Just Watched… December 27, 2008
The Strangers with Scott Speedman and Liv Tyler
Riculously scary. Can't handle that stuff anymore. I will not be sleeping well tonight.
And the Stockings Can Be Hung… Finally December 13, 2008
Not mine, of course, I'm way too behind to be thinking of hanging my own stockings. But, Gina's can be hung! I completed these six sweet stockings for Gina of An Unpink Life this morning. She was kind enough to wait ridiculously long for me to get one of these prints in.
I looked at the design from one of our family's stockings and figured them out that way. After I got the first knocked out, they were fun to make. Gina picked some great fabric combinations don't you think? These prints are all from Michael Miller Fabrics - one of my fave fabric distributors.
It would've been nice to take the picture of these hanging up, but I don't even know where my stocking hangers are. So much to do, not enough days to get it all done in. Must remember to breathe.
Thank you, Gina, for letting me do these for you and your family!
Got My Baby Back December 6, 2008
But not without a fight. First the stupids at Dell EMAIL me that the issue with my computer has been discovered. Duh, the screen was broken. You could see that. How many days did it take them to discover this? The email stated that I need to call Dell within 5 days or my computer would be returned, un-repaired. Why would they email me when they have my computer? Am I wrong to think that most people don't have more than one computer in their home? They had my phone number, but their protocol is to email and not call the customer. Smart.
Next, they tell me the LCD and the Motherboard both need to be replaced. All I did was crack the screen. Don't know why they said the motherboard needed to be replaced. The guy who answers the call to the 800 number I was told to phone of course has a crazy, annoying foreign accent and I'm not even sure I believe he was in the same country as my computer, which was sent to Texas. He tells me, 'Jip, zip, yanna blah zip, hanna yanna zip blah blip 199 flat rate plus zip, sip yanna hoona 159 for a total of 358.'
What! $358! I only bought the piece of junk for $600. So, I tried to make myself cry to him but of course couldn't muster up my best actress voice and ended up just sounding like a bitch.
Oh well, it worked to some extent. He went to 'talk to his manager' (yeah right) and came back to tell me they could repair it for the flat rate of $199. I'm pretty sure no motherboard was replaced and Dell is probably hurting just like most other companies right now. They were trying to get one over on me. If I would've said OK to the initial $358 they'd have taken it from me.
In summary, if you're considering a new laptop or desktop purchase right now, I wanted to share this experience with Dell with you. Maybe HP and Compaq are the same, I don't know, but the customer service at Dell is quite frustrating.
In other news, I just updated my Playlist too, which you can see at the very bottom of the page. I just love making my husband wonder out loud if we have anything in common! I get such a kick out of it.
