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Got in at 2:30 AM.
Got up at 8:06 AM to go to the Dr.
Now sitting at work drinking Sobe Adrenaline to keep me perky and less likely to verbally tear someone to shreds.
Thanksgiving was SO MUCH FUN. I think it was the most comfortable I've ever felt around my in-laws, and it was so nice to see so many people!! Diana and Arthur (old friends from school) were down, we got to see Jared and Meredith's old friends, the Mullers, I got to see my grandparents and aunt and uncle and their kids, all of Judy's family, and my childhood friend Ashley and her husband James. SO MUCH FUN! I even enjoyed going to "Twilight," despite all my criticism. :-)
NOW LET THE CHRISTMAS PARTYING COMMENCE!
Party on Friday night.
Party on Saturday morning.
Party on Saturday night.
Anniversary next week.
Cookie party the week after that.
Chanukah party.
And another Christmas party, the timing of which I know not.
BUSY BUSY BUSY!! But a FUN busy! |
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I hate packing. To move, to go on a trip, or just to spend the night somewhere.
I hate packing.
I hate headaches.
I hate driving late into the night after working all day.
But at least I really, really, really like turkey. :-9 |
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Everyone give Jared a hug. His truck is sick and I think the bills are depressing him.
In other news, I am eating a chocolate-iced doughnut. I had a maple one earlier...Situps are now needed...
I can't decide between EPCOT and Magic Kingdom...but I am REALLY excited about anniversary plans with my favorite person.
Yomika and I have been talking about different family holiday traditions in between closing out diaries -- they do a LOT for New Year's! New Year's is taken as a literal new beginning at her house. The whole house has to be completely clean, ALL laundry has to be completely clean, meaning you wash all dirty clothes on 12/30 and 12/31 is reserved for washing what you wore the previous day. And you get a pair of new pajamas to wear to bed that night, to start off your New Year. They have a reserve gift for the first person to knock on their door after the New Year, and they eat "Good Luck" food for dinner on New Year's Day. It's making me excited about the holidays. :-) |
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Everyone runs on computers nowadays, right? At our office, we are on a "paperless" system, and I've become very accustomed to having my information digitized.
Housewives should run by computer too! I need a data system for housework and cooking.
Right now, I've only imagined up my program for the cooking. There should be a way to upload your favorite recipes where the program will recognize each ingredient listed, prep time, category (bread, main dish, seafood, dessert, etc.), cooking time, and whatever else I might think of.
This way, you can search your database on any of the above criteria. Say you are planning meals for the week and you need a meal that will have 15-minute prep-time, 20-minute cooking time -- you input that information into your program and -- voila! It shows you every recipe you have with that criteria! Have some extra sour cream that you need to get rid of? You can input it into your search criteria and it will pull up every recipe with sour cream.
Now, the additional benefit of having the program recognize each individual ingredient in each recipe is that you can have an ingredients database as well. Once you've programmed your meals for that week (because the program will allow you to create this schedule), it will automatically output a list of all ingredients needed to all your scheduled meals. Say you have two recipes that each call for two cans of tomato sauce -- your output will read that you need to purchase four cans of tomato sauce.
Depending on how much work you wanted to put into creating the program, you could even tell the program how much leftovers you generally have, which leftovers can be used to supplement other recipes, etc., to where the program can actually assist you by making suggestions for future meals.
Now I just need to find somebody to write this program for me...
And need to start working on one that helps with housework! |
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One Reason: Because people place stupid claims!
Your property insurance company hires independent adjusters to manage claims that are filed with their company. These adjusters are paid on a case-by-case basis. When someone places a claim, it incurs costs on the insurance company just to file and process the claim, not to mention what losses may be paid out.
While the purpose of having insurance on your home, condo, rental property, etc. is to cover those losses that you personally cannot cover (e.i., your detached garage being blown away by a hurricane), one purpose should NOT be to make yourself feel better about stolen property that is not going to be covered by your policy in the first place.
For example: should you go on a cruise and find that your $550 pair of prescription sunglasses has been stolen, and you have a $500 deductible, what should you do?
(A) Remain calm, reminding yourself that if you had the money to go on a cruise, you probably can find the funds to replace your oh-so-necessary sunglasses. Besides, it’s very likely you accidentally dumped then into the Great Blue yourself, anyway.
(B) File a police report
(C) Call your insurance company, place a claim, and remain mysteriously aloof upon your return to land so that your adjuster cannot contact you except by driving by your condo to catch you walking out on errands. Be sure not to answer your phone or return your calls, as it may be that pesky adjuster trying to contact you again, and you would rather she call your insurance agent to try and get additional phone numbers for you. It will also give the adjuster a chance to vent to your agent, rather than to you, for your wild claims-placing. Warning: your insurance agent may find this very amusing, negating the purpose of having your adjuster pester them instead.
*DING DING DING* Choice C!
And people ask why insurance goes up….
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