The Uninvited

I don't want anybody or anything in my house that I didn't invite. That includes anything that flies, crawls or slithers. You getting the idea here

When I was younger we had a mouse in our house. I remember my mom standing on a chair and yelling for my dad. Years later we had mice. Mice is more than 1 and I remember the first time I saw one I jumped up on the table and yelled for my dad. Dad tried to get rid of them by setting traps but it didn't work too well. For every 1 he caught there were dozens more offspring running around.

After dad had passed away and I was living with my mom and we had a bird in the house, in addition to the mice. No, not one we kept in a cage, this was a Starling and it looked huge. Supposedly they get on the top of the chimney to get warm, pass out from the fumes and fall inside, into the house. That thing was in the house for 2 days with me running around with a jacket over my head until we could get it outside. Hey, don't laugh, didn't you see Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds? I did.

After mom passed away I was still in the same house only this time it was mine (I'd inherited it, mice and all). My bedroom was originally on the second floor until I saw a mouse in there one night. I quickly moved down to the main level and slept with a light and the TV on. If the TV was on I couldn't hear them. One morning I wake to the sight of a squirrel in my house. Yes, a grey squirrel. I remember my mom always telling me they were nothing but rats with bushy tails. I also remember a neighbor getting bit by one when I was little. I borrowed a trap, locked it in the kitchen with the squirrel and left the house for a few days.

I've since moved from Chicago to Southeast Alabama where there are different creatures and the usual ones are BIGGER. I've seen roaches (down here they call them Palmetto Bugs or Water Bugs) as big as a small child and fire ant hills the size of a Volkswagon Bug. Yesterday I walked into the living room to see a huge Gecko or lizard. Did I tell you I HATE them. I put them in the same category as snakes and we all know what the snake is capable of. If not read Genesis. Anyway, as jumped on the sofa I was yelling for Don. Being my hero he came and rescued me from the brink of a heart attack and caught that thing and sent him packing. But being the man that he is he did laugh at me and tell me it was only a little Gecko. I DON'T CARE!!! I didn't invite it into my home.

I'm getting rid of that WELCOME mat at the front door.

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Photographer: Subliminl

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me. Yup, my birthday's in 2 days. I'm going to be a whopping 52 years old. What!!!! Did I just say that out loud. You didn't hear me did you. I meant to say I'm going to be 29. Yeah, that's right, 29.

Well, Don got me my birthday presents a little early this year. I'd seen a Lenox ring I wanted. Two entwined hearts with our birthstones and our names engraved down each side of the band. It's called . the Two Forever Ring.     

Then we saw a loveknot with both birthstones. This is called the Eternal Embrace Pendant.

Now came the difficult decision, which one did I want. I left the decision up to him and guess what? He got me both. Why you ask, because I'm worth it. Hey, those are his words not mine.


Don't I have the most wonderful husband in the whole world?

My Weekly Beef: Facebook is Really Pissing Me Off

I'm a little upset with Facebook right now. I have a new review blog and I'd read a few days ago that it's a good idea to create a Fan Page for your blog or website. I set out trying to create a page and found out you can't have 2 pages on the same account. That's no problem, I have several email addresses so I'll just use one of my alternates to create that Fan Page.

The first one I created wasn't working right so I decided to start again. I deleted the page but when I tried to create another Fan Page using that same email address it just reactived the page I wanted to delete. On to email address #3. Same problem. Now I'm on my last spare email address and finally got the Fan Page to look the way I wanted it to. It was working and I created the button for my blog and added a couple of updates on the wall.

The next day when I went to log on to the Fan Page the fun began. I couldn't access it. I went to my personal page where I'd linked to the new Fan Page and got to it just fine but then I noticed the problem. My Blog's name is What's That Buzz but I named the page Product Reviews - Contests - Freebies & More and the name on the account was mine, Dee Landry. Now the name on the account is Beth Johnson. Who the heck is Beth Johnson. I went to the Account Settings and it was my email address but someone else's name. I requested to change my password and received the email with the link to do that. I then tried to find out how to contact Facebook.

After much looking and reading through FAQ's I got to a contact form, filled it out and sent it off. I received the generic "we've received your request" response and it did say to change my password which I'd already done. It also said I could respond to that email which I did. I explained the situation and that my account seemed to be linked to someone else's. If I leave the wall at all I can't get back to it unless I log out and back in again. The name on the account isn't mine, the profile page is a generic blank page without my graphics or updates AND there is no way for me to update in any way.

Several days went by and I get no response except for the original computer generated "we received your request" email so yesterday I sent off another one again explaining the problem and still no response. Not a we're working on it or sorry, nothing.

So, as I said I'm a little upset with Facebook right now and if this continues it will evolve into more than a little and erupt into furious. So, I guess this great networking site is OK as long as you have no problems but once you do it's not so great anymore and if this doesn't get resolved soon I may be upset enough to cancel both accounts.