Filed under: general wonderment
I have been tossing around the idea of not eating meat for awhile. I finally made up my mind day before yesterday to give it a shot.
So far, I’m doing pretty good. No meat eaten in the last….hmm…36 hours? I took a trip to the grocery store for peanut butter, jelly, spaghetti o’s (no meatballs) and mac & cheese. Just so I’ll have something to snack on that doesn’t taste like cardboard when I have to fix Computer Guy his steak!
Since he’s at the dentist right now, I don’t think he’ll be eating much steak tonight though!
I’m just a little worried that I’ll get a pepperoni craving and not be able to help myself! Hopefully I’ll be able to stick with it! I love salads, and pastas, and breads…..veggies though….I’m not so sure about. I could probably count on one hand the number of vegetables that I like. Let’s see…there’s green beans, and corn….and….uh…..hmm….well, I think I’ll have to give that a little more thought. Oh yeah! Lettuce and cucumbers….like those too. Ok, that makes 4…I’m feeling a little better about that now. I knew there had to be more than 2 vegetables I like. I just don’t want to end up feeling like I’m eating grass everyday! (hence the ‘neigh’)
On another note, I pulled weeds for about 2 hours yesterday! I can barely move my legs! AHHH!!! Of course, that didn’t hit until this morning when I tried to get out of bed and ended up on the floor. There should not have been 2 hours worth of weeds in ONE flower bed! Jeeze! Poor neglected little flower bed! It looked like a mini rainforest! Fortunately, most of them came up easily, but the clover…ahh…the clover….couldn’t I just set that on fire? SUCH a pain! Looks much better now. Just in need of some actual plants!
Oh camera….how I pine for thee……
~~drool~~
one day……
*sigh*
Anyone have an opinion of different digital cameras?
(photo courtesy of CompUSA….c’mon guys….drop the price MORE!)
ARRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
No, I’m not becoming a pirate. I’m incredibly P.O.’d at Dish Network!
After waiting all day yesterday for “the call” that they’d have to post pone our so-called ‘appointment’ that was for today, I was so happy that it never came! What we DID get, however was a CONFIRMATION CALL!!!
Okay, maybe this is where I’m going wrong…I thought that the definition of “CONFIRMATION” was:
a. The act of confirming.
b. Something that confirms; verification
Boy was I wrong!!!
Apparently it means that they just needed to give somebody “busy work” yesterday and gave them a list of people to call and say that our appointment was confirmed!
What. A. Crock!
We got a call this morning at 8AM…..on a Saturday…..AT 8 IN THE MORNING!!! I’m sorry, but I love sleep. I love to sleep late. I feel much better when I do. And the only time I can do this is on the weekend! Oh no….not today though…
Okay, like I said. Our phone rings at 8AM…I do not answer it. Computer Guy had to get out of bed and walk all the way around it to the phone. I thought the phone was ringing in my dream. I hate when that happens. So he picks up the phone and mumbles something. I don’t know. I wasn’t really listening. Lately we’ve been getting bombarded by those incredibly annoying survey people…”Oh, this is a short survey. It won’t take long.” and hour later…..still on the phone!
Back to Dish Net. They’ve cancelled our appointment…..AGAIN!!! I’m trying to convince CG to find another way to get his beloved channels of junk that we never watch. But alas, we’ve already had problems with TWC. 2 years after we cut off their service (for the wonderful ol’ folks down at Dish Network) they send us a bill! I’m sorry? What?! They have no idea what they’re doing either! Jeezey Creezy!
Our appointment is now for the 12th (2 weeks away) between 1AM and 11:30PM…..no, not really, but it may as well be. It’s actually for 8-12:30. But really…what’s the difference?
So, to recap:
- this is the 4th time they’ve rescheduled
- we were supposed to have our new reciever a week ago
- we’ve had confirmation of TWO seperate appointments that they’ve then cancelled
I’ve had it up to here *holding hand above head* with these people! What do we have to do to get our new receiver?! Apparently someone is getting them. Is it like at the grocery store when someone will buy all the hotdog buns? Did a delivery guy decide that he wanted them all and ran off with them? How many times could something happen to ALL the receivers? Or are we just the unlucky ones that keep getting bumped? You’d think they’d bump someone different each time….so the logical thing to think is that many people are getting those automated calls. They probably made them a recording so their people would stop getting yelled at for being so stupid.
It’s called a network people….look into one!
Filed under: general wonderment
1. I can pick up and throw things with my toes (but I don’t have ‘monkey toes’)
2. I have very long, very thick, wavy blonde hair.
3. I hate it.
4. I want thinner straight hair.
5. I can make my eyes vibrate.
6. My best friend doesn’t let me for fear that she might barf.
7. I love to drive.
8. I hate loud noises.
9. I hate it when my legs need to be shaved.
10. I hate shaving my legs.
11. I would love to live in Wyoming. I don’t care if anyone says it’s boring.
12. I am deathly afraid of spiders. I don’t care if they’re little, I don’t care if they’re good for gardens, I don’t care if they’re not poisonous, I don’t care if you named it Fred and taught it how to tap dance, don’t care don’t care don’t care, get it OFF ME!!!
