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I just finished setting up my new phone.  My old phone's screen decided to stop responding.  Sometimes it was just the top inch or two, sometimes the whole screen, I couldn't turn it off or read messages or occasionally turn it on.  It was very frustrating. 

So I bought a new phone which came in the mail today.   I did all the proper steps to set it up but it didn't work.  So I went online and it wasn't even showing on my account.  So I tried chat which was just generic responses and didn't work so I called.   The person had me read the number on the back of the phone in probably a 6 font size to her about 10 times.  She kept asking me to repeat it, said it was the wrong number of numbers (it wasn't), then read it back to me and it was wrong so I had to read it again.   Then I hear her in the background going "oh no, oh no" which is never a good thing.   But then she said it might take a couple hours and to turn it off and back on again every so often before checking.  

It works now but I missed a bunch of texts so I'm sending messages to people asking them to resend them.  

Very frustrating.  

Oh and I never got my Samsung account set up on the new phone because it wanted to send a verification number.  To my old phone.  That doesn't work.   At least Google was willing to send the code to my tablet.  

Edited:  a PITA phone booya.

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And dh is saying "I told you so" because he told me to go into a store to buy a phone instead of getting it online.  Except last time he went into a store, he didn't have much luck either.

Unfortunately the case for my new phone won't be in until tomorrow so I'll have to be really careful in the meantime.  

And I had just bought a new case for my old phone that fits the new phone but the buttons are in the wrong places. 

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11 hours ago, Susan in TN said:

I am definitely a fan of the "Brownie Headache Cure".  😁

Nobody gotz any cavities. Our dentist is sadly retiring at the end of the year - he's been a good dentist.  We were going to have to find a new dentist anyway because of insurance changes.  
   
Dd16 loved loved loved the online physics class, and ds17 thought it was "pretty good", which is high praise from him, lol.

Chester got some medicine stuck in his ear that should last a couple weeks and his leg wound looks just fine and they gave him his yearly shots since he was there already and now we don't have to go back next week.

Hey, my cure worked! It was gone by 2 hrs. 

Had to find a new dentist when ours retired 2 yrs ago. I like the new one but he's kind of old so concerned about having the same process in a few more years.

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Morning, Happy Thursday.    Just two more days of camp.   Then rest.  Then back to working out with dd in the mornings.  Then back to planning classes and 4H.  Then back to cleaning and organizing my upstairs storage (it's a wreck, too much just shoving stuff from camp up there until I have time to put it away).  

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Good morning!

I am thinking we have transportation all worked out for today.  I am going to borrow ds27's car to go to morning Bible study.  I just got an email saying I need to submit more documentation for health insurance so I need to figure out what all that is about.

Coffee!

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Dropped my car off with the specialist. They might be able to look at it tomorrow (but they're first-come-first-served, not by appointment). I had had a beach day on the calendar for Monday (first day of traditional calendar PS), but I think I'm going to have to delay until Sept. 9 or 16 (weather permitting--that's getting into the most likely time for tropical storms here).

Construction next door managed to slice through internet cable, but my very dear DH needs internet for work so vitally that he pays for two providers so we have duplicate service for just such an occasion. It's happened at least twice before. So I can still ITT while DS does math. 🙂

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The one "issue" I have with Lightning Strike is that Moose Lake is nowhere near Iron Lake, and is definitely not an entryway to the Boundary Waters.  I'm thinking maybe the author just made up a name for a fictional lake not realizing that it was the name of a real lake in MN.

I called the healthcare.gov marketplace helpline and while the person was trying to be helpful, they basically just read the information that I got from them in the email and couldn't tell me what additional documents they need or why they need them.  So he made a note in my file that I'd called and said have a good day.

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44 minutes ago, Susan in TN said:

Important Poll:

  • I should start a ukulele club
  • I should NOT start a ukulele club
  • Are you nuts?  What is WRONG with your brain?!?
  • Cupcakes Forever

Step 1, Eat cupcakes (optionally, with the club you've formed).

Step 2, Wash your hands (one person at a time).

Step 3, Play ukulele (with as many uketeers[?] as you have at the moment).

