So the buzz over the past couple of days is that the economic stimulus tax rebate checks are going to start going out a few days earlier than everyone originally anticipated. Regardless of whether or not I believe this is actually going to help the economy, I’m thankful to be getting it and I’m gonna spend the hell out of it. I could finish paying off those credit cards or I could make and extra car payment or two, but no. Tim and I are going to Myrtle Beach with some friends at the end of May and this is going to be our spending money.

The last two of my social are 55 so I should be getting a direct deposit on or before May 9th. I’m kinda glad I won’t be getting it sooner because I would probably spend some most of it before vacation. Tim will be getting a paper check so we plan on putting his up for our trip to Washington DC in September.

So do you have plans for your rebate check? What are you spending yours on?

Being an animal lover, this story really touched my heart. Hex is 6 weeks old and was born with six legs. The vets say that he possibly had a Siamese twin that never fully developed. Not only does he have extra legs, but also some extra intestines and two colons. Watching this little guy run around and play, you quickly see that he isn’t letting the extra legs stop him. Removing them will greatly improve his quality of life though. Not only that but his little intestines are emptying into his spare colon, but there’s no way for the little guy to poop there. The surgery to remove his extra set of legs and repair his intestine is going to cost the family around $3,000. If you’re able to help little Hex and his family, they are taking donations for his surgery. Look at that sweet little face! How can you not just love him?!

I love this commercial! I could watch it over and over… what a catchy little tune!

Don’t ever actually get your credit report from there though. They sign you up in this triple advantage thing and bill you for it. You can get copies of your credit reports from all three credit bureaus here for free and without signing up for anything.

male store sales rep: With your discount, you’re going to save 15% off your bill each month

elderly {60ish} female customer: If I come back there behind the counter and get on my knees can I get a bigger discount?

Seriously…. you can’t make this stuff up.

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I’m bored with this. I don’t like my theme at all. The colors are okay I guess.. kinda springy but I’m not feelin those polka-dots. They aren’t cute polka dots. They’re generic. I think I’d like to have cute springy colors {pink, green, blue} with a black background of some sort. Meh, I dunno. I can’t really find a theme that I like and I don’t have enough creativity or know-how to adequately hack a theme myself.
/whine

I envy the rest of you with your cute themes.

That is all for now. heh!

The other night I was talking to Sally and her daughter, Qi on yahoo messenger. My dad was online too and talking to them. Dad sent me an IM and told me that he was trying to help them pick an American name for Sally’s daughter. With her mother picking such a simple name, I assumed she would want something similar. Well, you know what you get when you assume things. I began to suggest common names… Lynn…Ashley…Amanda… you get the idea. Dad was also suggesting similar names. To all of those we got the response, “NO! No like” **snicker** {they are so cute!} She told us then that she wanted a name that means water. She told me “my life is wood so I need water”. I had no idea what that meant, but went to a baby name website and started looking for names that meant water. I found the names Lara and Kyla which mean “water lady” and “strait of water” respectively. Neither of those appealed to her either. She said to me “I want a special name, a name that is not familiar”. My search continued and I found the name Talise. According to the baby name website it means “Beautiful water”. She loved it and immediately decided that would be her new American name.

After a little research, I learned that she was referring to Wu Xing when she was talking about wood and water. Its a Chinese philosophy about life phases and elements. I don’t really comprehend it all yet but it fascinates me. Gosh, we have so much to learn.