I downloaded the new Internet Explorer 8 from Microsofts website and installed it last night before I went to bed and this morning I loaded it. I looked at it for a few minutes and it didn't really look any different. Other than the fact that it created a whole new toolbar for the Paypal button on it's own toolbar by itself but luckily it had an X next to the toolbar so I was able to close it.
I wasn't too impressed because it looked just like the previous IE7. I closed the browser and all of a sudden without any warning I started getting this error message and I'd close it and another one came up. I closed that one and another and another over and over again. There must've been 100 all for the same 2 errors. It would warn me about 1 error and it told me the number (which I didn't think to write down) then I closed it and it told me about another one with it's own number (again...).
The only way to get that crap from continuing was I had to reboot the computer. Yeah, I think I'll stick with Firefox, thanks though.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Costco
Now that Chip has a new job we can start going to Costco again. You know, the last time we went to Costco I think it was a couple of years ago. I bought a box of garbage bags and you know I still have bags. We use them all the time. Not just for trash but for recycled bottles too. I fill them with bottles and we can take maybe 6 bags of bottles to be recycled and they even recycle those bags and yet I still have lots of bags. And it was just 1 box of trash bags too, it's not like I had bought 4 boxes. They last forever.
I can't wait to start going back there though because we were eating so good. Our pantry was always filled and I was able to get my soy milk which is what I have to put in my cereal or drink in a glass. I can't drink regular milk because I'm lactose intolerant. That is my main cause of most of my health problems. My stomach cannot digest it as easy as anything else and so I end up with some serious cramps that hurt like a mother (shut yo mouth). And I get gas omg the gas is real bad too lol. When I hear Chip coming towards my bedroom and I see him in the hallway I usually have to tell him that he doesn't want to be in here right now lol. Yeah, it's that bad. You know when you have the farts and it hurts to hold them in so you just let it all out. It doesn't make any sense to go outside or go in the bathroom and fart cause you're just gonna have to fart again in a few minutes. So I end up just going to town in my room. Or well, whatever room I'm in lol.
Costco has really awesome prices too. If you compare it all to the grocery store you will see that everything is half price. Because you are buying in bulk and everything is cheaper in bulk. We were buying this certain type of bread that is health nut bread because Chip wants to eat healthy but when we stopped going to Costco we had to stop buying that bread period because at Albertson's it's half the amount of the bread and it cost more than double of what the bigger loaf at Costco was. I think it's like $5 at Albertson's for half the loaf you get at Costco for $2 something.
They have this one thing that I really enjoyed which was roast beef in a can, I think it was roast beef. I can't remember. It's not like sliced roast beef but it's kinda like chunks of roast beef I guess and it's in a can like tuna but bigger can. But you take the chunks out of the can and you can either add the chunks to your food or you can crumble it with your fingers and it just shreds it and so it's like hundreds of strings of roast beef in your food. I like to do that to it because it evens out the odds of every bowl getting roast beef lol.
They have these crackers which are the gourmet crackers that you would normally see in the deli section of the grocery store, not in the cracker aisle. They are expensive at the grocery store and they are with all the fancy cheeses. But at Costco you buy a box and it has I think 5 different kinds of fancy crackers each in their own boxes. If you have company you can serve those crackers and they will think that you spent a fortune on crackers just for them but in reality it's just a few bucks.
Oh and the coffee. Can't forget the coffee. They have these huge bags of coffee beans that if I bought them from the grocery store, you know where you go to the coffee aisle and you see all these different flavors that you pour into a bag then grind it and it's like $8 per lb or something. Well, Costco has the beans I think in 2 flavors but I really only want the vanilla ones anyway so it doesn't matter what they have. As long as they have that one. But it costs about the same for this big bag of coffee beans as it costs for 1lb of the grocery store beans. The down side is that you have to grind it at home but who really cares? You get freshly ground coffee everyday so what's the problem eh?
And they sell the little coffee mate french vanilla creamers in the little tiny cups that you peel off the top. Just like they have at the restaurants. Real cheap too. I used to buy 2 boxes, that lasts a month. Plus a box of like 700 packets of equal for less than $10. You can't get that for that price at the store. I usually have to buy the Albertson's brand equal with 100 or 200 packets for around $3 or something. The Equal from Costco lasts the entire month. I usually have to buy 3 or 4 boxes of the store brand for the whole month, that is if I drink coffee everyday but usually we put it in our tea too.
Well, enough about Costco. We're going to renew our membership so I can start saving money again lol. I can't wait because I love the free samples lol.
