Very frustrating I tell you!
It's tax time!! We filed and got our money already!! Yay!!! We've paid a ton of bills already and our one big splurge this year, is going to be a pair of iPhones!! YAY!! We've both wanted one for,... well,... since they came out??? But of course we'd already bought our phones, and couldn't do it for the upgrade price until recently.
Well, I am eligible for upgrade, which we can't figure out since when we paid for our new phones last time, we got them together, so technically if I'm eligible, so should hubby. But no, he's not eligible until March 3rd.
Surely we can get this taken care of right?? I can plead with the reps that I really want to get my husband this phone for Valentine's Day. So, I call AT&T directly.
I get this woman,.... I can only assume that it was a woman,.... she had a bit of an accent,.... as soon as she spoke, my eyes rolled to the back of my head. OHHHH NOOoooooo. *SIGH* Grin and bear it and put on my best polite voice and hope to God that she's with the program to do what I'm asking.
"Hello, I'm wanting to get an iPhone for my husband for Valentine's Day, only he isn't eligible for an upgrade until March 3rd, less than a month away,... I was hoping that you could help me out, by doing an early upgrade for us?"
She said a LOT of stuff that I couldn't understand. But the jist was that no, she couldn't do this,... that sure she could put him in for an early upgrade, but he's still going to have to pay full price.
Umm.... then what's the point??? To her the point is, that do early upgrade, you can then buy a new phone. Well, if you're paying full price in the first place, what's the point of doing early upgrade at all?? Any Joe Blow can walk in off the street w/ the money and buy any phone he wants right?? This was just not making sense and as much as I tried to explain it to her,... the less I was able to even understand her. I decided she was talking with a mouth full of bricks,.... but now I'm thinking it might have been more like rocks. Defiantly rocks. I gave up and hung up,... I didn't say thank you, I didn't say good bye, I just hung up. Rude I know, but I had had enough,... and I sure wasn't going to say thank you for her help,... because she didn't help!!! ARGH!!!!
All the while, I'm trying to call the local AT&T store,... nice new fancy store that opened up right near our new fancy mall. But I kept getting the message that all the reps were busy at the moment. I just kept redialing,....
During this time, I'm popping into the "Online Chat" that the AT&T website provides,.... surely this person can understand what I want and I won't have to hear some horrid accent that I can't understand right????
It really went along quite well. I could understand her, she could understand me. Good deal!!! However,.... she too said that we'd have to pay full price for a phone, even though we're like 26 days from his actual upgrade date!! This makes NO sense at all. We've been with them for umm.... gosh,.... too many years now!!! This is just ridiculous!!! I did thank her for her time, considering she gave a lot of detail and explanation.
I still wasn't happy. See, once upon a time, I dropped my poor old clam shell type cell phone into a toilet. Yeah, was great fun. Short story is that the phone was pretty well dead,... wouldn't hold calls etc,... I called AT&T and got an early upgrade, I could go into any store and purchase any phone for the upgrade price. Piece of cake. So, they're telling me that in order for him to get early upgrade, he'll have to flush his phone???? *sigh*
I finally got through to the local store,.... I explained and the gal put me on hold to verify if they could help or not.
She returned,... promptly I might add, and said "So long as you're within 30 days of upgrade, we can assist you"
To be clear, I asked her "and we can purchase him an iPhone 3Gs for the upgrade price of $199.00 correct???"
"For the 16gb yes, that's the price"
TA DA!!! I knew I could make this happen, I just sure didn't expect the long major ordeal. Such a pain in the rear.
Friday, February 05, 2010
Wednesday, February 03, 2010
Welcome February!
We have kissed another month goodbye! Hard to believe. Time flies when we're having fun????
Speaking OF fun,... the 29th was my 41st Birthday. Wow huh?? Yeah, I know. Who would ever guess that? LOL I dunno, most days I don't think I'm THAT old. Other days, my body says I'm older ROFL!!!
So, the plans for my Birthday?? Enjoy a nice quiet day by myself as the kids would be in school, hubby at work. He was going to take off, and we would go for lunch or dinner, but you know,.... bills and all that??? So, we planned for dinner on Saturday night :o) Olive Garden!!! We just got one here in our area!! Mmmm Mmmm!!!
Well,.... OF COURSE it's my Birthday and all, so we had a nice threat of some lovely weather. I do say lovely sarcastically of course. The 28th I went and got groceries, and prepared for the worst. I bought batteries and flashlights, I bought cans of soup we could easily heat up with the propane deep fryer, I got lots of milk, bread and sandwich meats. Yes, we would NOT have a repeat like last year!!!! I would NOT allow it!!!
Hubby went to work Thursday night, made sure he took my truck as it has traction control, he and his buddy prepared Thursday morning and bought some de-icer stuff for the windows etc,.... so yes, we were prepared for the worst right???
I stayed up until about midnight, watching and waiting to see what was going to happen. I was hearing sleet coming down starting around 8pm and it didn't quit!! But still nothing was posted online about whether or not school would be open or not????? I gave up and went to bed.
