BACK-UP DISAPPOINTMENT

Recently, I decided to once again re-start my real estate referral business. I call owners who are selling their own homes and offer them a free market analysis. My hope is that eventually, if they don’t sell on their own they will list their house with a real estate agent I recommend so that I can collect a referral fee of $500 to $2,000.

Last night I called a number of owners who had posted their homes on a local website. Several of the phone numbers had been disconnected and so I deleted the property from my Excel list of properties. Unfortunately, when I went to bed I realized that I made a terrible mistake. I had neglected to make a back-up copy of the original list. Thus, I will end up wasting my time calling those disconnected numbers again, since I could not check to see that I had already called them. Darn…darn…darn.

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CYBER-MONDAY

When I woke up this morning, the newscaster on the radio talked several times about Cyber Monday, a day on which a huge number of people would do their Christmas shopping online. I smiled and thought to myself, that I could avoid Cyber Monday just as I had avoided Black Friday since I always give my family checks when we celebrate Chanukah. But lo and behold I found myself joining the throngs of others who turned on their computers today to do their shopping online.

I had planned on going to the grocery store today, but got too busy. And so I had no choice but to buy my groceries online as I have done on several other occasions in the past. But as I clicked away to purchase my groceries, I couldn’t help but smile. I never would have guessed this morning when I awoke that I would be a Cyber Monday shopper.

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MARGE JACOBY

Recently a friend invited me to play bridge with her monthly bridge group. When I arrived one of the other woman said to me, “You look so familiar, I wonder if we know each other”. Of course we then tried remembering how we might have met before. However, we had no luck.

But later that evening she rushed over to me and asked if I had worked at the Univ. of Wisconsin in Madison 20 years ago in the Ed Science Building? “Why yes,” I replied. “That’s it,” she said. She also worked there at that time and thus remembered. What a memory she has, I thought. However, even with that knowledge I still didn’t recognize her as I had absolutely no memory of her. But to be polite, I agreed, “Why yes, of course.”

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TURKEYLESS THANKSGIVING

On Thanksgiving, I served salmon to my three guests as they do not eat meat. Nevertheless, we all had a good time and enjoyed the evening. Yet after they left and I finished cleaning the kitchen, I must admit I felt a bit sad. My son and daughter spent the holiday with their in-laws, both my parents are deceased, and my sister and I are not close. And so my Thanksgiving celebration, as nice as it was, did not include either my family close-by or turkey on the dinner table.

I wish I knew why I felt sad this year, as it didn’t bother me last Thanksgiving when I also served fish to these same three friends. Perhaps the rift between my sister and me that intensified this summer weighs heavily upon my heart. I just don’t know. But, at least I can look forward to next week. Wednesday night is the first night of Chanukah and I always invite my children and their families to a holiday dinner of latkes (potato pancakes). And this Chanukah I have decided I will also serve TURKEY !!!!

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CRAIGSLIST

I just don’t get it. When I started my website in 2006, I frequently posted advertisements for my site on Craigslist and people responded to it. But lately, no one is clicking on my postings. And because I can’t call anyone at Craigslist to find out what’s the problem, I have to figure it out myself. And what a frustrating and difficult task that is.

So this morning, I put my mind to solving the problem. After a number of attempts I finally discovered that I had foolishly deleted the CRITICAL email Craigslist sent to me immediately after I posted an entry. The email informed me to open the link in the email and click on publish. Well what do you know? The solution was that simple. So I followed the instructions …. But when I went to look at the post I published, it was NOT there. So I’m back to square one !@#$%^&*()<….

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SALMON FOR THANKSGIVING

Last year was the first Thanksgiving that I was without any of my family. My Mom had died earlier in the year, my Dad had died in 1996, my sister had moved to Nevada and both my children would be out of town with their in-laws. But I have lots of good friends and invited a few to my house for Thanksgiving.

Nevertheless, I thought I would feel sad at my first thanksgiving without my Mom. But luckily, my friends are religious and can only eat meat that is Kosher. So, I cooked salmon instead. And though I missed eating turkey to my pleasant surprise serving fish was perfect. Without turkey, it really didn’t seem like thanksgiving. And so I was able to enjoy myself after all.

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CRANBERRY JELLO MOLD RECIPE

Yesterday my sister sent me an email from Las Vegas asking if I had Mom’s cranberry jello mold recipe. Although, I always loved that jello mold, I had never made a copy of it and when my Mom moved to Las Vegas a year before she died, many of her recipes got lost. But luckily I thought of calling my cousin. As sisters, my Mom and his Mom shared a lot of their recipes and I remember that when my Aunt died, my cousin threw away very few of her possessions and kept almost everything.

So when I asked my cousin’s wife if she would check my Aunt’s recipe for the cranberry jello mold, she said, “No problem. All the recipes were perfectly organized and easy to access.” Well, to my delight the next day JoAnne sent me the recipe and now my sister and I can enjoy eating the cranberry jello mold for Thanksgiving.

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TEA POT

Recently a friend told me that I could remove the lime build-up in the bottom of my teapot by boiling a mixture of vinegar and water in the pot. And so I tried it, but had to repeat the process several times, since in all the years I owned my pot I had never cleaned away the lime. Even then a residue of lime remained in the teapot, but I could once again actually see the original bottom.

I plan to boil more vinegar and water to get rid of all the lime. In the meantime, I so enjoy my clean teapot that every time I pass my stove, I lift the cover and look inside.

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HP PRINTER

Recently when I tried installing my HP printer software on my new Windows 7 computer, I received an error message that it was incompatible. So I called HP. The technician told me he could help me install the updated version, but would charge me $39. That made me angry, but what could I do. However, when I typed my credit card number on their form, something was wrong and my number was rejected. The technician asked me to try several more times. But the same problem kept reappearing. As I had recently used my credit card to buy something on Ebay, I knew the problem existed with HP.

Finally, I complained that the problem with HP was wasting my time and HP should compensate me. And guess what ….. The technician agreed to install my printer WITHOUT charging me.

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