I am so ill about increasing rates on everything! This is not a joke, but I think everytime I open up a piece of mail there is a rate increase on something. Lets see, the economy is krap and people are barley making ends meat... What are these companies thinking? Our homeowners insurance has gone up, which leads me to believe when the auto policy renews that will be increasing as well. (Mean Face) Last month our phone bill and Direct TV bill had increases. Property taxes, sales taxes, gas is on the rise again, and the list goes on. I am working less hours making less money, yet every time I check the mail someone expects me to pay more for the same service I have been recieving. I am to the point that I just want to start making phone calls and ask these folks what thier problem is... My thinking is this...these companies have to be losing customers. So leave the rates alone so people can continue to use your company. When times get tough people have to make choices and raising the rates make you think do I really need this? Can I drop my plan to save money? Then what happens you loose a customer or they drop to a lower package and you make less money. Good job, I applade these companies for being complete donkeys. (I am sure you can imagine the word I really want to use there) I am going to make it a mission to call these companies and see what they will do if I threaten to discontinue my service all together. I pay $85 for a package that a new customer can get for $20 less, if they can have it for that price why can't I? Errr, I am on fire just thinking about it. Middle class people like myself are disappearing into poverty, its quite sad...what has happened to America? This country is sliding down hill on a daily basics, I am scared to see what the future holds. I just hope to hold on...until this roller coaster ride is over!

Ok enough for the night, I am to tired to talk any longer...have a great week!

Super doubles or triples at Harris Teeter is like the Super Bowl in the coupon world. So thrilling, you just never know what you could come home with. Usually I am super excited, but I have a prior commitment with my sister for tomorrow. How can I miss the 1st day? I am cringing just thinking about it... I am going to try my best to find my way to Harris Teeter tomorrow.

All the deals are just whirling through my mind. I will be dreaming of coupons and savings. The thing about it is you have to get there the 1st day. This is very important to get the items you want. All the best deals pratically fly off the shelves.

Well I must go for now, I have a lot of planning and coupon printing to do... I will have to keep you posted on the outcome. Happy shopping to everyone planing on attending :)

Hey everyone! I have been so slack lately. I really don't have much to talk about so I will just wing this one. Promise I will do better soon :)

-Harris Teeter is starting super doubles on Wednesday. This means they will double coupons from $1.00 - $1.98. I am usually excited, but I have to take my sister someone Wednesday so I am going to miss out on the first day. So much for snatching up those deals. Maybe I will catch a few deals before the week is over.

-Blackberry : We are online! Blackberry is awesome, I can tell that I am going to love this phone so much! It is a little overwhelming right now, but I will have the hang of it soon. I think I am doing pretty well so far... I have added people to the BB messenger, added my e mail account, facebook, loaded pictures to the web and surfed the web. How exciting!!! Who knew a phone could do so many things. Well I am sure everyone knows since we are the last people in the world to get them (LOL)

-4 Wheeler: More of an update tomorrow... Right now Yamaha has agreed to pay for a new rear end and 2 hours labor to install. I will have to pay the rest, I will know the total tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

-Work: Slow, slow, slow...what is going on? We are losing hours. I had today off because we are taking one day off with no pay every other week. I won't complain, I am on board to do what we got to do. I just want to ride out this economic roller coaster and get back to being busy. I have a feeling that this schedule could be interesting knowing some of the people I deal with. I am sure they will just overwhelm me before my 32 hour weeks, after all they are smart folks! I am thinking that it might be nice to have a 3 day weekend here and there. That's my positive outlook, I know things will get better. Plus it gives me an extra day to do some coupon shopping. (whoop whoop)

-Bachelor: I love this show, but this season has been a dud. Jake is a big baby and these girls are...(no words to explain them) I am watching it right now and there goes Jake crying again. Really!?! I really don't even care anymore, I am over it!

-Amazing Race: Another show that I love! New season started yesterday and it's going to be great. I am also a Big Brother fan so the fact that Jordan (BB winner and a NC girl) and Jeff are running the race together as a COUPLE is icing on the cake. (Cheers) They won the first leg last night :) I am excited to see this season.

Snow: We had a light dusting Friday night. It was beautiful falling from the sky. I was glad we didn't have any accumulation. I hope the snow is done for this year, I think I am ready for warmer temperatures.

