Saturday, June 28, 2008

When it rains it pours

They say bad things happen in threes. Although they also say that sneezes come in threes, so i have no idea if its true or not, but i've had my three.

THE FIRST BAD THING:

The last month has been full of wisdom teeth and root canal issues. I must say, i am a pain wimp, except of course for the strong slap accross the tush by my current "friend with benefits", but it wasn't bad at all on the mouth. Hurt the wallet and the pre-pain was excrutiating.

THE SECOND BAD THING:

I have a jewelry designer out of LA that makes great stuff. I put a few of her necklaces online and lo and behold the bulldogs for Van Cleef are after me. I didn't advertise it as Van Cleef, didn't use the word alhambra, which I might add was a word long before Van Cleef began thinking they were the only people in the world who could make a clover. So i went to an older version of my current friend with benefits to represent me, all i can tell you is i'm not eager to being sued in Federal Court.

THE THIRD BAD THING:

Today, i was going through my morning computer ritual, email on yahoo, email on aol, facebook, Stephanie Klein Blog and then my online banking (i know, odd order). To my surprise, my accounts appeared overdrawn and when i went to the details, i noted that there were charges for over $2,700 for 2 home depots and a glass company. PANIC! I call customer service and get a pakistani, ARGGGGHHHH, (i'll save that for another post). I hang up and run to the bank, where they proceed to deactivate my debit cards and smile and tell me I now need to call the fraud department, "and thank you for banking at WAMU" ARGGGGGHHHHH.

Fraud Department tells me that the transactions are pending and until they go through there is no claim that can be initiated.

Tell me good things come in SIXES!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Old Magazine Pet Peeve

Its funny how when you aren't looking for an inspiration, one pops up. I'd been thinking about what i wanted to blog about and nothing came into my very busy brain. So, i stopped thinking about all of you bloggers out there and went about my daily business. My daily business, unfortunately has taken me to the Oral Surgeon and the Doctor in the last few days. And there, in the waiting room of both offices my next post was born.

I don't know about you, but i'm a major stressball when i go to any doctor or dentist, and while i'm sitting in the waiting room, I like to occupy my mind by flipping through magazines. The problem is, the magazines are ALWAYS a year old. Why would i want to read People or US Weekly from a year ago? And that's assuming that those magazines are even at the office. Usually i have to pick through Boating Magazines, Parenting Magazines or Cooking Magazines. The Cooking magazines really push by blood pressure up, they have big halloween cupcakes on the front cover and Memorial Day was last week.

For G-d sakes, get some new magazines, that are timely! At this rate, i'll be going to my annual gyno appointment in February and there i'll find TIME magazine announcing that Barack Obama won the democratic nomination.

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Paper Whore




I admit it, i'm a paper whore, and i'm glad to tell you i am back in the land of the living (post wisdom tooth extraction) and have had the chance to fully outline, checkmark, highlight and dogear every catalog from the national stationery show! Boy are the shoppers at http://www.bdazzledjewels.com/ in for lots of treats in the next few months.


I found several new lines that just made me PAPER HAPPY, even though they weren't all necessarily paper. First, be on the lookout for great new stuff from uncommonwares. Then i found this totally Kitchy artistic company that literally had my pulse racing! I mean what more could i ask for, art, words, ribbon, wall decor! And of course for the list maker in all of us I couldn't help but fall in love with whomi's new every day list pad!


A few of you know i'm a total geek at heart and so i've been online and in magazines for days following up on all my great leads figuring out what i love best, because after all, if i don't love it, how can i convince you to love it? So here's to LOVE!