13. I’m also very afraid of sharks, being hit by a car, embarassing myself, and flying/riding in a ship across the ocean.
14. I DON’T WANT TO HOLD YOUR BABY. This is not directed at anyone in particular. I don’t want to hold ANYONE’S baby. I don’t care if they’re cute. Yes, I’m 25 and married. If I wanted a baby, I know how to get them.
15. I really hate a lot of the music that my hubby loves…shhhhhh…
16. I love to cook.
17. I hate to do dishes.
18. I can crack my neck really loud. I used to do it in class to gross people out.
19. I’ll paint my toenails and then never take the polish off when it grows out.
20. I could easily become addicted to ebay.
21. I LOVE my iPod mini.
22. I can’t drive through a parking lot across the lines. I have to follow all the arrows.
23. I’m scared to death of falling out of a rollercoaster.
24. I’d like to lose 20 pounds.
25. I’m not such a big fan of hippies.
26. I’m a slob.
27. We lived in New York City, Manhattan, right on Times Square for about 3 months.
28. I could not get out of there fast enough.
29. I have to cut the fat AND a thin layer of the meat off of a steak or I can’t eat it (I still think invisable fat is there)
30. I hate it when my food touches on my plate.
31. I’m scared of doctors (dentists included)
32. I have excellent vision.
33. I love the color of my eyes. I can’t really describe it. It’s kind of a blue/green/gray with a black rim around the colored part.
34. I can’t drink any other kind of milk except fat free skim. Any other kind makes me feel like I’m drinking straight fat. *yick*
35. I hated high school.
36. I wish I could never hear about school ever again.
37. I had braces from 5th until just before 9th grade.
38. I rode horses for 13 years.
39. I took piano lessons for 8 years, but have played since I was 7.
40. I have a problem with authority.
41. I wanted to join the Air Force, but I have too many physical problems (knee, back).
42. I never told anybody that.
43. I care way too much about things that I shouldn’t care about.
44. I probably don’t care enough about some things that I really should care about.
45. I make friends with guys easier than girls.
46. I think it’s because I’m know lots of dirty jokes and will join in when they’re poking fun at each other.
47. I’m nosey.
48. I’ve been flirting with the idea of dying my hair brown (temporary or maybe a glaze)
49. It’s research for my novel.
50. It took me 2 hours to go to sleep last night. This is normal.
Filed under: whineyness
Ugh.
We have satellite television.
Ugh.
Our satellite dish receiver is malfunctioning (the third of this model that we have owned).
Ugh.
We decided that since we were going to have to call Dish Net to get them out here and PAY them to fix whatever is wrong (we’re missing a good 1/3 of the channels that we’re paying an arm and a leg for) that we would go ahead and upgrade to the HDTV model since we’ve recently purchased a tv that supports that.
Yes….you guessed it…..UGH!
We called last week on Thursday. They gave us an “appointment” for Sunday between 12:30 and 5 pm. I say “appointment” in quotations because anything that has that broad of a time frame is NOT an appointment. Anyway, on Saturday, we received a recording phone call saying that due to high demand for the HDTV receiver, they don’t have one for us and we’ll have to call them back to make another appointment.
Grrrrrr….wouldn’t they have known this on Thursday?!
So we call back. Like the good little Dish-Net-Customer-Puppets that we are. We get an appointment for Tuesday between 12:30 and 5. We get ANOTHER automated call Monday saying that “due to high demand….blah blah blah”. We call back…AGAIN…. This time the appointment is for NEXT Tuesday between 8am and 12.
*sigh*
I’ll never get my beloved Food Network back.
We get yet another call saying the same ol’ thang….that we should call them back to reschedule….so we did. NOT happy this time…. The girl that Computer Guy talked to seemed confused. She said that we were still scheduled for Tuesday between 8am and 12, but did we want to reschedule for another time? WHAT?! Are you insane?! CG made kind of a big deal about how many times they’ve canceled their appointments and long story (just a little bit) shorter we now have an appointmet for Saturday! WoooHooo!!! Only a week after we were supposed to have our new receiver!
I’m still waiting for the automated call again…..it’s such a smug little voice….grrrr…..
*sigh*
Okay, rant over. Hot Pocket eaten (so-so). Time to get back to cleaning.
CG got worried when I told him I was cleaning more today. He thought we were having company! I guess I should clean more than just when people are coming over.
***UPDATE*** Dish Net just called (no automation! Yippie!) and confirmed our ‘appointment’ tomorrow between 12:30 and 5. Now if I get another call switching times again, we’re switching companies! 
