It's Wednesday evening. I'm sitting watching the news, and they are talking about back pain. "If you have back pain, you're not alone." No shit?? I've had back trouble for 18 years (thanks Mom!). Stupid story, you'll love it. Know how I put my back out? Helping my mother (who had a bad back) put her sock on. Picture this ... 2 steps, I'm at the top step, Mom at the bottom. She lifts her foot to the first step, I bend down a step to put her sock on her foot. Well I get it over her toes, around her heel, and lift the sock over her ankle. Easy right? Nope. I lifted, and my back reacted as if I lifted a semi. Locked dead up on me. I couldn't straighten out, couldn't unbend my legs ... I was in a permanent crouch position. The saving grace to this is that my stepfather was 6'4", and I was 5'3" (still 5'3) and weighed about 112 lbs = easy to lift. He put me on the couch, and about 1/2 hour later, I was somewhat horizontal without any part of me vertical. Bad back ever since.
On another note, I looooooooooove TurboTax. I filed my taxes January 31st and have BOTH of my refunds already.
On a side note, a few months ago I needed a water heater. So I went to Lowes, got approved for a credit card, even with my bad credit, and bought the water heater. Have paid over 300% more than the requested minimum payment EVERY month, and have paid the bill 2 weeks early EVERY month. Today, GE Bank, the creditor that handles Lowes credit cards, cancelled my account! Reason: overall bad credit. No argument there, my credit sucks. But they were getting paid. And my current balance? $125. I called the bank on this and told them I respect their decision, and that Home Depot will now be getting all of my home improvement business. I also wrote a letter to Lowes to advise them of the same. I know I won't hear from them, I don't spend enough, I'm not a contractor, so what do they care? Well, they WILL care when it's on various local news stations what this bank did, in the midst of a recession and the President of the United States is telling banks to ease up on credit to help stimulate the economy.
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