I have had a really bad bug day today. I hate bugs. I used to not mind some, but I am now of the opinion that if it is in my house or in my line of sight outside of my house, it must die.
Experience #1: A few days ago I noticed that there were a couple of spider webs brewing in our garage. Spiders used to be one of the bugs I didn't mind so much, I just didn't want them in my house. Well, my views have since changed and since our previous experience, I keep a spider spray in the house. I begin to spray the couple of webs that I was aware of and quickly realized that they were everywhere. I sprayed the ones I could see, and it brought out a couple of little spiders and one big one that clearly told me just what kind of webs I was dealing with. More brown/black widow spiders. I about flipped. (If you have never heard of a brown widow spider - which I hadn't until a couple of months ago - they look like black widows but are kind of a whitish brown and the hourglass on the abdomen is more of a bright orange than red. If you want to see a picture, here is what they look like). I called the exterminator immediatley and they are coming tomorrow afternoon to take care of the problem. I don't play around with these things anymore.
Experience #2: While I was cleaning up around the house (doing toilets no less) I look down and see a cockroach (or as they call them in SC, a palmetto bug), chillin on the leg of my jeans. If my husband had been here, he would've thought an intruder was in the house or something. That's how loud I screamed. What is creepy is I have no idea where it came from or how long it had been there. I did this little dance while screaming trying to get it off my pants. When that didn't work, I grabbed a towel and knocked it off. It then got to take a bath in toilet water than had chemicals in it before it was flushed.
Needless to say, after this I am sufficiently creeped out, and anytime I have a hair on my arm or something I think there is either a spider or roach on me. Gross.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Happy September!
Is fall coming early this year? It is appropriate, in my mind at least, that September was welcomed by some cooler weather (here). When I took the dog out this morning, it was in the 60s and the high is 82! It's pretty much the same the rest of the week. Hopefully this weather will stick around!
PS- That is a picture of our maple tree last year. It's still green right now and that didn't really go with my "fall" theme for this post.
PS- That is a picture of our maple tree last year. It's still green right now and that didn't really go with my "fall" theme for this post.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Worst. Company. Ever.
XM Radio.
Actually, I like their product, so maybe the title should be "Worst. Customer Service. Ever." It's one of those things that you can clearly tell that they outsource their customer service to India and these people have virtually no idea as to what they are talking about/supposed to be helping with. I hate dealing with them. (XM came with my car and they keep giving me a ridiculous rate to renew it every year since, but I really don't think I can handle it anymore. After this subscription, I'm done). Anyway, this time, they charged me twice and I have been trying to get this rebate and it is painful to try and talk to the customer service reps and then in turn understand what they are doing. Today will mark the second time I have spent 20 minutes to half an hour just trying to get a refund on my card. And I still don't totally follow what is going to happen. From what I understand, I am getting my money back in 7-10 days and I will also be getting a call from the billing department within 24 hours. When I asked why they needed to call me, I got a random mixture of words. Something about a request, my phone number, something he had to submit and a reference number (and there were several "ummm"s in there too). As long as I get my refund, its fine, but seriously. Oh, and he said his name was Ray. Yeah right.
Update: As of now, I have gotten back a whole $2.17 of my refund. I have no idea where this number came from and apparently they had to file a dispute for the rest of the amount. Why is it so hard to say, "You're right ma'm, we double charged you. I am going to put the full amount back onto your card"?!?
Update #2: I got the $2.17 refund to my card. I just got a check in the mail today for the remaining $83 and something cents. Really? Why do things have to be so complicated??
Actually, I like their product, so maybe the title should be "Worst. Customer Service. Ever." It's one of those things that you can clearly tell that they outsource their customer service to India and these people have virtually no idea as to what they are talking about/supposed to be helping with. I hate dealing with them. (XM came with my car and they keep giving me a ridiculous rate to renew it every year since, but I really don't think I can handle it anymore. After this subscription, I'm done). Anyway, this time, they charged me twice and I have been trying to get this rebate and it is painful to try and talk to the customer service reps and then in turn understand what they are doing. Today will mark the second time I have spent 20 minutes to half an hour just trying to get a refund on my card. And I still don't totally follow what is going to happen. From what I understand, I am getting my money back in 7-10 days and I will also be getting a call from the billing department within 24 hours. When I asked why they needed to call me, I got a random mixture of words. Something about a request, my phone number, something he had to submit and a reference number (and there were several "ummm"s in there too). As long as I get my refund, its fine, but seriously. Oh, and he said his name was Ray. Yeah right.
Update: As of now, I have gotten back a whole $2.17 of my refund. I have no idea where this number came from and apparently they had to file a dispute for the rest of the amount. Why is it so hard to say, "You're right ma'm, we double charged you. I am going to put the full amount back onto your card"?!?
Update #2: I got the $2.17 refund to my card. I just got a check in the mail today for the remaining $83 and something cents. Really? Why do things have to be so complicated??
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Ugh.
One of my friends believes that there is such thing as "blogger block". I would agree, especially seeing as its been almost a month since I have last written on here.
So, here is a brief summary:
-Kyle left on another trip and got to come home early. Which would have been much cooler if they weren't sending him out again on Thursday. (More on that in a sec)
-A very good friend from Del Rio came to visit last week. We had a blast and I wish she and her husband could move down here soon.