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I absolutely love my chiropractor.  I absolutely detest every single person he's had to do his bookkeeping.  So 99% of the time I insist on paying right on the spot with proof that I did so, so that there is nothing for them to colossally mess up.  But a couple of weeks ago I realized that in the madness of checking out on a particularly busy day at the desk, I didn't pay.  So I called them as soon as I got home.  But they wouldn't take my card information on the phone.  They said that they had my card on file and would take care of the bill that way.  But at the next appointment I go in and they say that I hadn't paid (they hadn't followed through?) and that I owed for last time and this time.  So I said, "Fine.  Here's my credit card.  Take out the money for both."  But apparently they have the attention span of a squirrel because they didn't take out the money for both.  They only took out the money for one visit.  So I go back and say that I want to pay for the second visit but they look at the computer and INSIST that I was paid up.  I should have insisted then, but what do you do when they refuse to take your money?  I shrugged and gave up. 

(Note:  I have now tried to pay this #*&% bill three times.)  Two days later I get a very snarky letter in the mail from them shaming me for not paying for what I owe.  I sent a very snarky letter back outlining exactly what I just typed here outlining all that I did to try to pay the bill.  I told them that I wanted a receipt showing a zero balance and enclosed a check.  And I told them that they owed me an apology.  I got a receipt that showed that I paid the bill (but which didn't note my zero balance) and no apology.  Today I had another appointment.  I went to pay after the appointment and they had the nerve to tell me that I had an outstanding balance for that *#)& appointment weeks ago!  I showed them the receipt for the check I sent them and they told me that it didn't prove anything!  I want a trophy for not strangling anyone at this point. 

I paid for today's appointment.  (They tried to bill it to another card but I insisted that they take the card that I had held out right in front of their noses.)  I made them print out a receipt showing my payment.  No emailed receipt.  No showing me the screen.  Just print the *^&# thing!  Low and behold, the printed receipt shows my former payment and today's and shows that coveted zero balance.  I think that I'm going to frame it. 

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1 hour ago, Susan in TN said:

Important Poll:

  • I should start a ukulele club
  • I should NOT start a ukulele club
  • Are you nuts?  What is WRONG with your brain?!?
  • Cupcakes Forever

Cupcakes.

Also, no. Put it on the someday list.

28 minutes ago, 73349 said:

I requested it from my library. Thank you.

We book buddies! I'm glad I could influence you because you're the reason I have a master spreadsheet.

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Last day of camp for the summer!   It's been mostly fun, sometimes exasperating and annoying, certainly interesting.    The business has a healthy bank account, which is good.  

Tomorrow and Sunday I sleep in.   Then start getting up early for work outs with dd again.  I think we're going to go back to Monday and Tuesday workout, Wednesday sleep in and rest, Thursday and Friday workout.   

I have to take ds to the college to buy his books.  He has a couple ebook access codes this time so that should be interesting.  

 

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On 8/21/2022 at 3:52 PM, KrissiK said:

Well, we churched, we lunched. We had a talk with DS, which went about as well as can be expected when you tell your 18 year old son that turning 18 doesn’t mean “now I can do whatever I want and nobody can tell me what to do”, but instead it has to do with responsibility and finishing high school and oh, by the way, now that you are working full time, here’s your part of the car insurance. Hate to burst your bubble, dude, but welcome to Adult Life.

I may need a transcript of this conversation for future reference, lol.

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Good morning!

Today's theme is brought to you by Bertie Wooster: “I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping.”

Leaving in a few minutes for Aldi.

Coffee!

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It is Friday! Crazy fast week. I usually houseclean on Thursday so after Friday school we can go straight to fun. But I didn't yesterday, so need to fit it in now.

I'm giving up on the TtC seminar and returning to the IEW seminar.

My ds10 was intentionally playing something wrong to see if his music teacher would catch it. Since the teacher didn't comment, ds told me he is not a thorough teacher. I told ds that the teacher probably feels sorry for the poor kid playing wrong and only picking the biggest things so as not to discourage him. Should I tell the teacher?

