June 14th, 2008 by BlogRmom

I am SOOOO excited!! Last night I was surfing on eBay and found a GREAT deal on a BRAND new Nikon lense for my camera. I have wanted the 70-300mm lense forever.  Actually since I bought my camera. Lenses are NOT cheap though. This one has the auto focus and vibration reduction. I am so incrediably happy. The only thing that would make me happier is if it actually arrived on Monday!! Which would mean it would be here BY the time we leave for vacation! LOL I know that’s a FAR stretch, but a girl can hope, right? I am SOOOO thrilled. I am not sure I will be taking my Nikon on vacation though, honestly. We are headed to a water park for the most part and touring the rest of the time and I am not sure I want to lug it when we are touring… and as far as taking it to the water park… I would MUCH rather take my chances with my Kodak Point and Shoot. It does GREAT outdoors so that won’t be a problem. There just isn’t much for options and zooms. But I can manage!

I got the mail today. I am pissed at Sprint. I got a card saying my rebate on my phones was recieved after the postmark and there for they would not honor it. How can that be when the offer doesn’t expire until 7/31/08. UGH! Just another way to SCREW a consumer!! I don’t even want to begin to fight that one! I am so tired of companies ripping off the average consumer and we have no way to do anything about it. If I cancel my service, which is what I want to do… I am going to terminate a contract and they win. I pay a termination fee. UGH! On a much happier note, I got the statements for the kids savings accounts. They only come once every 6 months. I am excited because they BOTH have enough that we can roll into CD’s now! *YAY* They will get much better interest on them and I think it will be better in the long run! So we have to take care of that as soon as we get back from vacation.

More good news!! The rain here has STOPPED! It’s sunny and 75 degrees today. It’s not muggy at all either. I am in heaven. I only hope the weather for the Dells is as nice. The weather report is not looking so hot. Supposed to rain like 4 days we are there… *sigh* I hate rain! Although I shouldn’t complain too much I know alot of places are flooded right now. It’s so sad. Unfortunatly the Dells is one of those places!! In Iowa the Cedar River has flooded and burried 400 city blocks!! Watching the footage is so sad. I don’t live too far from there and I’ve visited this area on a FEW occassions, so it’s heartbreaking. I can’t image what the families that live there are going through. On that note… I am off to start the daily grind!