Got a web cam for my laptop for Christmas. I just haven’t taken it out of the box yet to try and install it. I’m sure it will be a quick and easy process, but there is always the chance that I’ll be totally perplexed and I’ll end up getting frustrated. Reading directions are always a challenge, but if we get all the snow that we are supposed to get tonight I’ll have plenty of time to figure it all out.

Such interesting (and some not too interesting) stories are told around the holiday’s dinner table each and every year. There are some stories that will be told over and over each year as well as the new ones that are being formed as we speak.

I’m the type of person that is happy sitting just about anywhere, beside anybody, heck I don’t even mind having to sit at the “kids” table. I always have a blast with the kids and at times enjoy what they are talking about more than the adults are gabbing on and on about! Some years I eat the meal with the big kids and then spend time eating desert with the younger ones of the family, it works out well.

This year I spent the whole meal at the “kids” table. It was a lot of fun, I got to spend time with my nieces and nephews that I normally don’t have a lot of time to do through out the year. Besides all my parents wanted to discuss that night was all the home improvement stories that they have been saving for the Christmas dinner. They have been busy bees around the place and were just bursting to gab about it all. Kinda cute actually, it’s cool to see them that jazzed up about something for a change.

They have been looking for some time at the different Mailboxes that are on the market these days. They had to make sure that their mailbox had their street number on it and came with a good durable lock to keep their mail safe. The neighborhood has been going down hill a bit lately and they have had to deal with mail boxes being vandalized and mail being stolen. Not good, ya know. So they have been doing their home work and utilizing the Internet to their best ability, to learn all they could about Residential Mailboxes and where to get the best product for a good price. My dad was even willing to purchase one of the Commercial Mailboxes if he had to in order to keep their mail safe. They are taking this very seriously and I am proud of them for it. Identity theft is a major issue with our senior citizens, we don’t even want to end up going there.

(Here’s the reply the teacher received the following day)

Dear Mrs. Swanson,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, an exotic dancer. I work at Home Depot and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week before the blizzard hit. I told her we sold out every single shovel we had, and then I found one more in the back room, and that several people were fighting over who would get to buy it. Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole. It’s supposed to depict me selling the last snow shovel we had at Home Depot.

From now on I will remember to check her homework more thoroughly before she turns it in.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Jacobs

One of my issues that I’m going to tend to this new year is trying to reduce some of my monthly bills that I have to face each month. I’m thinking that if I check into a new cell phone provider, or at least the changing of my current package. The Internet has played a key role in comparison shopping. I’ve all ready switched from cable to satellite and am happy with the changes there and am saving a few bucks along the way.

Another thing that the Internet will help with is getting some new and updated auto insurance quotes, I’m looking to raising my deductibles which should help with the price that I (we) all have to pay for car insurance, by law. It’s so much faster that the days of having to call around to the various insurance companies looking for car insurance quotes from numbers that you found in the local Yellow Pages. Just by inputting a few key pieces of information at web sites such as Insurancequotes.com and you can have multiple auto insurance quotes in just minutes, I like that!

The economy isn’t letting up any time soon. Now that the holidays are over and done with, it is time to get serious about money issues. I want to be able to have some fun this summer, I have accumulated 2 weeks off of work this year and I intend on enjoying a good part of it at the beach, and the beach isn’t free by any means.