8 am - Reserve America - Book September Campsites!

I had my camping sites picked, my finger on the mouse and when the computer clock hit 8:00 am “CLICK” …. then I waited to see if I was fast enough to get the spot. NO …. yikes !! Hurry and find another spot… UGG … all the front row is gone. So, I got a non-front-row-beach-bluff spot… oh well … It’s all good because I’m camping in September!

Then… I had an appointment at 8:20 with my “shrink”. You see, I have been going to a grief counselor to help me through my parent’s deaths. I show up and she says the appointment is for Thursday. She has someone in her office. I come home, check my e-mail and nope, it was for TODAY, 8:20 !!!!

I ask my 18 year old if she would listen to me every two weeks for one hour talk about anything that is bugging me, I would pay her $20 (my co-pay). She said “no way” … $40? I said “What?”. She said she didn’t want to listen to my problems for an hour!! ha ha ha

So … I know what I will talk about with my shrink the next time … about how frustrated I am that she got my appointment wrong and that it drove me crazy! HA HA HA

Now go make it a good Monday!!

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About a month ago, my husband and I were driving home from vacation and started listening to the Clark Howard Show on the radio.  We’ve listened to him before and he has great advice on money issues.  In this segment he talked about checking your credit report - free from the three credit reporting agencies.  You can check it for FREE once a year. 

SO …   mark your calendar for every 120 days.  You check your credit with one of the companies every 120 days, this way you can keep an eye on your credit three times a year, instead of checking with all three agencies at the same time, once a year.

Things Clark Howard said to look for -

Change of Address
Lines of Credit
Something that doesn’t look familiar

I found his show on-line and followed a link to the website - www.annualcreditreport.com  Make sure you get everything for free.  A window does pop up asking if I wanted my credit score - you can skip this and go onto your free report.

Here is the link to the Clark Howard website. You can listen to his show via this site.

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This year for 4th of July we rode bikes down at Dana Point Harbor - Doheny State Beach. It is crazy down there! Wall-to-Wall people … and the BBQ’s smelling so GOOD !!  We rode bikes with our daughter Heather and her to soon-to-be-husband Bryan….. 9 days and counting!

That night around 8ish, we drove to the top of Palisades Road and walked down the hill to Capistrano Beach. It is SO nice to sit on the sand, listen to the waves crashing and watch the fireworks. There is a barge out in the ocean that lets off the fireworks. It is one of my favorite things to do on the 4th, right after kayaking to outside the jetty wall and being on the water watching the fireworks!

While filming the fireworks finale, my Mark made some funny comments and a very cute pick up line :)  You will need to watch the video to hear it!  Turn up your speakers!  You gotta love him !!

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Saturday May 23, 2009 - I went up my parent’s house in Chino today.  Loan docs were just signed and I had a few things I needed to finish up.  I sat out back and had a snack and enjoyed the breeze and quiet …. except for the birds singing.

I thought it would be harder for me to be at the house for the last time. It was definately sad, but perhaps there is closure for me now on that part of this journey.  Not to say I didn’t shed a tear… I drove home and cried a bit.  It’s been more than a year that I have been driving home from Chino crying.  It’s time for me to be happy, my parents would want it that way.

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