WaMu Canceled My Account

credit cards
I got this letter from Washington Mutual telling me they've canceled my credit card account because they noticed I haven't used it in awhile. In addition to not using my account recently, they also noted these two things: Proportion of balances to credit limits on bank/national revolving or other revolving accounts is too high Amount owed on revolving accounts is too high I was away from home when I read the letter, so I immediately panicked and began sinking into… Read the rest

Electricity Update for December 2008

electricity
Whoot!! The meter was read on December 19th and it took f.o.r.e.v.e.r. for the bill to become available online. But they finally got it up there last week and I was so happy to see the bill has dropped to $280 per month. We're on a couple of programs, one is the year round program where we pay an equal payment each month, and we also pay less for electricity we used from 9PM to 9AM. Our bill was up… Read the rest

New Year’s Resolution – Support Your Local Community

My Two Cents
I make a point to not make personal New Year's resolutions because I don't like disappointing myself when I fail. But here is one I'm going to make this year, and I encourage you to do the same. Support your local community. I've always leaned toward buying from the little guy instead of the big box store, even though my frugal nature pressures me into getting the best (okay, cheapest) deal. For example, when my children were little and wanted… Read the rest

Thank You, Customers!

OODA Spotlight
During my little break from blogging, among other things, I did manage to get Christmas “thank you” cards sent out to Mr. A's 2008 customers. As I was looking for some sample ways to say thank you (what did I ever do before the Internet?) on the Christmas cards, okay “holiday” cards (don't want to offend anyone) it occurred to me that we should also be sending thank you cards throughout the year. DUH. I should have caught onto this… Read the rest