Boring, lazy day
February 11, 2007
christine has spoken
Mike went out to get the oil changed in the car…it’s been long overdue. But we’ve been occupied with other things lately, so that kind of got pushed aside until now. On the way home he needs to stop at the ATM at our bank to take out money he needs for the week, and then stop at the store to pick up a few things. Thrilling, huh?
At least that means I don’t hae to get dressed and go out today. Well, I DO have to take the garbage out, since Mike’s still not allowed to do any heavy lifting. But I can just put on some shoes, throw a jacket over my jammies, and take it out. Even in my kitty jammies (of which I have a large collection), I am better dressed than many of the people around here.
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I spent some of my PayPerPost money for the first time today. Turns out that Annette, my Stampin’ Up consultant, is now taking PayPal. I used to have to write her a check and mail it (she is in NJ), but I am so bad about writing checks and mailing them. If I had my way, ALL of our bills would be paid online. In fact, I DO pay a lot of them online. I have online accounts with Verizon, Keyspan, Sears, and Capital One on which I can pay the bills online. When Mike does the bills, he insists on sitting and writing checks. But since he’s been in the hospital and all, the bills still needed to be paid, and I had to do it. And, as Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley would say, “I did it MY way.”
But anyway, the reason I am doing PPP in the first place is so that I can pay for at least some of my craft supply addiction. So the fact that Annette is now taking PayPal is very good news to me!
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Speaking of utility bills, Massachusetts Electric is still being a dickhead about online payments. The ONLY way to pay online is to sign up for the DirectPay thing, which is an automatic deduction each month. They do not have the *one-time payment* thing that Verizon and Keyspan have. Sometimes I might want to wait until the next payday to send the payment in, especially in times when we’ve had to shell out close to $400 in two weeks for dead cat cremations and urns and all.
