Posted on January 6th, 2012 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Entertainment and Fun, Home and garden, Life, Money and Finances, Opinion, Shopping, Technology and gadgets.
Thanks for the guest post by Donn Schroeder
Using one service provider for our internet service and cable has made my life a lot easier. I recently switched to a bundle deal with a new company because I was having trouble with my last cable company. I could never get a hold of anyone or work my way through the phone tree. I would often find mistakes in my bill and it would take me thirty minutes to get everything straightened out on the phone. Sometimes things didn’t get straightened out and I would end up having to call again! I was spending at least an hour a month talking to the cable company on the phone. Now since I have bundled with a new company, I can pay my bill on-line for both services. The service is not spotty and I actually ended up saving a pretty good bit of money. The best part about my new service is that I don’t have to get on the phone every single month to correct my cable bill. My internet speed is actually must faster than it was before too, so I can stream internet movies and watch videos on YouTube. I wish that I had thought of this sooner!
Posted on January 6th, 2012 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Entertainment and Fun, Friends/Family, Opinion, Shopping, Technology and gadgets.
Today my wife and I went to the local Staples store so we could take a look at the two e-readers that are the ones most widely publicized. We both got Amazon.com gift cards as Christmas gifts, and we were thinking about using them to buy a Kindle, but we wanted to make sure that we liked the Kindle better than a Nook. After all, they seem to be the same price range. The sales person tried to convince us to buy the new Kindle Fire, but we decided on the Kindle Touch Wi-Fi, and went home and ordered it online so we could use the gift cards. We only had enough money on the gift cards to buy one Kindle, so I guess we will have to share the Kindle for a while under we can afford a second one. I don’t know, maybe our second e-reader will be a Nook!
Posted on December 29th, 2011 by Jerry under Business, Computers and/or Internet, Education and Personal Growth, Friends/Family, Money and Finances, Opinion, Technology and gadgets.
During Christmas dinner we all got to know my kid sister’s fiance Jack a bit better. They have been engaged for 6 months now and we really haven’t gotten a chance to meet with them since then. They are not planning on getting married any time soon, not in any hurry, which is a good thing.
Jack is an enrolled agent cpe and has been for almost 5 years, he comes from a well established family from Massachusetts, which makes him a Yankee, but we are trying not to hold that against him LOL! He is now concentrating on his required enrolled agent continuing education, which can be done right online these days, so that he can continue working in that position and save enough money for the big wedding that my sis has always dreamed of and I’m sure that will cost us all a good chunk of change in the long run.
They make a cute couple, it was a nice relaxed Christmas this year. Now on with the New Year’s festivities.
Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Jerry under Computers and/or Internet, Friends/Family, Life, Shopping.
Recently my wife got interested in magnetic therapy. She has arthritis in her wrists, and she’s met a few people who suggested that she try magnetic therapy as a method of treating her arthritis. Well, she decided that she had basically nothing to lose, and found some pretty magnetic bracelets on the Internet. One of the bracelets looks like it is studded with diamonds and sapphires. It really is very pretty.
She has bought probably around ten magnetic bracelets, and two necklaces so far. She has been layering them on, and I’m wondering if it is possible for her to be wearing too many magnets. What do you think?
Posted on December 27th, 2011 by Jerry under Friends/Family, Health, Life.
Earlier today I told my wife that I could not find any antacids and asked her to look for some for me. She opened up the medicine cabinet and a bunch of bottles fell out onto the counter top. Seems as if people (who shall remain unnamed) have been just randomly shoving bottles in the cabinet without any regard for organization. So my wife took that as a sign to start sorting through the bottles and throwing away the expired bottles. I was amazed at how many bottles of weight loss pills and vitamins she threw away. Once she finished, there was plenty of space in the medicine cabinet AND I got my antacids too!