I can't wait to start going back there though because we were eating so good. Our pantry was always filled and I was able to get my soy milk which is what I have to put in my cereal or drink in a glass. I can't drink regular milk because I'm lactose intolerant. That is my main cause of most of my health problems. My stomach cannot digest it as easy as anything else and so I end up with some serious cramps that hurt like a mother (shut yo mouth). And I get gas omg the gas is real bad too lol. When I hear Chip coming towards my bedroom and I see him in the hallway I usually have to tell him that he doesn't want to be in here right now lol. Yeah, it's that bad. You know when you have the farts and it hurts to hold them in so you just let it all out. It doesn't make any sense to go outside or go in the bathroom and fart cause you're just gonna have to fart again in a few minutes. So I end up just going to town in my room. Or well, whatever room I'm in lol.
Costco has really awesome prices too. If you compare it all to the grocery store you will see that everything is half price. Because you are buying in bulk and everything is cheaper in bulk. We were buying this certain type of bread that is health nut bread because Chip wants to eat healthy but when we stopped going to Costco we had to stop buying that bread period because at Albertson's it's half the amount of the bread and it cost more than double of what the bigger loaf at Costco was. I think it's like $5 at Albertson's for half the loaf you get at Costco for $2 something.
They have this one thing that I really enjoyed which was roast beef in a can, I think it was roast beef. I can't remember. It's not like sliced roast beef but it's kinda like chunks of roast beef I guess and it's in a can like tuna but bigger can. But you take the chunks out of the can and you can either add the chunks to your food or you can crumble it with your fingers and it just shreds it and so it's like hundreds of strings of roast beef in your food. I like to do that to it because it evens out the odds of every bowl getting roast beef lol.
They have these crackers which are the gourmet crackers that you would normally see in the deli section of the grocery store, not in the cracker aisle. They are expensive at the grocery store and they are with all the fancy cheeses. But at Costco you buy a box and it has I think 5 different kinds of fancy crackers each in their own boxes. If you have company you can serve those crackers and they will think that you spent a fortune on crackers just for them but in reality it's just a few bucks.
Oh and the coffee. Can't forget the coffee. They have these huge bags of coffee beans that if I bought them from the grocery store, you know where you go to the coffee aisle and you see all these different flavors that you pour into a bag then grind it and it's like $8 per lb or something. Well, Costco has the beans I think in 2 flavors but I really only want the vanilla ones anyway so it doesn't matter what they have. As long as they have that one. But it costs about the same for this big bag of coffee beans as it costs for 1lb of the grocery store beans. The down side is that you have to grind it at home but who really cares? You get freshly ground coffee everyday so what's the problem eh?
And they sell the little coffee mate french vanilla creamers in the little tiny cups that you peel off the top. Just like they have at the restaurants. Real cheap too. I used to buy 2 boxes, that lasts a month. Plus a box of like 700 packets of equal for less than $10. You can't get that for that price at the store. I usually have to buy the Albertson's brand equal with 100 or 200 packets for around $3 or something. The Equal from Costco lasts the entire month. I usually have to buy 3 or 4 boxes of the store brand for the whole month, that is if I drink coffee everyday but usually we put it in our tea too.
Well, enough about Costco. We're going to renew our membership so I can start saving money again lol. I can't wait because I love the free samples lol.
Things we can('t) live without
There are just some things that a person can live without but a lot of those things are essential to daily living.
When we moved to Bakersfield, Chips mom had gardener service. She was in her late 80's, you can't expect her to mow her own lawn can you? Of course not. So she had a gardener. Well, we continued the gardener service for a couple years after she passed away. Not because I'm too lazy but because I have allergies. I can't be out there mowing the lawn because the fresh cut grass smell makes me sneeze, closes my nose up and makes my eyes red and itchy. And this is me sitting in the house with the windows closed too.
We had to cancel the gardeners though because they were costing too much money and the trust wouldn't pay for it so we had no choice but to just cancel it. We went to the local hardware store and Chip bought a lawn mower and he bought an electric weed whacker (which we've only used 1 time lol) and I'm the one who had to mow the lawn every week. I only do it when it grows like from October through February I don't mow it at all because it doesn't grow. From March to the middle of October I mow it. Thank goodness I take Claritin though because it pretty much keeps me from sneezing like crazy.
Our back yard is just filled with weeds that are crotch height and our tenants back yard too so I've got to get out there tomorrow and clean that out.
But as soon as Chip gets his first, maybe 2nd check he's going to start the gardener again YAY!
