Do you have a ballpark idea of when the back-pay will arrive? It seems you've been waiting for a long time now.
Bookbub.com has free ebooks in many genres.
There used to be a Half Price books about 10 miles from me, but I never go that direction and haven't been that way in a few years. If I had to guess I'd say they're closed down though. Bookstores seem to have met the same fate as Blockbuster Video, courtesy of Kindle & Netflix. You can get hardbacks or paperbacks on Amazon, but I have yet to see one at a bargain price, and when you can just buy it for Kindle for one or 2 bucks and have it instantly to whatever devices you own, book sales on Amazon are probably few and far between.
I remember how much I used to LOVE the annual Book Fair at school. We would order the books we wanted from a catalog, and they were delivered and set up like a miniature book store a few weeks later for us to collect and buy. Waiting for the Book Fair week to arrive was like a 2nd Christmas
Thank you for continuing the babble thread here and not having us go to "that other thread". Did we ever reach 4,000,000 as the name of that thread had implied?
Last time I moved I got a U-haul truck and hired some day laborers that were hanging around, the folks from U-haul actually pointed out two of them that they said were doing a good job. I drove the truck which handled the same as my van and they guys did the heavy lifting. I had left my van at the U-haul office and brought the day laborers back there when I picked up my car and brought the truck back. I had moved only a mile from the first place which made it easy to clean up after everything was out of there. I had packed everything for literally weeks before, a few boxes every day, and the men just piled up the boxes in the spare bedroom as directed. Within a week the new place looked as if I had been there forever. The only other help I had was my 20 year old granddaughter who had come for a visit and to help me move. She was a great help when it came to move furniture, you always want things moved around from where you first put it.
Do you have a ballpark idea of when the back-pay will arrive? It seems you've been waiting for a long time now.That's great news that an end is in sight to this living situation fiasco, though.
Moving really is a tremendous pain in the neck and the movers can be a large part of that. I've had horrible movers who ripped me off and left me stranded with my household goods on a dock and I've had really good ones who charged half what I expected and did a great job. Interestingly enough, the first was a well known mover in the area and the second were day laborers I contacted through Craig's List.
I'm just off the phone with Chula's vet. They offered me a 20% discount if I would schedule her dental on Sept 21. My vet fund certainly didn't last very long! I know I'll be a nervous wreck leading up to and during the procedure.
Oh my gosh, me too! I would spend hours poring over the little catalog, circling everything I wanted. Then I would add up the price of them all and start trying to pare it down to a list my mom could afford. As I got older, around 5th and 6th grade, the teachers would get the catalogs just for me because no one else was interested in ordering anymore. And I LOVED the book fairs. I would spend tons of time wandering among the shelves picking out my favorite books so I would be ready when my mom came to buy us some on her day off. Good times.
There used to be a Half Price books about 10 miles from me, but I never go that direction and haven't been that way in a few years. If I had to guess I'd say they're closed down though. Bookstores seem to have met the same fate as Blockbuster Video, courtesy of Kindle & Netflix. You can get hardbacks or paperbacks on Amazon, but I have yet to see one at a bargain price, and when you can just buy it for Kindle for one or 2 bucks and have it instantly to whatever devices you own, book sales on Amazon are probably few and far between.
I remember how much I used to LOVE the annual Book Fair at school. We would order the books we wanted from a catalog, and they were delivered and set up like a miniature book store a few weeks later for us to collect and buy. Waiting for the Book Fair week to arrive was like a 2nd Christmas
I had to leave all my books behind in California when I was literally running for my life. My abusive ex got 3 months in jail and I wanted to be long gone before he got out. So I left almost everything. I got my first Kindle about 4 or so years ago. I ADORED it. Until one day, I put it away in my desk drawer and when I pulled it out the next morning, the screen was broken. It was all in one piece, but it had all those black lines down it. I'd had it for almost 2 years at that point so the warranty was gone. Amazon still offered me a lower price than normal for a replacement, but I didn't have the money at that point. One of the first things I bought myself after I'd saved enough money to get my own apartment was a new kindle. I will always love real books, but the kindle is wonderful. I'm a voracious reader. I have been known to go through 2 books a day - and not short ones, either. If I had to pay for all of those books, I would go broke. We do have a library here, but there are so many more books on Amazon. I'm always finding all kinds of free and heavily discounted books. I'm in book heaven!!!
They're too smart for my good! Haha. It is clear who rules the roost. I will continue to serve my feline overlords.
@Alicia88 You have some extremely smart cats! I'm not sure I've ever heard of one actually getting the scoop ready to go.My old Wesley was a clown around the litter box. He would supervise while I scooped it and since I used flushable litter, he would then stand on his hind legs and watch the water swirl down when it was flushed. After that, he would climb in the box and do a big old pee, just so I knew who was in charge.
About the toys - you can check the order status on amazon (and most sites) to see if they are out for delivery. Your boys are going to be so happy when the package arrives. They might ignore the toys but they will love the box!
I can't wait til I go on break so I can give them a couple of their new toys. And take pictures, of course!!!
