WTF?

I haven't posted in a while...I don't want to be a whiney b*&^%, so I only want to update when it's something that would really ONLY HAPPEN TO ME...so, here it goes....went to order my husband and my dad some kettle bells & video to go with it - I use my "Nautilus" card which is apparently through HSBC. On the order confirmation, it states to wait 5 business days before attempting to track through the link provided. So, I wait 7 business days and the link doesn't work. So, I contact Nautilus/bowflex via email & don't get a response...so, eventually like 3 days later I get a response from Nautilus stating that they no longer do business with HSBC and my order has been canceled - I'll need to re-order using a better form of payment. I paid on my "NAUTILUS" card - wtf??? They can keep their kettle bells and I don't know what I can use that account for now - since it was only good for Nautilus products. Bizarro world.

Bad luck strikes again!

Boy it didn't take long! About 2 months ago I bought some concert tickets & cashed in my rewards through my bank (a rewards program I pay to be a part of!) and instead of opting for cash (word of advice - go for the cash!) I opted to get a little more value and choose the Marriott Gift Checks, so we could have cocktails and not worry about driving after the concert. In the past I've cashed in my rewards points for gift cards for retail chains such as the Gap & Best Buy and they are just gift cards - no coupon rules, or wierdness - just straight up gift cards to use as cash. I "ASS-U-ME"-D that these gift checks should be the same way. And in all honesty, the probably ARE supposed to be that way. However, in booking my reservation that was going to be $300 (I only had $100 in gift checks) I noticed that Marriott had a guarantee program. So, I looked around, found a cheaper rate & they honored it through the program at $175. So, I read all the rules to the guaranty program and it states you can't use Marriott rewards to pay for it but it didn't say a darned thing about gift checks so I totally thought I was good to go. On the gift check, btw, it also doesn't say anything about using it for a discounted room - it says things about associated rates - like Orbitz or Travelocity, or corporate rates, or group rates but I didn't go through any of those programs. So, the day comes for the concert & we go to check in and the girl snatches the gift checks out of my hand, literally, and says I cannot use them. Firstly, I've never been asked to pay for a room upfront and found this very strange. I felt as though I was being interrogated. We were obviously wanting to have a good time and not let this w-i-t-c-h ruin our plans, so we just asked for them back and told them to put the room on the card. We'd deal with it in the morning and my husbands plan was to apply the bar charges to the room anyhow. In the morning we tried talking to a manager who told us even though it didn't state it on the gift check that it couldn't be used with discounts - it was "implied"!!! I couldn't beleive the words coming out of this manager's mouth - this is America - nothing is "implied" around here!! Everything is written out in black and white!! So, alas, I say - this $&!% only happens to me!

Hello again, hello

It's been a while since I last posted - I can't believe how time flies these days. Well, I've had a lot of "Leigh-isms" happen since I last posted. We finally sold our home but of course not without a little bit of drama. It was supposed to happen on the 27th but ended up happening on the 2nd, which wouldn't be such a big deal but I'd asked to have the 1st of because they said it was definitely happening that day and we drove all the way to Tyler (4 hours) and we weren't able to close. Then, the kid buying the house accused us of removing items from the property that were never there to begin with - the realtors had to pull out old pictures and take him out there to show him what he was describing never existed. By that time we were back in Houston feeling helpless. Once we got word he signed and the loan funded, we called to get the utilities turned off and TXU then tells us that they cannot get the electricity out of our name until the 7th - so, basically, we get to pay for 5 days of electricity we can't even control - seriously, does this stuff happen to anyone else? I don't even know if the water got turned off - they said I had to write an email giving them the acct# and date for it to be discontinued - I haven't even followed up - I'm sure I'm still paying for the kid's water. I shouldn't complain - at least we sold the house, in this market that's a blessing. I just never even thought any of this could happen - why wouldn't they be able to turn off power for 5 days - I bet if I didn't pay my bills they'd have it off within the hour!!

Pretty lame

So, not much to write about but I'm going to try my hand at prediction. You see, I have bad luck. I'm okay with it because it's usually never horrible luck - it's just bad enough to cause my blood pressure to spike - so, I take medication - whaddya do? So, yesterday all day I kept telling myself I needed to pay my car note b/c it's due tomorrow and sure enough I forgot. So, when I went in to do it online (after hours) from the bank's website it's through a third party and doesn't give any indication how in advance you must pay before it shows up at the bank. So, I call and I get some foreign dude who tells me not to worry that they give a 10 day grace period - which just sounds way too good to be true. The frustrating part about this is A) I've recently moved and the banks website wouldn't just change my address - it required a 10 day process B) My bank mailing address is different than the bank mailing address for the auto loan C) the third party payment processing system gave no way for me to cancel the payment after it was sent. So, here's my prediction: I will acquire a late fee - some way-some how my payment will be late - either by return due to the address or the foreign dude who told me I had a 10 day grace period didn't know what the f*^% he was talking about - or just decided to make that s*&% up.

Origin of title

Story of my life - I have no real ambition, I have no real talents, I have no stick-to-it've-ness. I'm one big ball of ADD. That's me. So, when I started this back in 12/09 it was b/c I thought surely I can make a small goal a day and stick to it....it lasted the day it was conceived!!

Yesterday I had an epiphany. You see, I left the house in a big hurry. I grabbed the only dress in the closet that didn't need ironing, dressed and ran out the door - once I got to the office I realized I had a weekend's worth of stubble in eyesight since I'd spent most of the weekend at the hospital with my dad (who is doing fine as we speak). I let myself off the hook thinking, "c'mon who'll be looking at MY legs - do I even look at anyone's legs anymore?". So, the epiphany came after the incident at Target. I had to run in and just grab a couple of items, I'm at the register paying and behind me, unbeknownst to me, something had spilled on the floor right at my feet. Before I knew it I've got two really hunky twenty-somethings on their knees right at my feet with towels. They were right there, man. No escaping it - stubble in the face. As I'm leaving, shaking my head I thought about venting to someone but thought who'd believe it and really who would care? That's when it hit me - if all these incidents that happened to me on a daily basis were accumulated - they'd amount to a hilarious comic strip. I mean just a couple days earlier I had a male dressing room attendant open the door on me bare chested in front of the world just seconds after he'd let me in - that stuff doesn't happen to anyone but ME!!! And on top of that I'd get a chance to vent and get it off my chest - maybe it'll be therapeutic in a way. So, there's the first post of the new blog - hope it makes someone feel better about themselves or at the very least maybe doing this will make me feel better.

End of 2009

I've got a lot to look forward to in 2010. I'd like to focus on making some real substantial changes in 2010. Mainly, I'd like to do more with friends and family, be settled into a home, sell our other home quick and start an exercise routine.