Shine On

Going through the airport in St. Louis to head home. I passed a shoe shine stand and usually don’t even give it a glance. But today the the shoe shine guy is barking out, “Shine em up! You can’t be happy when your shoes look crappy!” LOL

Looking for a Netbook computer?

Well I have seen quite a few of those ‘mini-laptop’ computers lately just about everywhere it seems.  I had wondered which ones were worth the time and money and which ones weren’t.  So where to go to find out??  Of course you should check out PC World.  After all, they will let you in on what’s what about computers. You can still buy a paper printed magazine at the grocery or book stores, or you can read a lot of their articles online.

Here’s a great idea!

Have you ever heard of social media marketing? Basically what that is would something like me writing a blog post about a product and that in turn is a form of marketing.  I am basically writing a small commercial about what ever product I’m talking about that day and recommending you go purchase it or check it out.  Well that’s what ‘social media marketing’ is all about.  They used to call it ‘word of mouth’ but everyone is on the computer these days instead of meeting at the local pub or restaurant.  So the ‘word of mouth’ advertising is now ‘social media marketing’.  How about that?

This one’s not the brightest crayon in the box

A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all of the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of Scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but the cashier refused and said, ‘Because I don’t believe you are over 21.’

The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because she didn’t believe him. At this point, the robber took his driver’s license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and she put the Scotch in the bag.

The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later.  I bet he’s still wondering how they caught him so fast!!!

All you could ask for

Usually a web site only contains one satellite service but not this web site. Direct TV Questions are answered on there as well and Dish network.  You don’t have to do any comparison shopping because  Kaptain Satellite compares them for you.

I don’t know about you but I’m sick and tired of my cable service because they change their rates so ofter and you get better packages from satellite TV I have found.  I would rather be watching something I like than stuck with having to get a bunch of channels that I don’t watch just to get one I do like.  How about you?

You know I love online shopping!!

I have got to quit looking on the Internet for things I want.  I am becoming addicted to shopping online.  One of the things I like the new site I found is they even have their own blog .  This lets you know more about what they sell.

No this is not one on the ‘discount’ shopping sites.  They offer item to people with the more discriminate taste, if you know what I mean.  You can check out ValetMag to find out more about them along with TheAwesomer and Selectism too.  It’s like I said, this is not a bargain site but if you are looking for the perfect gift for someone with that ‘special’ taste, I’m pretty sure you’ll not have any trouble finding something unique for them on this site.  It’s nice to look at too.

My father was a smart man

When my father passed away several years ago, my mother was afraid she would have to go to work to pay the mortgage.  What none of us knew was that my father had mortgage protection on their home.  It not only covered what was owed on the home, but it sure gave my mother peace of mind.  I never quite figured out why Daddy didn’t tell her he had taken this out but maybe he did and Mom just didn’t pay attention.

Far too many times when one person dies, that leaves the burden of paying for the home they shared on the surviving spouse unless they were smart enough to get life insurance for mortgages.    My father taught us girls a lot of things and covering our rears with plenty of life insurance was just one of the life lessons he taught us.  I sure miss my Daddy.

Helping a friend pick out new furniture

One of my friends just bought a new Town Home near me.  I was thrilled to have her so close.  She needed some new furniture so I suggested she come over and we would shop online.  She had never bought furniture online and didn’t even realize she could to be honest.  Once I showed her some of the beautiful modern furniture she could find online, she was hooked.

The first thing she wanted to check out was  living room furniture.  They had a wide variety of living rooms to choose from and she couldn’t decide on just one.  Then we checked out  the bedrooms.  Again, she loved just about everything she saw.  On to the tables and still the same reaction.    Next she wanted to check out the closets.  Finally she had it down between just two.  I ended up asking her just how long it took her to find the right Town Home and she said a year.  Oh brother.

Mom and her online shopping!

I can not believe how quickly my mother took to online shopping.  She’s become the online shopping queen.  She finds things I haven’t even found yet, can you imagine that?  Like I have been telling you, she’s redoing everything.  She found the bedding and bed linens at great prices online that she has on her new bed.  She even found the furniture and mattress online too.

She hasn’t stopped there.  When my nephew needed some baby bedding and linens for his bed, you guessed it, she found them online too.  Most of her home decor was found online and she has a beautiful home because of it.  Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.  Sorry Mom, I didn’t mean to call you an old dog!!!

How to save some American jobs and we can help!

I got this in an email and thought it needed to be shared by any means possible. Here’s what the email read:

I want to share with you some great information that I found out purely by accident. I believe it can also save and create jobs in America while giving people better customer service.

So how many times have you called a company’s service phone line and found that the rep. can barely speak English? Once with a major mortgage company it was so bad I demanded to speak with someone who spoke English. Right at that moment I broke the code, the secret password for customer service.

Come to find out that every American company using overseas operators must transfer you to an American rep. by saying…….” I want to speak to a representative in America “. (Don’t take no for an answer on this)

This was confirmed by the American rep. that they must transfer you after that request. I’ve tried it on a half a dozen major companies including cable, bank, phone and mortgage companies. It works every time and I actually get my issues taken care of.

Last thing to help save even more jobs…. don’t use the automated check out lanes they are pushing at the big box stores. Once again I found out that if we use those check outs rather than cashiers people loose their jobs too. I’ve refused to use the automated check outs and have had two cashiers already thank me for help saving their job.