I Hate Oil Companies

I guess the new policy is to either pay up front with cash or give them a credit card. So, here I am sitting here is a 50 degree house during the day hoping that I can schedule an appointment for next week so my children do not need to wait yet another week to get heat. We've been huddled in the family room and kitchen where the oven and space heater are. I have ugly thick vinyl on the windows and where the rooms separate because my landlord thinks the cold problems in the house are due to the house being old.

I have about $114 at the oil company right now so a minimum fill would cost me a little over $300.00. Fine. I will have that on Monday but I would like to just SCHEDULE an appointment so they can be here when I have the cash. Can I do that?

NO.

I have to wait until I have the cash next week so my kids will be freezing because these stupid jerks will not schedule and it will take another week to schedule the appointment once I get the cash. I could have had them come out on Monday and if I didn't have the cash then they could have used that for someone else.

Is it THAT hard? Have I EVER ripped them off? No. I've never stiffed them for the bill or anything. Yet still my kids and I are punished because some moron did?

Am I angry? YES. I'm about to go tell the oil company River Country Co-Op - the one doing this - to go do something else with their oil and I'll go all electric if possible. Unfortunately this stupid house is so drafty that oil is going to be the only way to go.

Yes, I'm tempted to just move back home to California where I don't need to heat my house in the frigid winter.

I might just take the $114 and put it into another oil company but I hear they're all like that now.

Sad too, my family money is invested into oil too. I'll make sure to invest it into other sources of heat when I get the money in a few years. It's invested in West coast companies right now and I'll be sure not to invest it here.

Deer Season Opens

Must you put the pictures of the dead carcasses on the front of the paper?

I don't hunt. I don't care if others do, but I don't want to see it. Why do I have to see pictures of bloody deer when I pop open the website? If I wanted to see that I could go watch a horror movie where I know it isn't real.

Yuck.

Have fun hunting.

No School Wed, Thu, Fri

Oh man and I thought I had it easy this week. The kids are out Wednesday, Thursday, AND Friday? When I went to school we only had Thursday and Friday.

What I don't get is why they let the kids out for 3 days when everyone else has to work for at least 2 of those days. Come on, that's not fair. People have to find day care and such. Well, not me because I work from home, but it's not fair to others. Can't we just make it a two vacation day week again?

I guess I should be happy because here they would make the excuse to let the kids out all week for hunting.

Impressed with Taco John's Today

Yes, I know. I can be a real snob when it comes to service. Today I went to Taco John's to pick up some tacos for my son. I guess this week is six pack and a pound for $6.99. The 6 tacos he wanted would have cost about the same so instead of just letting me order what I originally wanted the lady at Taco John's informed me about their special.

Normally this wouldn't happen. I know if i went to McDonald's they would never go for it. They would just let me carry on and not give the offering.

Kudos for Taco Johns.

Don't Forget Your Stimulus Check

Chippewa Valley residents can check

http://chippewa.com/articles/2008/11/24/news/doc4928ba3618603691662805.txt

to find out if they're owed money from the IRS.

Wendy's Burgers

I remember eating at Wendy's and their burgers had some substance. The other day I went to the Wendy's in Chippewa Falls and had a single jr. bacon cheeseburger from the dollar menu and it was all bun. You couldn't even taste the bacon or the burger.

Remember late start

Don't forget that it's a late start day for the kids. I forgot. Sigh. My son quickly reminded me then went back to sleep. Now I'm wide awake.

Try ShopWiki.com to Compare Products for Christmas

My kids are begging me for an Xbox 360 for Christmas. I'm not the biggest Microsoft fan in the world so I needed to look a little deeper into the features of the machine. I was able to find a lot of information about the Xbox 360 here at ShopWiki.com.

I was impressed with all the information included on the page. It covers good and bad reasons why to buy the machine as well as reviews. If you need any accessories then it will not be difficult to look for more information on the page as they are listed at the bottom with very nice pictures.

Will I buy one? Probably not as I'm still not convinced it is what the kids need, but I was pleased to find the reviews on musical equipment.

My son is an excellent musician who has been looking for a new bass. He's outgrown the cheap one I bought him and now he is ready for a real nice one. As I don't know a lot about bass guitars I need to turn to a source that will give me information that I need. Tonight I found several base guitars that I am seriously thinking about buying my son. All I needed to do was a search for bass guitar and this page appeared. I can sort by price which makes my shopping much easier. In fact, my sister is looking for an acoustic guitar for a member of her family so I might just send her the site as well.

So, if you're shopping this year and for some reason you can't find what you want in Chippewa Falls or you haven't decided on that major purchase, I would check out the site to narrow down your choices. You might be pleasantly surprised at what you find out there.

The China Buffet Chippewa Falls

The family recently brought my son to The China Buffet in Chippewa Falls. As usual, the service was nice and friendly. The atmosphere was decent and the food was good. It didn't taste old and the buffet trays were swapped constantly. The only issue I had was the naming of the dishes. None of the tags actually matched the dishes. It was okay because I can make out the food selections, but my son had a really hard time deciding what to have. he eventually made it pretty good by finishing three plates of food and eating cake afterwards.

I'd say he wasn't disappointed.

They're still calling their chow mein lo mein because that is what people do here in the Midwest. I've grown used to it. The noodles aren't the same anyway, but I can't find what I'm used to in San Francisco anyway. Someday :)

The China Buffet can be found at the shopping center in Chippewa Falls right next to the Micon 8 movie theater. The movie theater isn't hard to miss.

I've been away for awhile

I had some things to take care of but now I'm back and ready to report about the Chippewa Valley. It's been cold--way too cold. I'd love to get some heating oil but I just can't afford it right now :( So here I sit blogging like mad to get some oil in the tank. lol stay tuned for more posts.

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