dixiblog

i’m still here. busy busy baby!

loving this great weather!

yesterday, i found out that my missing debit card (which i assumed was somewhere in between some furniture or something) had been procured and used. somebody was buying internet phone call time at yahoo on it. a trip to the bank and 2 calls to yahoo (including talking to 4 different people-ugh!) meant that the whole deal took about an hour to hour and a half of my time but won’t cost me money.  so whatever local fucker snagged my card and tried to make phone calls on it, i hope they’ll be busted!

did you know if you call yahoo they will ask you your site security questions? i don’t remember answering a favorite sports team one, though. i was like, “whaa? i don’t like sports. that’s not a good question for me.” the people were also difficult to understand. very annoying experience. 

we have a zero liablity on our cards and 99% of the time when i don’t know where it is, it’s in a coat pocket or something so i didn’t freak. and while i didn’t need the time away from work, i also kinda did, you know? i went on errands and shopping with the kidlet yesterday to deal with it, so it wasn’t so bad. it was gorgeous yesterday!

i have had several clients leaning on me to get stuff done, and that’s been pretty high fuckin’ stress. that has been tough…i have trouble sleeping when the client issues kick up. i’ve been using a little kava kava and some bath and bodyworks “sleep” aromotherapy lotion that helps a lot, though. some are the regular high mainentence folks, and some are new.

but i’m in a postiion where i need to take on new work again because since the site switchover, LCE hasn’t been making squat. eek! need to work on optimizing the ads for better clickthroughs and finding alternaitve sources of revenue. diversification is a good idea, especially since that’s almost the only source of income for the site. have been working on the traffic and am building it back up, so that will help some too. i actually like working on the site because it’s mine….but i have to portion my time between LCE and my client stuff since clients are still paying the bills.

my computer is still a little odd after the hardware failure a while back, which means i have trouble installing things, but chip got it back to well enough that it’s very usable. long term, i’ll probably have to reinstall windows and all my programs. so a pain, but not an emergency. my keyboard was acting up, though, and didn’t consistently work when i pressed spacebar, for example. that WAY sucks when you type for a fucking living. chip again came to the rescue with one that works since i didn’t see any i liked when i was shopping.

 i was a sucker about a week or two ago and agreed to do a “water test” for a neighbor. i see this guy all the time and kinda feel sorry for him, as i see his adult kids moving in and out of his place. none of them seem to be especially bright bulbs, if you know what i mean. i heard him talking to his daughter one day, “what do you mean you lost the housekey? i just gave it to you yesterday. have you checked the car?” like that.

anywho, he comes to my place-he’s starting a new job doing water testing (read-sales) for a water softening thing and needs to practice his presentation on friends and family. and i’m thinking, another reason to feel sorry for him. he has to go door to door to find friends and family? i asked him what was required-an HOUR! eek-and agreed, once he was clear i wouldn’t buy shit. so he came over to test my awful water.

on the plus side, i found out some stuff about water. our water is EXTREMELY hard here, which i knew, but the test tube thing had about 3/4 inch of crap in there when he put the chemical in to seperate it. also soft water makes it easier to wash clothes, suds better, and makes your skin really soft, all of which i found out from the tests he did.  i also found out the water thing they sell is wicked expensive, requiring 11 years of monthly payments to fully own. ouch. but it did seem cool. if i’m ever in the positon to buy one, i’ll call him. he seemed a little disappointed i didn’t buy one, although i’d been clear from the outset and i also gathered he doesn’t have one, either. but you know. i gave him good reviews on his paper and was nice. so you know. did my good deed and all.

i am TOTALLY digging the magic bullet and have become a new smoothie addict. i use calorie countdown milk, unsweetened yougurt, some low carb sweetners, frozen fruit and a scoop of protien power, along with some ice. they are freakin’ awesome! i could damn near live off the stuff, but at some point will need to start counting my carbs from it lest i get carried away. but they are a very tasty treat for sure!

oh well, that’s it for now. just thought i’d give my pals the update. work work work goof work work is mostly the pattern. hope all i well for everybody else.