I woke at 5:30am, pulled up the site, and TA DA! NO SCHOOL!!! Cool :o) I peeked outside and it was pretty white looking, and if I remember right, snowing??? (hey, I've slept since then, give me a break!) I went back to bed and got up with the alarm at 6:30, shoo'd Sydney back to bed who then told Jess that there wasn't any school. I patiently waited for Chris to get home, I knew with all the sleet the roads would be terrible.
I wasn't wrong. When he finally got home, it was about 7:45. A good 45 mins + more than usual. He pulled into the garage and good grief!! The ice on the truck was a good 1/2" thick!!!! Dang. It was solid. I wish now I'd taken a picture LOL
He came in and vegged for a bit before going to shower. He was wore out from the drive home. I don't blame him!!! He popped out to have a cigarette in the garage and found that the ice was melting off the truck, and puddling up really good. We have the girls twin beds out there from when Jess left and we put the full sized bed in for Sydney. One of the beds was getting wet!!! GAH!!!! Quick thinking, was grab towels and plenty of them.
HA! There was probably about 10 gallons of water stuck to the truck,.... a few towels no matter how big, were NOT going to save us. Sooo.... Chris backed the truck out, and Brian and I beat on the thing w/ brooms to knock as much ice off as we could. It was snowing at this point REALLY good!!! We were freezing, but we got it done :o) Then they moved the mattress to a dry part of the garage and we were done!!!
Plans were, he would shower, sleep till about 3 and was going to stay home :o) Sounded like a GREAT idea to me :o) Sure didn't want him driving in that mess!!
Well, he woke up about 2:45pm, and called the guy he was to work with, and found that HE was going to work,.... so Chris couldn't hardly stay home :o( Bleh. Friend also said he'd pick him up, he had 4wheel drive :o) So that did make me feel better. Just BLEH. I couldn't wrap my head around him going in LOL I jumped up like OHHH I need to feed you!!! (duh Shannah) Got him some food going, got a few things ready before hand so he would be ready to go.
Chat for a few,.... and towards the last, he asked if I thought he should get the fireplace ready??? Hmmmm nahhh.... I'm sure we'll be okay..... well, maybe we should JUST incase,... we already had the power flickering earlier,... so he ran out and turned the propane on and went to light the pilot, and dang if we couldn't get it lit!!! His ride came, told him no worries,.... that we could live through the night :o) LOL Off he went.
The day had gone pretty good. I had a nice pkg from my Aunt and my Mom :o) My inlaws had given me a few goodies the day before,.... plus a yummy chocolate cake :o) I had Brian fix dinner for us LOL Frozen pizza's. He also served me :o) Yup yup,.... I did as little as possible Friday.
I watched my soaps,... I think I had 3 episodes,... then I watched Desperate Housewives, been Netflixing that :o) LOVE it!!! Once I finished watching those, I was going to watch Mercy,.... by then it was around 9:30.
The power flickered.
The power went out.
The power came back on.
The power went out.
.
.
.
.
The power did NOT come back on. Yes ladies and gents,.... THREE years in a row, I have no power on my Birthday ROFL I'm picking a new Birthday.
I got the kids their flashlights ready, called my MIL to make sure it wasn't just our general area,.... which it wasn't. I then called the electric company, the recorded message guesstimated around midnight for the power to be back on. Well, not terrible I suppose.
The kids were all wound up,.... once they calmed down, the girls were huddled in their room doing whatever, Geoffery fell asleep in the recliner while I read (thank God for booklights!) and who knows what Brian was doing.
At about 11:30, the power came back on :o) YAY!!!!! I led Geoff to bed, did a few things and headed to bed myself.
It snowed all day and night,.... when Saturday rolled around, Chris got home and was walking through our driveway in snow that was knee deep!!! We had some wind as well, so it was drifting high around the house. It was pretty darned cold too!!!
It was enough snow/ice that the kids didn't go back to school Monday or Tuesday!! Nice long 5 day break LOL We're wondering now if they'll have Spring Break?? Or will the time off cut into their Summer break??? Hmm... guess we'll see!!!
Since everyone was either at work/school, I got off my lazy rear and got some major cleaning done!!! I still have a few more things left to do, but wow the house sure needed it :o)
Well,... I guess that's it. I've got some pics and a video to put up soon,... will have to get to work on that :o)
Have a good one!
**HUGS**
Speaking OF fun,... the 29th was my 41st Birthday. Wow huh?? Yeah, I know. Who would ever guess that? LOL I dunno, most days I don't think I'm THAT old. Other days, my body says I'm older ROFL!!!
So, the plans for my Birthday?? Enjoy a nice quiet day by myself as the kids would be in school, hubby at work. He was going to take off, and we would go for lunch or dinner, but you know,.... bills and all that??? So, we planned for dinner on Saturday night :o) Olive Garden!!! We just got one here in our area!! Mmmm Mmmm!!!
