I was so right

I almost felt bad this morning. I received two more emails from Mark. (See yesterdays post for intro to situation)I read the first one and almost had to eat my words. Until I got to the bottom to see his request. Then I read the second email and it was an exact copy of the first except inserted 'Wine Rack' where you see 'Entertainment center' I wish I knew Chris from that NBC show where they get someone to come over to meet with the kid and then he comes out with the cameras and the cops arrest people. I replied to this guy that he had inquired about two of my items. If he had read those emails he would not have sent me two different emails about his honeymoon. I am tempted to ask how the island is and see if he really is there.

"Hello
I appreciate your response to my inquiry. Am interested in buying the entertainment centre alone from you. I would love to come and check it myself but I just got married and am presently on an honeymoon trip to Hawaii with my wife.I would love a surprise change of furniture in our home on our return.Pls do withdraw the advert from craigslists as i don't mind adding $50 for you to do that, so i can be rest assured that the item is held for me. I should believe it is in good condition as stated. I will be making the payment via a Certified Check, which my secretary will mail across to you. I'll be picking the item from you with the aid of my mover. My Mover will be coming to pick it from you once the Certified Check has been cashed. Pls I will need both your full name and physical address along with your phone number to issue out the
payment.

Thanks
Mark"

suspicion confirmed

Craigs list is now not so high on my list of cool thing. I have had my suspision that this was happening and I think it was confirmed tonight. I posted 4 items a few weeks ago and got a lot of responses from different people right away. It was a generic email with a question.
'Is this item still available?'
Simple enough question, I thought. I would respond and then nothing. I never heard back from these people. I was beginning to think they were 'phishing' for emails (I think that is how you spell it). All they needed was for me to reply and then boom, they would have my email address to sell.
Well, I just re-listed two items today and I received two emails from the same person 'Mark R @ gmail'. He asked the same non-descript question about both items. 'Do you still have and are they in good condition'. What are the chances that the same guy would ask the same question about a wine rack and an entertainment center?
Maybe he is redecorating.....but I am not holding my breath...I am just getting my spam button ready on my email account.

My husband lied to me

Last Saturday my husband lied to me. I was at work and he was flying back from Indianapolis. I called him on my first break and he said he just landed....I called him when I was driving home and he said he was in a town about 1.5 hours away. I got into my house, laid down my stuff, and one minute later the doorbell rang. I panicked because we don't really know anyone yet and I thought, 'who would be coming to our house?' I open the door and there he is holding flowers for me. (everyone together...'Ahhhh...' ) He was not 1.5 hours away. He caught an earlier flight and surprised me. I see them every morning and when I get home from work and they make me smile. (He is gone again this week and half of next)

Don't tell your kids, but sometimes stretching the truth is okay.

and the 'Nay's' have it

Turns out that trying to burn a candle in your ear is not the brightest idea. Thanks for the feedback everyone! I'll have to look for an 'Ear, Nose, and Throat guy if I run into hearing issues. (It's funny you never hear a kid say that. 'I want to be an Ear, Nose, and Throat Dr. when I grow up'. What is the official name for those Dr.s anyway?)

Did I mention yet that I really like my DVR? We accidentally got one when we signed up for Cable. (I'll see if I still like it once I get the bill). But it has been GREAT! While working on second shift I could tape my shows and watch them in the morning with really fast commercials. (Not commercial free because they are still there and you still see what they are advertising...If I were in advertising I would be putting some kind of special message that flashes on the screen when the thing is fast forwarded...that would be genius....then everyone would start talking about it and be trying to tape my comercial and watch it.)

I have decided that the result show on Dancing with the Stars is great with DVR. All you really want to see is the dancing and who gets kicked off at the end. I actually find myself fast forwarding when the guest singer is singing and hit play when the people start to dance. I fast forwarded today through R-E-S-P-E-C-T with Ms. Franklin singing....I felt kinda bad because she is such a big star, but I really just wanted to watch the dancing. (those of you who know me well are laughing that I called her Ms. Franklin...I can't spell Arithra? but I can spell 'respect' because it's in a song...the same way I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order buy I can't say them, I have to kinda sing them in my head....) My DVR is also great because I can tape shows and go to bed by 9 so I can get up at 5.
What a boring life I lead...work, sleep, DVR....Q-tip to dig out some wax....

Earwax?

I wear earplugs about 50% of the day. I am at work close to 12 hour and have earplugs in while here. At first they really bothered me, but I am getting used to them. I am begining to wonder about my ears though....am I plugging them up and not letting wax out? I have heard about candle waxing your ears.....you put a string down in your ear and light a candle on the other end. Somehow the heat draws the dirt and wax out of your ear. (Or something like that). The picture on the box said 'Dont wax alone' becuase you could start a fire or hurt yourself.

Anyone done this before? Or know if it works or if its safe?

I thought I swallowed a spider!

You know that song....'There was an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know whey swallowed the fly, Perhaps she'll die.'
Well, that was me last night.

I was heading to bed and wanted a quick drink of water. I grabbed what I thought was a clean glass,filled it at my fridge, and started drinking. When I got to the last gulp i felt something stringy and a bit fuzzy in my mouth. I spit it back in the cup and look down expecting to see something black with 8 legs. Instead I see......O.J pulp all bundled together floating in the bottom of the glass. I guess I grabbed my breakfast cup, not a clean one.

I really like O.J. with pulp. It makes me feel better that I paid for more of the orange than just the juice. It's makes me think I am fuller after drinking a glass.

Well, dried out pulp all stuck together floating in water feels like a spider.

Turkey Time

My mother sent me this.....Turn your volume down if you don't want others to know your playing a game :)

http://www.southbank-design.co.uk/turkeyshoot/index.htm

It's a game about risks...the more you drink, the slower your response, but the higher the points for shooting turkey.

My mom told us all her high score was 3,999 on her second try. I got 23,409 on my first....and didn't drink anything because I didn't read the instructions.......those Turkey's were coming fast!