-I have been doing physical therapy for my knee for the past couple of weeks. It hasn't worked, so hopefully my doctor will send me to a sports medicine doc for more testing.
-We are getting a fence next week because there is a house going up right behind us and I don't like the construction people just looking into the back yard. That and we want to box out a storm drain before the other people move in.
So, when Kyle got back from his last trip I was excited because it was supposed to be that he wouldn't leave again until after my parents came in town in a couple of weeks. After this summer, that would have been wonderful. The past few times, it has been about a week before he is back out on the road again. Well, he tells me today that they might have to send him out again, cutting it very close, but getting him back just in time for his leave. I have to admit, I am annoyed. Lately, he hasn't been scheduled for any of these trips and gets put on them at the last minute. I know these things happen and there are other people in the same boat as us, but its getting old. Fast. Anyway, they were going to see if there were any other options this afternoon, but Kyle didn't sound very hopeful that any of them were going to work out. Awesome.
So, that's why I have blogger block. Today's news put a damper on things for me. Sorry.
So, here is a brief summary:
-Kyle left on another trip and got to come home early. Which would have been much cooler if they weren't sending him out again on Thursday. (More on that in a sec)
-A very good friend from Del Rio came to visit last week. We had a blast and I wish she and her husband could move down here soon.
-I have been doing physical therapy for my knee for the past couple of weeks. It hasn't worked, so hopefully my doctor will send me to a sports medicine doc for more testing.
-We are getting a fence next week because there is a house going up right behind us and I don't like the construction people just looking into the back yard. That and we want to box out a storm drain before the other people move in.
So, when Kyle got back from his last trip I was excited because it was supposed to be that he wouldn't leave again until after my parents came in town in a couple of weeks. After this summer, that would have been wonderful. The past few times, it has been about a week before he is back out on the road again. Well, he tells me today that they might have to send him out again, cutting it very close, but getting him back just in time for his leave. I have to admit, I am annoyed. Lately, he hasn't been scheduled for any of these trips and gets put on them at the last minute. I know these things happen and there are other people in the same boat as us, but its getting old. Fast. Anyway, they were going to see if there were any other options this afternoon, but Kyle didn't sound very hopeful that any of them were going to work out. Awesome.
So, that's why I have blogger block. Today's news put a damper on things for me. Sorry.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Oh my gosh!
Ok, I just realized as I was reading a friend's blog that today is the last day in July!! What?! Where oh where has this year gone? Crazy. Sorry, I just felt the urge to share my shock and since the hubby is still gone, I chose to share it with all of you!
On another note, I feel badly because I have not been very diligent in keeping this updated, but truthfully, there isn't that much to update on! We have been doing some little projects around the house, and Kyle got a new TV, but that's about it. (Plus him being gone, but that is becoming semi-normal to me now). Well, here's a funny tidbit...we got the new tv because our other one died. Sort of. You could still watch it, but it looked like you needed 3D glasses because the colors were all messed up. And Kyle had been thinking about a new tv for a while, so this seemed like a good time to go ahead and get one. But instead of just getting rid of the old tv, Kyle moved it into our spare bedroom and has temporarily made it an "operating room". After talking with a couple of tv repair shops, he determined that he just needed to replace some chip (a converter chip maybe? I don't remember). Anyway, he was honestly more excited to take apart the old tv than to set up the new one. It made me laugh. I guess he has a little bit of the engineering side left in him after all. He got called away on his most recent trip in the middle of his project, so the tv is still a work in progress, but I'll let you know if he fixes it.
So if that's the most interesting thing that has happened, I think you can see why I haven't updated in a while...Until next time...
On another note, I feel badly because I have not been very diligent in keeping this updated, but truthfully, there isn't that much to update on! We have been doing some little projects around the house, and Kyle got a new TV, but that's about it. (Plus him being gone, but that is becoming semi-normal to me now). Well, here's a funny tidbit...we got the new tv because our other one died. Sort of. You could still watch it, but it looked like you needed 3D glasses because the colors were all messed up. And Kyle had been thinking about a new tv for a while, so this seemed like a good time to go ahead and get one. But instead of just getting rid of the old tv, Kyle moved it into our spare bedroom and has temporarily made it an "operating room". After talking with a couple of tv repair shops, he determined that he just needed to replace some chip (a converter chip maybe? I don't remember). Anyway, he was honestly more excited to take apart the old tv than to set up the new one. It made me laugh. I guess he has a little bit of the engineering side left in him after all. He got called away on his most recent trip in the middle of his project, so the tv is still a work in progress, but I'll let you know if he fixes it.
So if that's the most interesting thing that has happened, I think you can see why I haven't updated in a while...Until next time...
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Aaaannnndddd....
...he's gone again. This trip was unexpected, but a trip none the less. Hopefully he will have some more beautiful pictures of his adventures to share.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
As of late...
As of late I have been battling the forces of evil abroad by arduously traversing the Italian country side, sojourning in lavish hotels, battling the sun on the terribly fine grained beaches of Spain, and painstakingly rating fine German beers. With so many pictures I have decided to provide a link, enjoy!
Spain says hello.
Spain says hello.
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