Well,.... OF COURSE it's my Birthday and all, so we had a nice threat of some lovely weather. I do say lovely sarcastically of course. The 28th I went and got groceries, and prepared for the worst. I bought batteries and flashlights, I bought cans of soup we could easily heat up with the propane deep fryer, I got lots of milk, bread and sandwich meats. Yes, we would NOT have a repeat like last year!!!! I would NOT allow it!!!
Hubby went to work Thursday night, made sure he took my truck as it has traction control, he and his buddy prepared Thursday morning and bought some de-icer stuff for the windows etc,.... so yes, we were prepared for the worst right???
I stayed up until about midnight, watching and waiting to see what was going to happen. I was hearing sleet coming down starting around 8pm and it didn't quit!! But still nothing was posted online about whether or not school would be open or not????? I gave up and went to bed.
I woke at 5:30am, pulled up the site, and TA DA! NO SCHOOL!!! Cool :o) I peeked outside and it was pretty white looking, and if I remember right, snowing??? (hey, I've slept since then, give me a break!) I went back to bed and got up with the alarm at 6:30, shoo'd Sydney back to bed who then told Jess that there wasn't any school. I patiently waited for Chris to get home, I knew with all the sleet the roads would be terrible.
I wasn't wrong. When he finally got home, it was about 7:45. A good 45 mins + more than usual. He pulled into the garage and good grief!! The ice on the truck was a good 1/2" thick!!!! Dang. It was solid. I wish now I'd taken a picture LOL
He came in and vegged for a bit before going to shower. He was wore out from the drive home. I don't blame him!!! He popped out to have a cigarette in the garage and found that the ice was melting off the truck, and puddling up really good. We have the girls twin beds out there from when Jess left and we put the full sized bed in for Sydney. One of the beds was getting wet!!! GAH!!!! Quick thinking, was grab towels and plenty of them.
HA! There was probably about 10 gallons of water stuck to the truck,.... a few towels no matter how big, were NOT going to save us. Sooo.... Chris backed the truck out, and Brian and I beat on the thing w/ brooms to knock as much ice off as we could. It was snowing at this point REALLY good!!! We were freezing, but we got it done :o) Then they moved the mattress to a dry part of the garage and we were done!!!
Plans were, he would shower, sleep till about 3 and was going to stay home :o) Sounded like a GREAT idea to me :o) Sure didn't want him driving in that mess!!
Well, he woke up about 2:45pm, and called the guy he was to work with, and found that HE was going to work,.... so Chris couldn't hardly stay home :o( Bleh. Friend also said he'd pick him up, he had 4wheel drive :o) So that did make me feel better. Just BLEH. I couldn't wrap my head around him going in LOL I jumped up like OHHH I need to feed you!!! (duh Shannah) Got him some food going, got a few things ready before hand so he would be ready to go.
Chat for a few,.... and towards the last, he asked if I thought he should get the fireplace ready??? Hmmmm nahhh.... I'm sure we'll be okay..... well, maybe we should JUST incase,... we already had the power flickering earlier,... so he ran out and turned the propane on and went to light the pilot, and dang if we couldn't get it lit!!! His ride came, told him no worries,.... that we could live through the night :o) LOL Off he went.
The day had gone pretty good. I had a nice pkg from my Aunt and my Mom :o) My inlaws had given me a few goodies the day before,.... plus a yummy chocolate cake :o) I had Brian fix dinner for us LOL Frozen pizza's. He also served me :o) Yup yup,.... I did as little as possible Friday.
I watched my soaps,... I think I had 3 episodes,... then I watched Desperate Housewives, been Netflixing that :o) LOVE it!!! Once I finished watching those, I was going to watch Mercy,.... by then it was around 9:30.
The power flickered.
The power went out.
The power came back on.
The power went out.
.
.
.
.
The power did NOT come back on. Yes ladies and gents,.... THREE years in a row, I have no power on my Birthday ROFL I'm picking a new Birthday.
I got the kids their flashlights ready, called my MIL to make sure it wasn't just our general area,.... which it wasn't. I then called the electric company, the recorded message guesstimated around midnight for the power to be back on. Well, not terrible I suppose.
The kids were all wound up,.... once they calmed down, the girls were huddled in their room doing whatever, Geoffery fell asleep in the recliner while I read (thank God for booklights!) and who knows what Brian was doing.
At about 11:30, the power came back on :o) YAY!!!!! I led Geoff to bed, did a few things and headed to bed myself.
It snowed all day and night,.... when Saturday rolled around, Chris got home and was walking through our driveway in snow that was knee deep!!! We had some wind as well, so it was drifting high around the house. It was pretty darned cold too!!!
It was enough snow/ice that the kids didn't go back to school Monday or Tuesday!! Nice long 5 day break LOL We're wondering now if they'll have Spring Break?? Or will the time off cut into their Summer break??? Hmm... guess we'll see!!!
Since everyone was either at work/school, I got off my lazy rear and got some major cleaning done!!! I still have a few more things left to do, but wow the house sure needed it :o)
Well,... I guess that's it. I've got some pics and a video to put up soon,... will have to get to work on that :o)
Have a good one!
**HUGS**
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