Too many!!!How many more days til we leave?
OMG OMG OMG ALEX???? OMG OMG *CRIES* IVE FRICKIN MISSED YOU!!!...sheesh ok calm down Lynn...I came on here to look up Melody and thought I was going to have to dig because as Albort said, I too thought this channel had died and look what i find. Not ONLY is is alive and kickin', ALEX IS HERE....
anyway, Hiya everybody...
so one of my friends just came back from DL today and she said that overnight they have started transforming NOS into Christmas♥
peanuts? what??
68, man-- pull out the suncreen and pull up a chair. Time to go out enjoy! (wearing sweatshirt, and shorts)
I have a toasty fire going in the woodstove today, thanks in part to California! Our electric rates are going up by 18% this winter.
$9 million still owed to Cowlitz PUD for 2010‐11 wind sales. The California Public Utility Commission has delayed approval of part of the current wind power sales contract the PUD has with a CA utility. No adequate reason has been given for the CPUC’s delays. The PUD is using legal channels to pursue the funds it is owed and may be joined by other WA public utilities in a similar situation. This represents money “not in the bank” which otherwise could have helped offset some of this rate increase
If I had not already booked my Disney trip, I would totally consider not going! I can guarantee you that not another penny of mine will be spent in California until they pay up. There will be not a single souvie bought on my trip and I am going to bring along extra food so I don't contribute to their economy as much. I will not have to chop wood and rely on my woodstove because you drove up my rates by not paying your bill! All of this so you could be air-conditioned last summer and then not pay your bill. We have a word up here for that...DEADBEAT! I hope the PUD sues their butt and the State of Washington passes laws that we will no longer sell our excess power to California. Let them live with their blackouts in the summer! GRRRR!
I'm not mad at my fellow Californians, just at the idiots at the utility commission that think it's ok to not pay their bills.
But my electric bill has gone from being about $80 a month to an estimated $200 a month in the past year. This is about our 4th rate hike this year.
That's awful! My dh grumbles every month paying the electric bill, it shouldn't be that much considering we have an apartment, don't pay for heat or to heat hot water. But we are home all day and various computers, chargers, eloy's machine and other necessities of the modern world all sucking away. The outlets are in not easy to reach places. Even with a power strip, we can't flip the switch without crawling under a desk, move the couch, or move his machine (full of 30 liters of fluid). So we just suck it up.
*tired* And... Im officially out on the trip. For sure. Im super sad about it. BUT... Im starting my doula training in April, Even though its way more hippie then Im comfortable with.. LOL! Its all vegetarian food.. For a week.. The hot springs are clothing optional... Im figuring Ill be to busy with the classes to worry about the clothing optional thing.. and my husband told me to pack some beef jerky or something in my bag..
Drive by Hi!
We got back from our cruise yesterday. DBF had surgery the Thursday before we left and was in so much pain the whole trip.
We didn't do much, no excursions but we still had a good time. I'll post some pictures when I get a chance.