Cats And Coupons

I wanted to share a site I found called The Giveaway Of The Day. Each day they give away one item for free. The giveaways are pieces of software, and according to the site they are full, legal versions that may be registered. As far as I can tell there’s no catch. On the weekends they also offer a Game Giveaway Of The Day. I haven’t downloaded anything yet, but I’m checking the site daily in case something I want or need is offered. Let me know if you’ve tried this site and how you like it.

I got a new laptop not long ago. Rennie, our female cat, couldn’t care less about it. But Shadow, our male cat, seemed to like it. Each time I used it he’d walk across the bottom part of the laptop underneath the keyboard, rubbing his head on me and making it so I couldn’t see the screen. He’d swat at my fingers sometimes when I used the trackpad. When I connected the yellow CAT5e cable from the laptop to the dsl modem it was playtime. He tried to play with that cable every time I was online with the laptop.I don’t think he’s as happy now, because we changed to a wireless modem so I could use the built in Airport and not have to connect. Yesterday he saw me put the laptop on the coffee table in the living room and he immediately looked for the yellow cable. After a few minutes he seemed to realize it wasn’t there and sort of tilted his head as if to say “where is it”. Now he’s just sitting next to me as if he’s waiting for it. Do you cats play with cables? Do they bug you when you’re on the computer?

If you’re like me you’re probably seen the boxes online that ask if you want to receive the free newsletter. Did you know that frequently if you sign up you will receive specials by email? These specials can save you a lot of money! I don’t sign up for all newsletters, because I get a lot of email already. But any company I buy from on a semi-regular or regular basis is one that I definitely want to receive email from. These companies send coupons and discount codes to their subscribers. One of my favorites is Roamans womens clothing, I get one discount code or another just about every week from them. Go ahead, check the box. And one more thing. If I’m considering a purchase from a particular store in the future I sign up for their email specials as well. Let me know which companies send you good email specials.

RENEE!

Renee has won 200 Entrecard credits.

Each contestant’s entries were placed into the list randomizer on random.org and Renee was drawn as the winner by random selection. I’m posting a picture of the screenshot that shows then entries, and of course the winner is on the top of the list.

Renee, please email me with your Entrecard email within the next 72 hours so I can send you your credits.

Congratulations Renee! Thanks to all who participated.

When shopping, try to do some research to make sure you’re getting the best deal. Go online and check out different sources. Check local places. Prices for things like computer memory very greatly from vendor to vendor, depending on who makes the memory, what warranty it has and the mark up of the place selling it. Memory can be purchased quite reasonably most of the time, provided you find the right place to buy it from because there is good mark up on memory. If you find a company that manufactures their own memory selling it you’ll usually get a better price than if you just found a reseller selling that same memory.

Put that to the song “Looking for love in all the wrong places”.

For over a month now I have been chilly, and my feet are like ice cubes. It’s so bad that I’ve been wearing socks to bed. I did see a doctor last night to discuss circulation. He said I could try some stockings during the day. I’m not quite clear on how that would help at night, but figured it was worth trying. So onto the internet I went, looking for good pricing on knee high stockings. Imagine my surprise when I clicked on a link for what I thought I was looking for and I ended up on a page full of body stockings on sale. Somehow I don’t think these are what the doctor was recommending.

I’m referring to the Coupon Chief, of course. The Coupon Chief is a site that offers nothing but online coupons and coupon codes. The site is nicely organized, and allows searching by store, category or coupon. They offer an area where you can see the most recently added coupons, which is great if you visit on a regular basis. You are even able sign up to subscribe to their rss feed if you want to receive alerts when new coupons are added. Next time you’re online looking for coupon codes, be sure to check Coupon Chief.

You’ve probably seen text link ads for mesothelioma. They’re everywhere, and they frequently link to lawyers. Today I clicked on one and it took me to what appeared to be a mesothelioma health and information site. That in itself was a refreshing change. I haven’t previously encountered any site on this topic that has so much information. The site discusses treatments, symptoms, diagnosis, helpful sites, information, specialists and news. The site even offers visitors a free book of common questions and answers, just for asking. As I got to the bottom of the page, I noticed a banner for a lawyer, labeled as a sponsor. That made sense. Then I noticed below that in tiny print the footer contained the words websites for law firms. Sneaky, sneaky! And I thought it was meant to be a free resource site.

I was at my parents’ after work today and they showed me something I couldn’t believe. My Mom had a clothing store credit card she wanted to make a payment on. My Dad logged on to make the payment. When he got into the account, he saw a message that said there was a charge of $5 to make a payment by telephone and a charge of $12.95 to make a payment online. You had to either accept or decline. He stopped right there, because who in their right mind would pay that much to make a payment. He printed everything on the screen. My parents called the customer service number for the clothing company that issued the credit card, and the customer service rep told my Dad to just ignore the message and continue on. My father refused, saying if he clicked accept to make the payment he’d be giving his ok to pay that money and he didn’t want to do that. After ten minutes the customer service rep took the payment over the phone. Upon further reading of the stuff my Dad printed we discovered that the clothing company owned the bank that was trying to charge that crazy fee to make a payment. How crazy, that the company is making money via the interest on their credit card and they’re making money by charging fees to take payments. My Mom is considering canceling. Do you read before you click? Have you ever had any unpleasant surprises as a result of not reading something or not knowing something about a button you clicked?

Michael tagged me for this through Entrecard on two of my blogs and I promised him I’d participate. Here goes.

Rule #1

Copy all the links below (make sure its alphabetized) and replace a single link under the appropriate alphabet. If your domain name, or even the title of your blog, starts with an ” A,” you’d replace the link under that alphabet and put the replaced link at the bottom. Also, don’t forget to credit the tagger, or where you got the list from, at the end of the list with a full URL of the post so that a pingback gets generated.

1. acowboyswife.com
2. bloggingcents.com
3. computerchitchat.com
4. delusionsofgrandeur.org
5. everythingandanythingblog.com
6. funcraftsandrecipes.com
7. gothic-peach.net
8. happykeg.com
9. ipentimento.com
10. juliesjournal.com
11. kabalyero.com
12. ladylike4.com
13. michaelpark.net
14. notjustmama.net
15. originalmx5.net
16. patrickdevivo.com
17. qweddings.com
18. rowdigrl.com
19. shirleysdelight.com
20. thesocalledme.net
21. utada-online.net
22. valmg.com
23. wickedbabylon.com
24. xaviermedia.com
25. yimto.com
26. zbudapest.com

Replaced link: forumfinder.net
Previous tagger: http://michaelpark.net/2008/01/19/viral-linking/

Rule #2

You now have to “tag” at least five people and encourage them to participate so that this thing spreads like a virus. Remember, though, that not everyone’s into these kinds of things, so don’t be upset if they don’t participate. Just simply replace your tag. Remember to tag blogs only and no pornographic ones as we do want to keep the integrity as a blogging community. TIP: Tag your frequent EntreCard droppers via its messaging system.

As for me, I will tag the following:

• http://mywoodenspoon.com/
• http://skeetsstuff.skeeterbess.com/
• http://table4five.net/
• http://jenncooks.com/
• http://melissaclee.com/

Rule #3

Just like any other “meme” out there, ask a question for your taggees to answer along with your own answer to the previous question. This is optional.

In answer to Michael’s question, I started blogging about three years ago
To those that I’ve tagged, when did you start blogging?

Thanks all!