Monthly Archives: April 2020

Care enough to send the very best !!

The Hallmark card company has the expression “When you care enough to send the very best.”

I’m eager to tell you that I have a friend who applies shoe-leather to that saying. My Jacksonville, Florida, lady-friend has sent so many gifts recently (during this Coronavirus pandemic). Furthermore, she sends email messages with links to valuable Internet information about on–line shopping, etc., etc. THANKS, Deb.

DISH “dis”service!!

DISH–TV disservice and Lorraine dissatisfaction. I’m madder than a wet hen!! I phoned right at 8:00 AM Central time because DISH opened at 9:00 AM Eastern time. I was on hold for fifteen minutes. I talked to “Becky” for fifteen minutes and then she hung up on me!! I spelled out all the details to her: (1) I called on December 20th to cancel TV service (in Livingston). I was told my account would be put on “pause” for three months and I’d be charged $5.96 per month. Yes, I was charged… but I called a couple of times to tell DISH to cancel my account. (2) “Becky” confirmed the records indicate I called on March 20th (just inside the thirty days required period of time). “Madder than a wet hen” because (3) I received an email telling me I’d be charged $101.92 on April 16th for resumed service (automatic charge to my Chase credit card). ~~~ I attempted to contact Chase but the estimated wait time “more than thirty minutes.” ~~~ I wonder how many other customers are “robbed” by DISH–TV when a customer moves and they have automatic payment.

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So mad… I spent half-an-hour going through the procedure to file (online) a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. Next, I think I will file a complaint about Weebly because they canceled my website because the automatic renewal failed. Weebly did not contact me and I’ve been “sick” over the loss of the website (now restored a month later).  My credit card was changed because the earlier card was stolen!! I was not derelict about my responsibility to pay for the web service.

The physical move (from Livingston to Waco) was very stressful!! I don’t want these other complications in my life!!

Friends sharing my home !!

Let me introduce you to three of my companions. The big red dog was a recent purchase from a “Goodwill Outlet” here in Waco, Texas. He looked so sad and I thought I heard him say “Adopt me, take me home.”  The “Smiley Face” lion was an impulse purchase in Santa Anna, Texas, in 2014. I was attending the Little George Havens’ Cowboy Camp Meeting. I’ve been collecting “Smiley Faces” for decades. The “hound dog” has been my joy since 2003. He was in an upscale boutique in Daleville, Virginia. I was doing genealogy research in the area and browsed stores occasionally (for diversion). “No, he’s too expensive”   was my first assessment. A couple of days later I returned and purchased. I gave him the name “Lord Botetourt”  because he was from Botetourt county, Virginia. The county got its name from Lord Botetourt. Not apparent in the picture but it’s a purse!! For many years “Lord Botetourt”  was by my side and my constant traveling companion.

I hope this puts a smile on your face. A message that doesn’t contains jokes or Maxine cartoons. This is my way of “reaching out” to friends and family during this horrific period of time in our nation’s history.

As I researched and prepared this message, a smile came to my face as I observed the location of the Little George Havens’ Cowboy Camp Meeting. It is on Highway 84 between Santa Anna and Coleman, Texas. All these years later, now my address is Highway 84 in Waco, Texas.

This cute little bear was a gift on Valentine’s Day from the owner/manager of the RV Park–my new home. It came with a long-stem red rose!! I’m told he does this annually for all the lady residents.