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Jul. 3rd, 2014
My Kiwi friends wanted to order from Amazon and have it delivered here before they left. They can save a wad. I offered to do the deed so we could use my Prime account and ensure timely delivery. Amazon split the order into two. The first part arrived a day early. The second part was due by 8 pm last night. At 8 pm last night the order was not even showing 'in transit' yet. Sigh. It was showing a weird transporter I'd never heard of before.
So I wrote customer service and reordered. This morning, of course, they gave me a refund AND the package was transferred to USPS and is in Seattle and will arrive today. Too late to cancel the reorder. Sigh. Oh well, at least my friends will have their goods. The rest will be sorted sooner or later.
I have one chromebook that I no longer need and will soon have another I no longer need. I hate eBay. Someone on G+ suggested I use Amazon to resell. So I tried and kept getting blocked by 'not allowed' messages. Another note to Amazon. This morning I learned that, apparently, I cancelled an Amazon selling account in September of 2012. No clue why I did that. But, turns out, once you cancel there is NO recovery. None. But, opening an account with a different name and email address is easy. And, I kind of like having the selling business separate. If I sell, great. If not, no biggie. Does not cost me anything to list and there is no list maintenance. Good solution.
It's supposed to be way cooler today. It's still hot in here and the air conditioner is working hard but, hopefully, I'll be able to give it a rest later.
Swimming at 11. Tomorrow the pool will be closed :(
I do want to double check and make sure Papa Murphy's will be open tomorrow. I can't imagine that living in my fridge for 24 hours would degrade a pizza that much so I could actually buy it today but tomorrow would be better.
I exchanged texts with the guy who's car I'm renting via RelayRides. We're on for the swap tomorrow. I will sure miss my little green Smart Car. I'm a bit anxious about driving something bigger - especially something bigger that belongs to someone else. It's a BMW X3 - 2007 so at least it's not brand new.
No baseball today and really no chores. I love that I have gotten to a place in this house that keeping it tidy is very nearly easier than not. For most of my life, having company = days of picking up shit and finding a place to stash it combined with mad cleaning. Now, it's just a matter of opening the door and saying welcome! WAY much better.
So I wrote customer service and reordered. This morning, of course, they gave me a refund AND the package was transferred to USPS and is in Seattle and will arrive today. Too late to cancel the reorder. Sigh. Oh well, at least my friends will have their goods. The rest will be sorted sooner or later.
I have one chromebook that I no longer need and will soon have another I no longer need. I hate eBay. Someone on G+ suggested I use Amazon to resell. So I tried and kept getting blocked by 'not allowed' messages. Another note to Amazon. This morning I learned that, apparently, I cancelled an Amazon selling account in September of 2012. No clue why I did that. But, turns out, once you cancel there is NO recovery. None. But, opening an account with a different name and email address is easy. And, I kind of like having the selling business separate. If I sell, great. If not, no biggie. Does not cost me anything to list and there is no list maintenance. Good solution.
It's supposed to be way cooler today. It's still hot in here and the air conditioner is working hard but, hopefully, I'll be able to give it a rest later.
Swimming at 11. Tomorrow the pool will be closed :(
I do want to double check and make sure Papa Murphy's will be open tomorrow. I can't imagine that living in my fridge for 24 hours would degrade a pizza that much so I could actually buy it today but tomorrow would be better.
I exchanged texts with the guy who's car I'm renting via RelayRides. We're on for the swap tomorrow. I will sure miss my little green Smart Car. I'm a bit anxious about driving something bigger - especially something bigger that belongs to someone else. It's a BMW X3 - 2007 so at least it's not brand new.
No baseball today and really no chores. I love that I have gotten to a place in this house that keeping it tidy is very nearly easier than not. For most of my life, having company = days of picking up shit and finding a place to stash it combined with mad cleaning. Now, it's just a matter of opening the door and saying welcome! WAY much better.
Pretty much ready
Jul. 3rd, 2014 03:20 pmI have reservations made and lists made and plans made and I am ready. The reservations are in an app on my phone as are the lists and my calendar is sync'd up, too.
While they are the easiest of couple's to host, having two people talk at me asking questions constantly does not leave any room for my brain to think about what I'm going to do next. So this time I'm planning ahead. I love their chatter and their questions are always fascinating so I'd rather pay attention to that rather than where we are going to go for dinner.
Scott and Julie will be here until Tuesday. I made reservations for Saturday and Sunday nights at Red Cow (french) and Poppy's (?) respectively. I've wanted to go to both for a while so now I will! And I know that I haven't taken Scott to either (He's been coming here for visits about every 4 or 5 years since we met in the early 90's and I totally forget what he's seen and not seen. This is Julie's third visit and already I've lost track of where she's been!) I'll worry about Monday night later.
On Saturday, I'll swim and then pick them up at their hotel at 10 and off we go. I think we'll start with Factoria - Walmart (Julie's choice) and Target and, probably Ross) and then we'll drive up to the falls with maybe a stop in Issaquah - Costco? REI?
Sunday we'll probably head south to Fry's and Best Buy and Penney's and Odd Lots. And maybe IKEA. And probably, definitely, Five Guys for lunch. And drive back to Seattle via the lake.
And then, by Monday, they will have a list of stuff they have now thought of that they want to do. Last time it was mostly back tracking back to places we had been cause they decided they actually did want to get xxx or yyy which was fine.
Tuesday they are on the train - and I think it's an early one - to Portland. A good time shall be had by all.
While they are the easiest of couple's to host, having two people talk at me asking questions constantly does not leave any room for my brain to think about what I'm going to do next. So this time I'm planning ahead. I love their chatter and their questions are always fascinating so I'd rather pay attention to that rather than where we are going to go for dinner.
Scott and Julie will be here until Tuesday. I made reservations for Saturday and Sunday nights at Red Cow (french) and Poppy's (?) respectively. I've wanted to go to both for a while so now I will! And I know that I haven't taken Scott to either (He's been coming here for visits about every 4 or 5 years since we met in the early 90's and I totally forget what he's seen and not seen. This is Julie's third visit and already I've lost track of where she's been!) I'll worry about Monday night later.
On Saturday, I'll swim and then pick them up at their hotel at 10 and off we go. I think we'll start with Factoria - Walmart (Julie's choice) and Target and, probably Ross) and then we'll drive up to the falls with maybe a stop in Issaquah - Costco? REI?
Sunday we'll probably head south to Fry's and Best Buy and Penney's and Odd Lots. And maybe IKEA. And probably, definitely, Five Guys for lunch. And drive back to Seattle via the lake.
And then, by Monday, they will have a list of stuff they have now thought of that they want to do. Last time it was mostly back tracking back to places we had been cause they decided they actually did want to get xxx or yyy which was fine.
Tuesday they are on the train - and I think it's an early one - to Portland. A good time shall be had by all.