Archive for the 'my soapbox' Category

Just in it for the money?

Friday, June 13th, 2008

You know what really bugs me (this time)?! It’s when people find out that my DH is a rock climber and they automatically say, “Gee, I hope he got a good life insurance quote” or “I hope you got him insured”. Of course, he’s insured!  But saying that tells me that you think I only [...]

Not happy!

Thursday, June 5th, 2008

A few years ago I had a lady approach me asking if I wanted to have a jewelry party at home. It was like a party plan thing where she would bring all the items to my house, put it on display, take our orders and deliver it to us a few weeks later.
She assured [...]

Obvious spam

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

I can’t believe how much spam I’ve been receiving in my inblox lately! Some are just downright stupid but some make me laugh - like the one I got this afternoon that was telling me that this was the final warning that I should update my Bank Of America account details.
Hello!! I’m an Aussie. I [...]

So not happy!

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I recently joined a “pay you to blog” company and I’m not impressed with it so I sent an email in asking to have my blogs removed from their system and this was the email I received in reply:
Hello Tina.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Unfortunately we presently do not have the functionality to remove [...]

Waiting a LONG time!

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

If I was to plan a romantic dinner for DH with wine, soft music, candles and a wickedly delicious dessert, we probably wouldn’t eat until 11pm! We normally have dinner at 6-30pm. The kids have their baths and bedtime routine between 7 - 8.30pm. It’s “lights out” at 9pm the latest. So where in all [...]