Another thing we can't live without is a stove top. When Chips mom passed away we moved out of the rental which has a gas stove and we moved into her house which has an electric stove. Well, he was cleaning the stove top one day and he had too much water on the sponge and it got into where the knobs are and it just shorted out. We haven't been able to use it since.
A friend bought us a hot plate stove top which is like for when you are having a party and you need 2 extra stove burners. One has more power than the other but neither of them are powerful enough to even hard boil eggs fast enough. Normally it would take what, 12 minutes to hard boil an egg? This thing takes about 30-45 minutes to hard boil eggs lol. So it's time for a new stove top. We've lived here for about 4 or 5 years now and during the whole time we haven't had a decent stove top. I think it was 6 months before my friend sent me that hot plate. Bless her for it but we need a real stove top lol.
There is 1 thing that we can live without but I would love to have anyway, that's a dishwasher. OMG I've never had my own dishwasher. Ever! In my whole life, even as a kid we never had a dishwasher. My sister or I was the dishwasher. When I was in my late teens, early 20's on my own I never had one in any apartment I've lived in. When I met Chip he had one but it didn't work and we've never had one in the 15 years that we've been together. I want one but there isn't one built in and I don't think they want to build one in to the cabinetry. There are 3 drawers and a cabinet to the left of the sink which we don't need but you can bet that they will not destroy the cabinetry to put one in. Oh well. It would be nice but I guess I'll have to wait until the next place we move to, that is if we ever leave Bakersfield.
When we moved to Bakersfield, Chips mom had gardener service. She was in her late 80's, you can't expect her to mow her own lawn can you? Of course not. So she had a gardener. Well, we continued the gardener service for a couple years after she passed away. Not because I'm too lazy but because I have allergies. I can't be out there mowing the lawn because the fresh cut grass smell makes me sneeze, closes my nose up and makes my eyes red and itchy. And this is me sitting in the house with the windows closed too.
We had to cancel the gardeners though because they were costing too much money and the trust wouldn't pay for it so we had no choice but to just cancel it. We went to the local hardware store and Chip bought a lawn mower and he bought an electric weed whacker (which we've only used 1 time lol) and I'm the one who had to mow the lawn every week. I only do it when it grows like from October through February I don't mow it at all because it doesn't grow. From March to the middle of October I mow it. Thank goodness I take Claritin though because it pretty much keeps me from sneezing like crazy.
Our back yard is just filled with weeds that are crotch height and our tenants back yard too so I've got to get out there tomorrow and clean that out.
But as soon as Chip gets his first, maybe 2nd check he's going to start the gardener again YAY!
Another thing we can't live without is a stove top. When Chips mom passed away we moved out of the rental which has a gas stove and we moved into her house which has an electric stove. Well, he was cleaning the stove top one day and he had too much water on the sponge and it got into where the knobs are and it just shorted out. We haven't been able to use it since.
A friend bought us a hot plate stove top which is like for when you are having a party and you need 2 extra stove burners. One has more power than the other but neither of them are powerful enough to even hard boil eggs fast enough. Normally it would take what, 12 minutes to hard boil an egg? This thing takes about 30-45 minutes to hard boil eggs lol. So it's time for a new stove top. We've lived here for about 4 or 5 years now and during the whole time we haven't had a decent stove top. I think it was 6 months before my friend sent me that hot plate. Bless her for it but we need a real stove top lol.
There is 1 thing that we can live without but I would love to have anyway, that's a dishwasher. OMG I've never had my own dishwasher. Ever! In my whole life, even as a kid we never had a dishwasher. My sister or I was the dishwasher. When I was in my late teens, early 20's on my own I never had one in any apartment I've lived in. When I met Chip he had one but it didn't work and we've never had one in the 15 years that we've been together. I want one but there isn't one built in and I don't think they want to build one in to the cabinetry. There are 3 drawers and a cabinet to the left of the sink which we don't need but you can bet that they will not destroy the cabinetry to put one in. Oh well. It would be nice but I guess I'll have to wait until the next place we move to, that is if we ever leave Bakersfield.
Mo Money
Now that Chip has a job we can finally afford to upgrade some things in our lives. Like for example, we can now toss out all of our holey t-shirts (or use them as rags) and just replace them all. Most of our shirts are too tight for both of us so it will be nice to have some t-shirts that fit. When I lose weight then I can start buying some shirts and pants and shorts that fit me. Especially under shorts which I so desperately need.