Coupons: I have had some really good shops over the weekend. I would post some pictures but really I didn't take the time to lay everything out and take pictures. I am gearing up for super doubles now so I must move forward.

Well everyone tomorrow is my Monday. Well wishes to everyone for the week ahead. I am sure I will find something to rant about soon enough...I know everyone misses reading that stuff!

Recently I have had trouble getting to sleep. I am so tired, yet I toss and turn and never fall asleep. It's quite aggravating. I have tried to decide what could be causing this... I drink a pot of coffee each night before bed, I cut that out but still no sleep. Hmmm...I think its the medication I am taking. I recently had to switch out my prescription to a cheaper version. It's the only thing that has really changed. The only other thing is stress. I stress over everything and maybe I just have too many things running through my mind when I go to bed.

I stress over the smallest things. I stress over things I can't get done in a day. I stress over other peoples problems. My goodness, what is wrong with me...LOL The 4 wheeler ordeal is stressing me today. I talked with the dealership and it seems that my whole rear end needs to be replaced. We are talking $800.00 plus labor!!! No problem...I have money growing on trees in the back yard surely this is nothing but pocket change! I wish! I am still waiting for Yamaha's corporate office to call me back, and if they don't give me a new rear end they will feel the wrath of all my frustrations. Sure hate it for the person on the other end of that phone call. I have to put my foot down, this is just ridiculous... I will give them the chance to tell me what I want to hear. If I hear bad news from them, I promise I will make it my personal mission to make sure that no one I know ever buys a Yamaha. Not that this will make a big impact on them, but I am dead serious someone will hear me. Even the dealer said there was no reason for this problem to occur, and that my 4 wheeler was one of the cleanest and well kept that he had seen. He also let me know that he told Yamaha this and even offered to send pictures to show them. I will not except bad news, enough said!

Today the Blackberry's arrived. Marks did not have the camera which I already knew since I ordered the wrong one :( The easiest thing I did all day was calling Verizon and having them trade the phone out for the correct one. Thank you Verizon Wireless, you are on my good list this week :) I just got confirmation that the new phone shipped and will be here in time. I can't tell you how excited I am that one thing has gone right so far this week...woo hoo!!! I can not wait to activate this phone on Monday, its the only thing I am excited about right now. Verizon Wireless never disappoints me, they are the best people in the world to deal with.

My list of things to do is growing longer, and I am falling behind. Yet another thing to stress over. Seriously I have to get my butt in gear tomorrow. I have coupon match ups to work on, bills to pay and I have to finish my sisters taxes tomorrow. I hope no one else ask me to do a tax return, I am over it for this year.

Valentines day is coming up this weekend. I am sure someone out there is excited about this... Mark and I have no plans. We are weird I guess, we really don't do holidays. We don't buy gifts or cards. We usually celebrate our birthdays and our anniversary but that is about it. I think its stupid to go out and buy random gifts just to let someone know you love them. If we want something we usually just buy or save for it. I know my husband loves me! He doesn't have to buy me a gift or card to tell me. Some people think this is crazy and have gone as far as to tell me so...to each their own. Every marriage and relationship is different so if you like to make a big deal out Valentines Day more power to you. I will be sitting at home with my lovely husband like I do every day :)

My day started off well. I had a pretty good day at work and felt I got a lot accomplished which was a personal victory. I got off work and went to CVS. I bought 2 body washes and 2 Pantene Shampoo's for $1.24...awesome! Then my day went south, I hope the rest of the week is not going to be bad news.

Someone who is very close to me is in a bit of a jam. I am a problem solver, but not even I can help with this one. I know people make mistakes. I know we have to pay for our mistakes, its the way of the world. Maybe since this is someone I care about I feel differently...well I know that's the case. It seems like some people can get out of everything and people who actually try get dealt a crappy hand. My friend is fixing to loose their license, which is terrible. They work and go to school so this is a big problem. No license means no way to get to school or work. So here is this person who is trying to better their life and now it is likely that if something doesn't change they will have to drop out of school and maybe even loose their job. I feel so bad. I have tried to think of ways I can help, but my schedule doesn't allow for me to do much of anything for them. They made a mistake. I don't think we ever think how one thing can impact our life to the fullest extent. I am going to keep my fingers crossed that they will get help from someone and that their life is not ruined by one thing...I am really sad :(

