A really good way to feel cute is to rearrange your bedroom.
I did it last weekend, and every night since walking into my bedroom to go to bed has been lovlier than it was before! Hooray!
Sweeping a year’s worth of gunk – dust and dog hair and an empty icee cup – out from under the bed probably helps, too.
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All I really care about, web site-wise, is the knitting blog. I love that thing. Truly.
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I still haven’t really looked at the Jeep. I think the plan is to let it sit until next week, then fill it full of radiator fluid and drive it to Irvin’s and let him try to deal with it. Being wheelless sucks, rather.
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It’s chillier than I expected it to be today. I wish I’d worn socks. And maybe a sweater.
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Did I mention that I finished prairieagcoop.com? Yay!
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Chevelle-less Matt stopped out last night, and he and Brett had a few beers and talked. Chevelle-less Matt has a nice new late model truck; he offered to let me drive it, but I explained I try to only drive vehicles that are shorter than me.
Anna came out last night, too, and I took digital pics of all of her knitting stuff. It was really fun. She’s a doll. We both agreed that knitting is better when you can post about it on the Internet, since husbands typically don’t give flying fuck about one’s knitting triumphs… even if the item is for them!
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We still need to buy peahens! Ack!
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We still need to find Gomez and get money from him! Ack!
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In March I called two places and paid them with my check card Mastercard: the propane place, and Access Energy.
The propane guy told me the payment was denied, so I called my bank.
They said the money was in there, and the CC payment should go through just fine.
Turns out neither of the CC payments I made that day went through – neither has cleared the bank. And there was a disco notice from Access Energy on my door when I got home last night! Damn bank anyway; there was $600+ in my account that day! The teller told me so!
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I’m going out to lunch with Joe today; I’m waiting for him to call me back and come pick me up. Yay, Joe!
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Mush, I’m envious. I only get to have lunch with Joe on the occasional Sunday. Waaaah!
We went to La Hacienda and spiked our salsa with hot hot sauce and salt. Whee!
Rub it in… oh well. I’m going out with the geeks tonight for good, cheap beer! Mmm….
I think the credit card processors are just getting weird with the MasterCard Debit Cards. I tried to use mine in “credit” mode at Wal-Mart and they declined it saying that they can only use them as debit cards. And I’ve been trying for the past week to buy more silver from the mill, and the bank swears everything is fine with both the business and the house MasterCard Debit Cards – yet the @#$%@#$@# transaction won’t go through (they also just changed credit card processors). Finally gave them “real” plastic and that worked. This trend is really starting to piss me off!
http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/mtarchives/week_2004_04_18.html#001482
Read the April 23rd Post. Argh.
Yeah, Walmart has refused my debit-card-in-credit-mode for a couple of months now; the nice check out lady said it was something Mastercard was doing and not Walmart’s fault.
Basically I have to get a PIN on my debit card, or I just plain ol’ can’t use it everywhere I could use a “real” MC. Bastards.
I’m afraid the lady at Wal-Mart is very wrong – it is Wal-Mart’s fault. Whole text can be found here (http://www.mastercardintl.com/newsroom/merch_law.html) but here are the relevant excerpts:
The suit, which was initiated by Wal-Mart and several other merchants, challenged each card association’s Honor All Cards rule…One result of this lawsuit is that after January 1, 2004, the date by which merchants can choose to accept MasterCard-branded credit cards but not MasterCard-branded debit cards, some consumers may get to the front of the checkout line and find that the merchant rejects the payment option they have chosen.
Since Wal-mart instigated the suit, I don’t think we’ll be seeing our debit as credit cards honored there unless hell freezes over sometime soon.
This really pisses me off!