I have had Vonage phone service since January 2006. I believe at that time, Vonage had been around for a year or so. I remember at the time, I was completely fed up with Comcast (and prior to that AT&T) and their billing. Very overpriced. So I took the plunge and switched. I have never looked back. On Friday, I had to call Vonage and cancel my business line and fax line. I figured they’d some how screw it up and cancel my main line. I also wasn’t looking forward to speaking to someone who had difficulty speaking and understanding English. I had been dreading this call for a few weeks now. They bill all customers on the 4th of the month, so I knew Sunday was my billing day. So I called. My plan was to make two phone calls. One to cancel the business phone line and one to cancel my fax line which was attached to my home plan. I wasn’t trusting that the person would not get “confused” during the call and screw it up. I’m so trusting of customer service people. NOT.
[ Continue ]I think I’ve been found out… by myself?…hmmm Today’s Horoscope You’ve decided to blow the whistle on yourself, Jen! All of a sudden, it’s obvious that you’re not performing as well as you should be. It is time to put the legendary Capricorn self-discipline to work. You may change your work methods, budget your money more carefully, or diversify your activities. Perhaps you’ll reorganize your team at work. All sorts of solutions are available to you. Yes. It’s called procrastination and laziness… two of my most favorite words in the world. lol! I think I like this one better. Honor your contract with yourself. Respect your own desires. Yes. I need to respect my own desires more. I know I do. It seems like the universe is trying to tell me it is time for a change.
[ Continue ]I was playing with my husband’s iphone last night to see what apps he had installed. I noticed he had the Sci-Fi Wire app installed that displays the latest in SciFi news. So I of course clicked it. 🙂 The very first post I saw was 17 amazing sci-fi themed cakes… WOW! Some of these are really cool… well all of them are really cool.. but some are REALLY intricate… wow… My three favorites are The Death Star The Borg And Minias Tirith Check them all out at 17 amazing sci-fi themed cakes.
[ Continue ]Well the time has finally come… the time to say goodbye to the dedicated server. I can’t believe I’m blogging about this – admitting it to myself was hard enough. Maybe putting it out there for everyone to see will help me move past it. After some soul searching and serious thinking for the past few weeks, I have decided that I need to get rid of my dedicated server. In the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be moving my personal websites to a shared environment and getting rid of my hosting clients. I still have a few from the RTech days – like 5. But I simply can’t afford the server anymore – for the first time in almost 10 years. My online “business” isn’t really a business anymore… economy or poor choices or laziness or whatever… the fact is I am not making enough money to cover the server anymore. And that has been incredibly hard for me to admit to myself let alone blog about it… So I’m going back to basics for awhile which means getting rid of most of my business expenses including the server. The few hosting clients I have just don’t … Read more
[ Continue ]Back at the beginning of July, Rick and I started the P90X workout from Beachbody. I had seen infomericals for this program a few times over the past 6 months and wanted to try it. I knew it would be tough and I wouldn’t be in the best starting shape. However, the idea that the workout was all about weights and muscle confusion – and had a workout style more like what I was looking for – really peeked my interest. After the first week of the program, I showed Rick and told him I thought we should do it together. We both need to lose weight and are quickly approaching the BIG 4-0 number (which as Rick kindly reminds me often, I’ll hit it first). Our bodies have slowed considerably during the past 10 years and I felt (and still do) that if we don’t try to get our weight and eating habits under control now, it’ll just get that much harder as we get older. Rick agreed and so we started working out daily – together. Every night when he comes home from work, we put in the next CD and workout. At first, I thought this would … Read more
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