Here comes the snow, again

You should see the PILES of snow we still have in front of our house. There are still parts of our sidewalk that has 2 or more feet of snow on it. And guess what? Another large storm, just like the last one is heading our way! This incoming storm is setting itself up just as the last one did, so we are looking at the same thing as last week! I need to try to get to the store tomorrow to stock up on small stuff. But the news was saying that the stores haven’t recovered from the last storm. They are low on food and such because their shipments were not able to get in. So, it will be interesting. There isn’t anything that we really need, just some small items, nothing we can’t live without.

So, we had something frustrating happen to us. On Saturday Hubby got a call at home from Visa saying that someone had tried 3 times to western union $3000 + out of our account. That wasn’t us! So, they shut down our visa cards, which are our debit cards. I was at work, and the good thing is that our bank is the next building over. So, on my lunch break I walked over and got some cash since it would be a while until our new debit cards arrived. We thought that was the end of story.

However, I logged into our bank account this morning and there was a western union for over $1000 that went through! That wiped our account out (since it’s the end of the month). So, now we are dealing with the bank and trying to get our money back. So far, I called in, and they told me to fill out a form on line. I did that and I haven’t heard anything since. Kind of scary that it can happen that easy! We are now going to stop using our debit cards for any online purchase and use a credit card only. I know, we should have been doing that all along, but there are no finance charges with our debit card. Trust us, we learned that lesson! So, beware out there, don’t use your debit card to make on line purchases. I am guessing that is how someone got our account number. And I am going to guess that some criminal out there now has a free $1000+ dollars, courtesy of us. That makes me angry. I doubt they will ever catch the person, too. I will just rely on karma to take care of that individual.

Well, it’s time to take the baby up and put her to bed on her pillow! And yes, her pillow is working like magic so far! She is sooo much happier on the pillow than in her car seat. Her gas is MUCH better overnight. I know that sounds like nothing, but it was so bad in her car seat that she would keep me up most of the night with her grunting, groaning, crying out, farting and thrashing. Let’s hope the pillow keeps working like magic!!!