My kids are grown and out of the house. But the laundry is still there. Not their laundry, but Hubby and my laundry. How two people make so many dirty clothes I will never understand.
I have the wonderful new washer and dryer, that I love alot, but I still am not that fond of doing the laundry.
So I came home from work and found THIS>>>
Ever see that commercial where the guy is on the payphone talking to a mechanic/tow company and his car is in the background smoking. Then the car blows up and he said "no I don't think a jump will work"? Well, I can relate to that commercial.
No, my car didn't blow up but it was making some very ominous noises. Hubby took it to our mechanic (and I use that term loosely) after it started making a grinding noise in the front end. We have had wheelbearing problems for 3 years now, that we have had fixed and fixed and fixed again. But they just keep going out. So our "mechanic" looks it over - test drives it and tells us that it was a loose bolt in the wheelbearing area. That is as technical as I can get cause I have no idea how a car is put together. So they tightened the bolt on BOTH sides as a courtesy. (they had only done the wheelbearing repair on the driver side)
So we pick up the car and head out to pick up Kaylin for the night. On the way home we start hearing this clunking everytime we put on the brakes. Then the clunking starts to be a rapid thumping when we let off the gas. Sounds like the engine is going to fall out on the freeway going 65 miles an hour.
Hubby takes the next day off so he can head on down to the "mechanic" to find out what the hell is wrong now. Turns out the OTHER wheelbearing is now toast. To the tune of $425. What the Hell!
I still believe that something was done (maybe just tightening the bolt?) caused the major malfunction with this wheelbearing. It is abit suspicious that right after taking it to the "mechanic" this wheelbearing fails, and fails badly. But how do you prove it.
So I am out $425 but I have to say at least it isn't making the awful noises that it was making and I am not afraid to drive it.
I just want it to hold together until I get a new one within the next year.
Damn it's HOT!
It's 105 with 33 1/3 % humidity. It's not a DRY HEAT anymore!
The last thing I wanted to do today was go to the gym and workout. But I dragged my big ole butt and my hubbys big ole butt and headed to the gym. We walked thru the door and the place felt like a sauna. The air conditioning was broken! So no working out.
Of course, I didn't put on any makeup or do my hair before the "almost" workout. So I was a la natural. We came home and goofed around until I had to head to work for a few hours.
I walk into work and take one look in the mirror and I see that I am STILL a la natural. YIKES! I don't look THAT bad in the light in MY bathroom. Thank god I was the only one there, except of course for my 3 clients. But they didn't care.
The air conditioning was fixed by 3 and we got to workout then. I feel so much better. Or I guess I should say I feel so much more sweaty. YUCK!
Okay. It is time for me to tell all you faithful readers the truth about me.
I have a secret that I have been keeping from you. I feel it is time to come clean.
This is hard for me because I know I will be shunned by most and the others will laugh behind my back.
But I have to come clean.
I am .....
Why do the delivery guys/gals (FedEx, UPS, etc) always seem to ring my doorbell when I am in the shower?
Scares the shit out of me when the dog starts barking like he is going to tear someone apart, while I am standing naked and vulnerable in the shower.
But no worries, he will just leave it in the "usual spot". NOT! Must be his first day on the job because he leaves me a door tag instead. We have signed a release to allow them to leave all packages whether we are home or not. That is of course unless there is a signature required. Not the case on this package. No one requires a signature for a $30 pack of DVD's.
So hubby is going to call and give them hell and make them bring it back today.
Think he will win? It will be close. But I will let you know.
I am going in for a physical this morning. Hubby and I are embarking on a new "healthy" journey and I thought I better see if I was up to it.
Would you believe that I have NEVER had a physical. Not a REAL physical, anyway. Oh sure, I go in every other year for my "female stuff", and I get my blood checked every so often when they feel the need, but never just because....
Well, this is a "just because" physical. I have NO IDEA what to expect. Are they going to drain me of all my blood to do all the testing. Are they going to make me pee in a cup? I love to do that. But they really need to make the cups bigger. Do I run a treadmill or other activities? Do they poke and prod in areas that do not like to be poked and prodded?
I think I have just scared myself! But I am going to be a big girl . . . head on out the door later this morning . . . and "Get Physical" *hear Olivia Newton John in the background?*
Anyone want to hlod my hand?
I got a letter marked personal and confidential in the mail today. Of course, I thought it was junk mail but opened it anyway.
Turns out that one of the health care service companies, that I have been to in the past, had a break in at their administration office. Seems the thieves stole a locked safe. Seems that inside that safe were computer backup tapes. Seems those tapes contained potentially sensitive information about past and current members. Seems that would be ME!
No big deal! That only means that some punk ass bitch has access to not only my medical records but my social security number, birth date, address . . . . Need I go on?
So I called the credit bureaus and had them put a "Fraud Alert" in my credit file. On Monday, I have to call the Social Security office and make them aware that my SS# may be in the hands of some undesirable with intent to wreak havoc with my identity.
But there is a bright side to this story! I get a free credit report out of the deal.
Woo Hoo! Life is good!
We were party animals tonight! We went out at 8:30 ... PM ... to go bowling with our friends, Deb and Greg.
It was Buck Bowling night.
You got shoes for a buck! You got hot dogs for a buck! You got beer for a buck! AND it was a buck a game! Since we didn't have hot dogs or beer and could only manage to play two games, it was quite the cheap evening.
I still have it, though. I managed to get a 134 on the first game. After I got warmed up I bowled a 161. Then everyone pooped out on me and we DIDN'T bowl a thrid game. I just KNOW that was my 300 game. I just KNOW it!
Back on Memorial Day weekend, I bought my wonderful new washer and dryer. At the time, Sears was having a promotion that if you used your Sears Charge card you would get 10% back on your purchase of any major appliances. I didn't have a Sears charge, but seeing that it would be about a $225 rebate, I threw caution to the wind and signed myself right up.
The sales guy gave me my rebate slip and I went home and promptly filled out the forms - copied my receipts - and mailed it off - and started the "wait" for my rebate.
Skip to today. I just got an email from "Sears Rebate" my rebate has been approved. They are sending me a check for $140. WHAT??!!??!?!? That should have been $225 , thank you very much. I think what has happened it that they have rebated me for the washer but not the dryer. Of course, they are closed on Sundays.
Of course, they have not had the wrath of tj yet either. I am all geared up for a fight. I can hear the excuses now.
So tomorrow, I will call bright and early before they have a chance to wake up and give them hell. I pity the fool......
I got a letter in the mail, yesterday. Hubby said it looked like I won the lottery.
It was a jury summons.
I will do my duty and serve. Actually, I would LIKE to sit on a jury. I would love to get past the first room where everyone sits reading or sleeping or sits looking really really bored. But the first 5 times I have been called for jury duty that is as far as I get. Never have I seen the inside of a court room. (from the jury perspective, that is) Hubby was actually pooled for a big case here in Phoenix involving a man murdering his wife and 2 step-kids. Their bodies were never found. But he thinks having "stepkids" got him off of that one. The guy was guilty as sin.
So on August 12th, I will pack up my bag of books . . . maybe the laptop . . . maybe a pillow to nap on . . . and go do my civic duty. Hoping to get on a really juicy trial for the first time in my life. Or at least get as far as the courtroom, so they can tell me they don't want me. I hope I can handle the rejection.
