December 16, 2008
Little problems
I’ve had a heck of a week. My losses from our winter storms were minimal - a couple of small items I’d left in the work area on the carport and a couple of work days - until yesterday. That was when I discovered that I had two roof leaks in my screened room. That wouldn’t be a big deal if I didn’t plan on selling the house, but you can’t market a house with a leaking roof without taking a loss, so it’s got to be fixed. I also knocked my office phone off of the desk while stumbling around in the dark during a power outage and it didn’t survive. I’m using my standby corded phone, but it’s a real pain in the butt. I usually multi-task when I’m on the phone, but this one ties me to my desk, so I can’t fold laundry or sweep floors while I’m talking. It also doesn’t have caller ID or any other digital display - it’s strictly Dark Ages. I was going to keep using it until after I move, but it’s making me crazy, so now I’m shopping for a good phone on sale for a price that won’t make me sweat. Buy.com has one I really like. It’s a Uniden Dual-Handset Cordless Phone With Digital Answering System. I’ve had Uniden phones before and really like them. The answering system might come in handy after I move. I use voice mail through my current phone service, but I don’t know what kind of service package I’ll have with my new provider, so having a built-in answering system could come in very handy. The Uniden’s I’ve had in the past were reliable workhorses with sharp, clear sound delivery. Buy.com’s price is only $34.99 after rebates, a significant savings on the list price of $99.99. Their everyday prices are always good, of course, but the weekly specials (like this phone) are the reason I keep coming back to them. My local electronics outlets can’t beat their prices and the shipping is free, so the price quoted is the price I’ll pay. It’s a great place to shop for almost everything, but I’ve been especially impressed with their discount prices on electronics. If you’ve still got some Christmas shopping to do you should check them out. Whatever you’re wanting to buy, they probably have it and it’s a good bet they’ll save you money.
I’d tell you about the rest of my week and why my fridge is sitting in the middle of the kitchen blocking me from using the stove, but it’s two in the morning and I’m burning out, so I think I’ll save that for another day. Hope your week is going well, though!
[tags]Buy.com, electronics, phones, shopping, Uniden phones[/tags]
Posted by skeet @ 2:04 am • Shopping, Electronics
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December 16th, 2008 at 11:00 am, JC Says:
Hi:
I was hoping you might be able to offer some publicity on your blog for a fund-raiser I’m conducting for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. I’m running a half marathon in January with the Team Challenge program with a final goal of raising $3600 for the CCFA.
My husband, as well as my stepmother and other members of both my and my husband’s family have Crohn’s. So, this is a very personal cause for me. Otherwise, there is no way I’d be running 13.1 miles. I had never run more than a half-hour straight in my entire life before beginning this.
If you’d be willing to make a quick blog post to share my fundraising page with your readers, I’d be truly grateful.
This is my fundraising page:
http://www.active.com/donate/MI09dcvirginia/JNemecek33
And this is one of my blogs, in case you’re wondering if there is a real person behind this request:
http://jcnemecek.com/grosvenor
Thank you so much.