My bike is so messed up. It keeps changing gears as I'm riding it which is what caused my accident in November as I was standing up on it while going uphill. Now it's just constantly shifting gears for no reason as I'm going on level street. It shifts at least 10 times in the 2 blocks from here to the grocery store and back. So, on Friday I'm going to just buy another bike at the thrift store for $20. I've been putting it off because that $20 could go towards groceries but now that Chip has a new job I can afford it. I'm not going to get a mountain bike like the one I have though, I'm going to buy a road bike (which are most commonly known as 10-speeds). It's lighter and you go faster on it so I'm sure riding it will be a breeze.
Chip has to pay off his credit cards and his insurance then once those are paid for he wants to buy a huge widescreen tv for the living room for a thousand bucks. It's going to be nice to watch tv on one of those. I'd like to get a blu-ray too for the living room. Eventually I'd also like a flat widescreen for my bedroom. I've had a flat widescreen monitor for a couple of years now and it's way nicer than a regular square monitor. The tv Chip wants for the living room is a really freakin' big one though hehe. I can't wait.
He also wants to buy himself a new computer. The one he has is the one that I built in 2003 so he is due for a new one. I'm sure he won't mind that it has Vista lol. But at least he will also have a widescreen monitor.
Oh, now that he's going to be making money, I can start setting aside more money every month for my Kindle 3. I was planning on saving $30 a month but perhaps I can just start saving $50 a month, then by the time the Kindle 3 becomes available I will have it all saved up and then some so I can buy some books to go with it. Who knows, I might get the LA Times and start reading the newspaper everyday.
My bike is so messed up. It keeps changing gears as I'm riding it which is what caused my accident in November as I was standing up on it while going uphill. Now it's just constantly shifting gears for no reason as I'm going on level street. It shifts at least 10 times in the 2 blocks from here to the grocery store and back. So, on Friday I'm going to just buy another bike at the thrift store for $20. I've been putting it off because that $20 could go towards groceries but now that Chip has a new job I can afford it. I'm not going to get a mountain bike like the one I have though, I'm going to buy a road bike (which are most commonly known as 10-speeds). It's lighter and you go faster on it so I'm sure riding it will be a breeze.
Chip has to pay off his credit cards and his insurance then once those are paid for he wants to buy a huge widescreen tv for the living room for a thousand bucks. It's going to be nice to watch tv on one of those. I'd like to get a blu-ray too for the living room. Eventually I'd also like a flat widescreen for my bedroom. I've had a flat widescreen monitor for a couple of years now and it's way nicer than a regular square monitor. The tv Chip wants for the living room is a really freakin' big one though hehe. I can't wait.
He also wants to buy himself a new computer. The one he has is the one that I built in 2003 so he is due for a new one. I'm sure he won't mind that it has Vista lol. But at least he will also have a widescreen monitor.
Oh, now that he's going to be making money, I can start setting aside more money every month for my Kindle 3. I was planning on saving $30 a month but perhaps I can just start saving $50 a month, then by the time the Kindle 3 becomes available I will have it all saved up and then some so I can buy some books to go with it. Who knows, I might get the LA Times and start reading the newspaper everyday.
Chip's New Job
Chip saw an ad in the newspaper on Friday to work at a store that sells lights (chandeliers, lamps, light fixtures etc) and he typed out his resume and brought it in and basically had his interview right away. The guy said that he would call him in the morning for a yes or a no and he called and it was a yes.
He starts tomorrow morning at 10am and he is really so excited about it. I'm really happy for him.
He starts tomorrow morning at 10am and he is really so excited about it. I'm really happy for him.
Subway Retraction
I have to correct something that I said about Subways $5 footlongs. This is my original post:
We were shopping today for new work clothes for Chip and we had to go to Walgreens to pick up some things and decided that we would go to Subway for lunch. I was bitching about their false advertising and so Chip purposely ordered something that was not $5, Roast Beef. It says on the menu that it's like $6.79 or something like that and he asked is that $5 footlong? And the lady said yes. We got to the register and the total for both sandwiches was $10.
So Subway, I apologize that I made such a quick judgement. But in my defense if any footlong is $5 you should change all the prices on your menu board to show that any footlong is $5. Because I would see the prices and immediately not order something because it doesn't say $5.
We were shopping today for new work clothes for Chip and we had to go to Walgreens to pick up some things and decided that we would go to Subway for lunch. I was bitching about their false advertising and so Chip purposely ordered something that was not $5, Roast Beef. It says on the menu that it's like $6.79 or something like that and he asked is that $5 footlong? And the lady said yes. We got to the register and the total for both sandwiches was $10.
So Subway, I apologize that I made such a quick judgement. But in my defense if any footlong is $5 you should change all the prices on your menu board to show that any footlong is $5. Because I would see the prices and immediately not order something because it doesn't say $5.
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