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It is Friday! Crazy fast week. I usually houseclean on Thursday so after Friday school we can go straight to fun. But I didn't yesterday, so need to fit it in now.

I'm giving up on the TtC seminar and returning to the IEW seminar.

My ds10 was intentionally playing something wrong to see if his music teacher would catch it. Since the teacher didn't comment, ds told me he is not a thorough teacher. I told ds that the teacher probably feels sorry for the poor kid playing wrong and only picking the biggest things so as not to discourage him. Should I tell the teacher?

Yes. Her response will tell you if your son is correct. 

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24 minutes ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

Yes. Her response will tell you if your son is correct. 

It's a man. He is just starting to teach kids in the past 2 yrs, before he only taught at the college level. I do think he's trying to be patient with ds, especially since I told him that ds was frustrated this summer and so I let him practice mostly on his own.

I'm concerned that the teacher will get annoyed with ds's tricks and won't like him. Ds already messes around a significant part of the lesson. Yes, I guess I should tell him I think ds is really testing boundaries and this is one of them.

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In my Facebook feed there's a group of 5 people playing what looks like spin the bottle, except the person it lands on runs about 10 feet in one direction while everyone scatters. The one person is running to an egg and throws it at whoever they want. Imma make the kids do this. Outside, probably.

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In my Facebook feed there's a group of 5 people playing what looks like spin the bottle, except the person it lands on runs about 10 feet in one direction while everyone scatters. The one person is running to an egg and throws it at whoever they want. Imma make the kids do this. Outside, probably.

Noooo! Eggs are expensive! Use water balloons. Cheaper.

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18 hours ago, Jean in Newcastle said:

I absolutely love my chiropractor.  I absolutely detest every single person he's had to do his bookkeeping.  So 99% of the time I insist on paying right on the spot with proof that I did so, so that there is nothing for them to colossally mess up.  But a couple of weeks ago I realized that in the madness of checking out on a particularly busy day at the desk, I didn't pay.  So I called them as soon as I got home.  But they wouldn't take my card information on the phone.  They said that they had my card on file and would take care of the bill that way.  But at the next appointment I go in and they say that I hadn't paid (they hadn't followed through?) and that I owed for last time and this time.  So I said, "Fine.  Here's my credit card.  Take out the money for both."  But apparently they have the attention span of a squirrel because they didn't take out the money for both.  They only took out the money for one visit.  So I go back and say that I want to pay for the second visit but they look at the computer and INSIST that I was paid up.  I should have insisted then, but what do you do when they refuse to take your money?  I shrugged and gave up. 

(Note:  I have now tried to pay this #*&% bill three times.)  Two days later I get a very snarky letter in the mail from them shaming me for not paying for what I owe.  I sent a very snarky letter back outlining exactly what I just typed here outlining all that I did to try to pay the bill.  I told them that I wanted a receipt showing a zero balance and enclosed a check.  And I told them that they owed me an apology.  I got a receipt that showed that I paid the bill (but which didn't note my zero balance) and no apology.  Today I had another appointment.  I went to pay after the appointment and they had the nerve to tell me that I had an outstanding balance for that *#)& appointment weeks ago!  I showed them the receipt for the check I sent them and they told me that it didn't prove anything!  I want a trophy for not strangling anyone at this point. 

I paid for today's appointment.  (They tried to bill it to another card but I insisted that they take the card that I had held out right in front of their noses.)  I made them print out a receipt showing my payment.  No emailed receipt.  No showing me the screen.  Just print the *^&# thing!  Low and behold, the printed receipt shows my former payment and today's and shows that coveted zero balance.  I think that I'm going to frame it. 

Someone pass Jean the cupcakes!

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53 minutes ago, Servant4Christ said:

There's a book? Or are you talking about the syllabus?

Yes, through disc 4, he seemed to be just reading the syllabus. Disc 5 had no audio so I am able to return it since it's faulty. Yay! Ugh, I can't stand his speaking style. Maybe I tuned some out because I can't stand it but I'd get more out of just reading the syllabus. I think I will buy just the syllabus separate for the question list. I also bought reading roadmaps which appears like it will be helpful, even if just for a booklist.

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