I usually don't feel bad for folks who get their selves into bad situations. I have always been a follow the rules type. I never get in trouble. Even in school the only time I can ever remember getting in trouble was in 2nd grade. I forgot my homework and had my name on the board and I cried over it...LOL I did get a ticket this year after being in a minor fender bender, a moving violation...that was bad. I am paying an extra 50 bucks a month for it now in insurance but what's done is done. Once we do something bad or wrong there is no taking it back. Your stuck in the situation and really there is no one to blame but yourself. People will have opinion's of you and all that is something you have to live with.

I just feel helpless to this person and I wish I could do something. They have tried really hard to overcome a lot of difficult things. Now I fear they will have a terrible set back over something that was a mistake. I can only hope that a better outcome will be found, and they will not feel so hopeless. At this point all I can do is offer support and pray that things will change for them. I will do as much as possible to help them. It's always something in life that can knock you down, and we should all hope that we have people who love us enough to try to uplift us and lend a helping hand :)

That's it for today. All I can think about is this person, so hopefully I will be a little more optimistic by the end of the week. Take a minute to think of someone you know who is in need. Could you help them? Something that seems small to us, could mean the world to another...

I have been very busy! Before bed I thought I would just go through a few random ramblings... So this has been my week.

On the 15th we get to ditch nextel (YAY) and we did decide to get the Blackberry :) So the other day I went online and ordered them. After looking over the order I realized I ordered one without a camera (not acceptable) go figure. So after unsuccesfully trying to stop the order I created more work for myself. I am going to have to send the wrong phone back and wait for them to send me another. Some days I can't do anything right :( I just hope the new one is here by the 15th, or Mark may kill me...LOL

My 4 wheeler went to the shop on Thursday. I hope to hear only good news sometime this week. However, my luck has not been great lately so who knows how that will work out. I will keep you posted.

There are about a million things that I can not remember to do lately. I will discuss them here and maybe I will make a list, so I can remember!!! (1) I need to go online and get Marks truck registration. (2) I need to send in Marks Ducks Unlimted membership dues. (3) Mail coupons to one of my friends before they expire. (4) Order the Otterbox case for Marks Blackberry...if I ever get the right one! (5) Clean my car out before it gets taken over by junk (too late). I hate feeling unacomplished and lately I have felt that way...BLAH! Sometimes there is just not enough time in a day.

Our weekend has been pretty laid back. Mark too me to Chili's Friday. I love Chili's it is my favorite restuarnt...it was delicious. We have pretty much stayed at home all weekend besides my trip to the grocery store and a baby shower today. I would love to say I feel rested, but I don't I feel like I have a list of things to do a mile long...oh well

COUPONS

I was looking at some coupon queen blogs this weekend and realized something. Some people really make their savings a little unrealistic. I hit the mega 10 sale again this weekend, but my savings on the trip was only 59%, still not bad. As I was looking over several blogs I see 90% savings and I was thinking what the heck? I am very good with coupons and I get great deals, but I want to get 90% savings too!!! Then I figured it out. These people go only for the sale items and only post those items that they get at the best deal. Not a problem... Except thier are several items you will seldom get at the grocery store with a coupon and these are items that most of us keep in our home (milk, eggs, bread, meats). I do shop for deals, and I always like to have a coupon for whatever I buy. I know you are going to need things at times when you don't have a coupon. So if you are reading these coupon blogs just understand that 90% is not realistic with the items you must have in your home. My 59% savings would have been 69% savings if I didn't buy 2 gallons of milk. I can manipulate my savings to 90% too, if I only buy the items I am getting for almost free. Every picture of savings had 5 or 6 items. How many times do you go grocery shopping and only buy this amount? I do sometimes, but only when I go for a certian item that is on sale. I still have to buy normal groceries each week. Well thats my rant for the week. If you are new to couponing don't get discourged by these post. Learn at your pace, you will get better as you go. I always aim to save at least 50%, most times I save much more than that :)

I hope the new week treats me well. I would like to get caught up on everything and be able to shrug this stress. I am optimistic :) Hope everyone has a great week.