Archive for July, 2007

Banks and Their Charges

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

I can’t wait to find a bank that is not going to charge me every time I sneeze. I never go over the limit on my account yet for some reason I always have some off the wall charge on my account for something that defiantly was not in the fine print when I signed up for the account.

Today I got a charge for a returned mail. That sucker cost me $33. I have not moved and I have not changed my address in over two years. I have been getting my mail up until a couple months ago when there was a miss hap at the post office and they moved us with out telling us. Really!

The local post office took it upon themselves to change our address. When we contacted them to find out why we were not getting mail they said that they changed our address because they thought we had moved by now. I guess people only stay in a house that they are renting for one year then they move automatically. Retards. And we are still not getting our mail.

So I am on my way to the bank to put my foot in someones ass as soon as I get a free minute. One of these days some bank will come up with an account that doesn’t have ten thousand fees (hidden fees) attached to it.

Got Soap?

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Anyone who wants to wash their clothes and have them smell great should check out the local dry cleaner. We took our clothes to a local dry cleaner and when we got them back they smelled so good.

I have always been one for great smelling laundry. I asked the clerk what they used to get the clothes smelling so good and she couldn’t speak very good English so I am trying to get someone who can translate for me next time I go down there.

I can’t wait to get more of the clothes cleaned there so the whole house can smell like that soap or whatever they are using.

Going Organic

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Becoming Green takes a lot of work. There are so many things that we can do to be more green in our lives that becoming green may seem a little overwhelming. You can start by purchasing organic foods or you can start by growing your own organic foods if you have a green thumb. Being Green usually means that you are growing your own foods though.

If you really want to make a go of it you can move to an area where there is the possibility of growing fruits and vegetables all year round. You can even make enough food to support yourself as well as have enough to be able to sell off the extra and make a little money. Some have made it their lives to grow and sell their foods as well as use what they grow to maintain their households.

One of the better websites we found that offers pretty good prices on the seeds and seedlings for growing your own food is also located very near where we grew up. As kids we did a lot of growing our own food. What a great experience that was. I once grew a pretty hefty pumpkin for Halloween that was used mainly to scare other kids but for pumpkin pie later on that time of year.

I’m getting pretty excited about the possibilities of being Green. Sometimes it takes some courage to become more one with the earth. Like Julia Hill, but I don’t think we will be sitting in any trees for over two years. We certainly will be checking out our options for a more self sustained lifestyle.