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I haven't been posting much because I don't feel the urge to add to the numerous blog posts about the sucktacular economy. In light of a recent wave of non-friend and anonymous comments, I'd like to say a few things.

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I haven't posted much lately because I don't feel like rehashing blah-to-negative stuff ( Read more... )

Laurel is home for the week before school starts, which so far means she wants to watch TV (I canceled our cable last billing cycle but it's still on) and complains about the lack of snack food. We'll both be relieved when school starts on Monday ( Read more... )

The company Kevin has done a tech phone screening and a phone interview with earlier this week has scheduled an in-person interview for Monday. I am still not getting my hopes up, but it would be nice ( Read more... )

I am not pleased that our health care FSA card wasn't accepted. I'm starting to think that they're not the best choice for me given our experience with United Healthcare. (We saw the doctor just once when kiddo had an ear infection and had to pay out of pocket for it anyway after UHC decided it wasn't covered. We would have paid less as a self-pay ( Read more... )

Some good things I have done this week:

• I completed a survey at Lightspeed Consumer Panel to earn the last few points I needed to redeem them for a $15 PayPal credit.
• I found my missing school directory from last year so I can call Laurel's best friend's mother to discuss setting up a play date for the girls.
• I organized all that program ( Read more... )

vogonpoet lost his check card on our last day of vacation in late July. He called Bank of America to have that card canceled and a replacement card issued, which he was told would take five to seven business days to arrive. After two weeks, he called to see why it hadn't arrived yet. They had sent it to the wrong address, even though he had to repeat his ( Read more... )

I found out today that I don't make enough to qualify for the state children's health insurance program, making it the first time I've actually been too poor for low-income aid. After explaining my situation to two different people on the phone this morning, they told me to apply for Medicaid. It's somewhat depressing to apply for Medicaid, but ( Read more... )