“Yeah hi. I’m calling because my monthly bill has increased $10 and I’m wondering why.”
“Let me just pull up your account…..I see you have our SUPER-DOUBLE-WHATEVER-WE-WANT-TO-REBRAND-OURSELVES-TO-COVER-OUR-INCREASE-IN-PRICES package.”
“Yup…same one I’ve had for the past nine months.”
“Right. Well, due to an increase in operating costs, I’m sure you can understand, we’ve had to raise our prices ever [...]
Before I write about the trip to Seattle and Alaska, before I share select pictures from our cruise and excursions and marketplace shenanigans; I feel compelled to confess an odd bit of sadness that I am feeling.
There is of course the typical and to be expected mourning that the “trip of a lifetime,” which went [...]
I have a new neighbor- I almost wrote “roommate” (although I live alone) because it kind of feels like he’s in the same apartment as me. Case in point, I know his comings and goings, when he’s watching TV or listening to music, when he’s exercising, what time he typically wakes up in the morning [...]
Registry print-out in hand, I charged into Target, plowing past the rows of carts. I’m only just getting a few baby items, I thought to myself. No need to make the trip cumbersome! On my way to the baby section, I reviewed my notes and highlighted options. I was prepared; I had pre-shopped online. I [...]
Before I went on my beach vacation a few weeks ago, I thought I’d try something new. I’d get my legs waxed.
Like most women, I hate shaving my legs. I hate it for a lot of reasons, but mainly because I wake up really early to get ready and commute 90 minutes to work, which [...]
I hate a lot of things. Besides the obvious things like Speidi, sex offenders, and people who do bad things to children, puppies and/or trees; I hate lots of random things too. So for lack of a more productive use of this Toolbag Wednesday, I’ve compiled a list for you, which also makes this the [...]
I haven’t posted in a week. I’ve been stewing over something that I’m not exactly sure how to appropriately articulate, and lo and behold it has to do with another one of my friends.
There we sat, discussing a friend of a friend and the outlandish lengths she’s gone to in order to meet “someone,” expanding [...]
