Ok, so if you head over to my blog (yes, I know, I have a zillion blogs) at Charity-Lynn.com, you'll find a contest over there for a $20 gift card. I've been reviewing all of my blogs, and some of them have distinct niches that would allow me to giveaway prizes related to that niche. Gadgets on my geek blog, books on my book review blog, etc. So I'll have some fun thinking up cool prizes to give away. Now, I don't have a fashion related blog, so things like luxury watches aren't going to be a part of the prizes, but pretty much anything else would.
I might even hold a giveaway of a tarot deck or a pentacle necklace or something like that on my Wicca blog. Hmmmm, that sounds like it might be a winner. ;)
I'm telling you, this town has a serious lack of places to rent movies. We used to have several, now it's down to a tiny handful. Blockbuster is now the main place to go for movies, and frankly, off line, their selection isn't the greatest. At least not here. We have 2 locations and neither is very good for selection. I mean, honestly, I find more movies to rent from their website. But I do still go to the regular Blockbuster store on occasion, so some Blockbuster coupons might come in handy one of these days. One never knows. :)
You know, pretty soon, there's gonna be a lot of people who are gonna be looking for the cheapest things possible, from the cheapest gas price in town to the best life insurance quote. Why? Because in case you haven't noticed, the economy is going into the toilet. Everyone's doing whatever they can to get buy, even if it means having to switch to a cheaper insurance plan or buying everything possible in generic brands so they can save a buck or two. I'm making the most money I've ever made, and you know what? I am, without a doubt, probably more broke than I've ever been in my life. I kid you not. There's an old hip-hop/R&B song about "more money more problems" and let me tell you, it is so true!
I swear, money is coming to be the only thing you ever hear about anymore. The government is trying to stimulate the economy by handing tax payers a couple hundred bucks. Yay. A couple hundred more bucks to make payments on stuff I can't afford to make payments on any other time. Hmph.
Remember hearing your mom tell you that? Or maybe it was your grandmother. All I know is I heard a lot of that particular phrase when I was a teenager. That and "cut your hair, it's too long and hard to care for." My family hated my hair for some reason. In any case, at least none of my family ever suggested that I get a posture corrector! I think I might have gone off on them if they had. LOL My family and I do not get along for the most part and frankly, that's find with me.
You know, when I talk to some of my coworkers I am amazed at the things they tell me about. Drinking binges, nights out where they get so drunk they pass out and hope nothing bad happened when they wake up. I swear, some of them need to take a chill pill and start using a few more brains than they have been. And the way they drink, I'm telling you, some of them may very well need a liver cleanse to keep from having problems later on!
I've never understood why it is that grown people feel the need to act like teenagers. I never acted that way as a teen and I still don't act that way as an adult. I guess I'm just boring. LOL
If I hear one more person tell me that I need to get more exercise, I'm gonna explode. And it won't be pretty. I mean seriously. I'm fat. I know this. I am in need of a good diet and a lot of exercise. I realize this. It's not going to help me at all if you sit there and tell me that you know of someone who is trying to get rid of an old treadmill, and that it's pretty cheap. *Insert eye rolling here.* I don't want a treadmill in my apartment, and frankly, I don't have room for a treadmill. And can you imagine what my animals would think of it? My dog would probably pee on it and my cat would sleep on it. So, um, yeah. No thanks. I'll get a gym membership if I think I need a treadmill that badly thanks. :)
Why on earth do I get all these weird emails and phone calls. I am actually getting text messages and phone calls to try and find online auto insurance! What the heck is going on? Not like I could afford it even if I did have a car. :( I'm so broke it's not even funny.
I'm looking for a new job now, because I think my current job is going down the toilet. I have a group interview next Friday at 10am for another call center. I want to work in a call center because I want to be able to be off my feet. My poor little feeties can't take me being on them anymore. :( So wish me luck because I don't want to have to stay on a sinking ship.
I do not understand people. Seriously they drive me nuts. Everyday at work, someone is bombarding me with why don't you go on a diet? Why don't you see about getting weight loss surgery? Why don't you look into some sort of pill with fat burner properties?
Try because at this point in my life, I am merely worried about survival financially. I don't have the money to toss around for that kind of stuff. Heck I'm already being hollered at by my job to get a doctor's note because I happen to pee more than my job says I should. Yes I get 3 breaks a day and I get 7 extra minutes in which to go to the bathroom. However, if I don't happen to have to go when I'm on break, and I have to go more than once after my break is over, I'm over on my 7 minutes and I get yelled at. Personally I think the only time there should be a limit is if someone is spending 10 minutes at a time off the phone. My doctor won't just give me the note, he has to see me, he has to run tests, he has to find out WHY I go "too much."
Yes, he's a jerk and won't treat me for conditions he already knows I have. All they want the note to say is that I pee a lot. But he's not the type to just do that. *sigh*
I got a bill today for a check that bounced TWELVE years ago. I'm pretty sure I already paid it, but the collection agency says I didn't, that it's a "written contract" and still has to be paid. Funny, but since it's TWELVE years old, I think it's a little over the expiration date. And then they tried to tell me that their buying the portfolio "a couple of months ago" represents a transaction on the account and that they can collect it now. Oh really? They bought it OVER 10 years after it was originally done, they have more information on the bill than they should have (they had my full middle name which is NEVER on any of my bills or documents and should NEVER be on any bill I receive), and then they had the nerve to lie and say they've tried calling me.
When I had the phone number in question, I had an answering machine. Never had any messages from them. If they REALLY wanted me to pay it, shouldn't they have left a message? When I did answer the phone, it was never that collection agency. And I never got any notices from them. They had the audacity to tell me that I needed to take it up with the post office if I'm not getting all of my mail. I have, and they say there's nothing they can do because they don't know what's happening to my mail.
However I am not going to pay a TWELVE year old bill when the statute of limitations for collections is TEN years tops, and is SEVEN in the state of Iowa last I checked. I think someone needs a good alcohol rehab so they can get their facts and heads straight.
I'd be willing to bet that after Village Inn Restaurants declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the guy here in Sioux City who bought a franchise to put 2 locations here was kicking himself. After all, he had to let all his employees go in the middle of the workday and close the restaurants in the middle of the day. My best friend and her mom were the last people to eat at one of the 2 locations they'd had here. Too bad really, because Village Inn had some totally awesome food!
