Sunday, October 26, 2008

Post-Its

The other day, Tyler found Nathan's stash of post-it tags. He is REALLY into stickers lately, and this was a thrilling find. He proceeded to take them all out and stick them on his head, arms, and all over his clothes.And this was the end result. As cute as the picture is, the funniest part is that he wanted to keep those darn things on all day! When one would lose it's stickiness from the constant sticking & unsticking, he was very, very sad. Also, here's a video of Ty making Chester do tricks for goldfish. He loves our dog to death, mauls him everyday, and has been really excited that he can get the dog to do the same tricks mommy & daddy get him to do. Chester won't perform for Tyler unless Nate or I are around, but Ty still thinks it's great.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

They call it the UPS scam

So here is a fun story.  Last Tuesday I ordered a new laptop that was supposed to arrive this week.  Except on Saturday I was over at my in-laws having lunch and Fedex delivered a package for me.  It contained an HP laptop.  It seemed a little strange that I would get a package at my inlaws and even stranger that it would a computer that I hadn't ordered, I had ordered one of the new Mac Book Pros.  So being the optomistic guy that I am I assumed someone had sent me a laptop as a gift.  So we immediately started trying to figure out who would give me a laptop.  The only one I could come up with is Abraham, a guy who my in-laws took care of for a couple of years when he was younger and who I am building D&H Auto Parts for.

So I tried to call him and say thanks a couple of times on Saturday and then sent him an email.  Since I assumed the HP laptop was for me I called Apple and got the laptop I ordered cancelled and started setting up the HP one.  Imagine my surprise then when Abraham calls me Saturday evening and says, "I didn't buy you a laptop, sorry."  So then I went and looked at the invoice that came with the package and noticed that it was charged to my credit card.

So basically someone stole my credit card information and bought a laptop with it.  So that the credit card charge wouldn't look suspicious they had it shipped to my address, except in this case it was an old address.  I immediatly called Discover of course and cancelled my card and then I called HP, who put me off until the fraud department opened on Monday, they made a special point though of saying, "If UPS comes by to pick up the computer don't give it to them, we only use Fedex."  Sure enough UPS called my in-laws house to schedule a pickup for the computer.

After talking to HP I learned that they call it the UPS scam.  Someone steals your credit card information and buys a computer that is then shipped to you.  They then schedule a pickup with UPS to get the computer, assuming that you realize you didn't order it and have contacted your credit card company and/or HP and so are expecting a pickup.  I wonder how many people gave the computer to UPS before HP started saying, "Do not give it to UPS.  We don't use them and we didn't schedule the pickup."  So if any of you mysteriously get a computer delivered to your house, check the invoice.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Logan

So we went to visit my sister over General Conference. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Tyler LOVES his Emo. He could live there forever, and never even miss us. Why would he? After all, she does run the geriatric pet clinic in her area (aka: her collection of really old pets). He loves to feed the deaf German Shepherd, chase the nearly-blind Chihuahua, and search for the cat that is always hiding. Not to mention, look at the gecko, and ride the horse. She even makes grocery shopping seem fun. Of course, having a store with cool car-carts helps.
My only complaint is that Logan is WAY too far away! 2 1/2 hours for a toddler is about 2 hours too long. The picture below shows you just how bored Ty got on the drive home.

Saturday, October 4, 2008

A Temple in Italy!!

For those who don't know, I served my mission in Italy.  You can imagine my excitement when I heard President Monson say that a temple was planned for Rome Italy.  He didn't say when it would be finished or even started but it will be such a great blessing for the Italians.   There is a prophecy that Italy will blossom as a rose and I think having a temple there will go a long way towards doing that.  A beautiful temple will make people much more aware of who we really are, instead of thinking we are the Amish, and will give the members there a lot of strength.  I am so excited.