For the moment
The kids "plus guest" are supposed to arrive this weekend, bearing grandbabies. At least, that's the plan for the moment, as it's changed several times in the past week.
So, I guess Michael and Lilly and the babies will occupy Michael's old room, and I'll put a mattress down in the weight room for their friend, who is coming with them. Somehow I need to convince Marie that she needs to start sleeping in her room again, instead of (still) the hide-a-bed in the living room.
My next entry will probably be quite picture heavy, as I need to share how bloomy the back yard is, what a great fruit salad Calvin made the other night, and how big the babies have grown.
Oh! And in the interest of making Calvin stop snarking about how I will post all about his mix CD track list (see April 11th entry), but nothing of the instances in which I have caused my own chagrin, I will now tell you the sordid tale of a big mistake I made recently.
I bid on an iPod in an on-line auction at Overstock.com. I won, and paid $250 for a 40GB (retail $399). I was completely geeked and promptly downloaded iTunes on my laptop to begin the loading of the music (see entries on April 1st and 5th).
A couple of days after the auction, I went back to the seller's site to check on something. To my dismay, I found that they had been "disabled". Seems other bidders had complained that they sent the money to the seller, who never sent the item to the winner of the auction for said item.
Me included. So I'm out $250 because I sent a personal check. Which is the part that Calvin wants me to especially point out to you. I didn't think it was a big deal - private sellers often don't have PayPal or credit card setups. But he thought this was an incredibly stupid move on my part, and upon reflection, I know now that won't do that again.
But I did this time. So there it is. I paid well for a hard-won lesson, and can now never, ever mention how badly I want an iPod, ever again.
Scammers are mean.
So, I guess Michael and Lilly and the babies will occupy Michael's old room, and I'll put a mattress down in the weight room for their friend, who is coming with them. Somehow I need to convince Marie that she needs to start sleeping in her room again, instead of (still) the hide-a-bed in the living room.
My next entry will probably be quite picture heavy, as I need to share how bloomy the back yard is, what a great fruit salad Calvin made the other night, and how big the babies have grown.
Oh! And in the interest of making Calvin stop snarking about how I will post all about his mix CD track list (see April 11th entry), but nothing of the instances in which I have caused my own chagrin, I will now tell you the sordid tale of a big mistake I made recently.
I bid on an iPod in an on-line auction at Overstock.com. I won, and paid $250 for a 40GB (retail $399). I was completely geeked and promptly downloaded iTunes on my laptop to begin the loading of the music (see entries on April 1st and 5th).
A couple of days after the auction, I went back to the seller's site to check on something. To my dismay, I found that they had been "disabled". Seems other bidders had complained that they sent the money to the seller, who never sent the item to the winner of the auction for said item.
Me included. So I'm out $250 because I sent a personal check. Which is the part that Calvin wants me to especially point out to you. I didn't think it was a big deal - private sellers often don't have PayPal or credit card setups. But he thought this was an incredibly stupid move on my part, and upon reflection, I know now that won't do that again.
But I did this time. So there it is. I paid well for a hard-won lesson, and can now never, ever mention how badly I want an iPod, ever again.
Scammers are mean.
You will get your iPod. If you like, email me and I will tell you where you can get some deals (not deals that good/bad) though.
Posted by
Jon without an "h" |
9:06 AM
That stinks. Sorry that happened to you. I know you were probably drooling in anticipation I love me some music.
Posted by
Jennifer |
9:37 AM
Too late to have the bank stop payment, huh? :( Those bastids. (Heather)
Posted by
Anonymous |
9:12 AM
That sucks.
Posted by
Lana |
11:28 AM