Verizon DSL Communications from Hell

I have had a dsl account with verizon since 3/2010, found out on 6/23 that had been billed for the wrong type of account. Our speed was reduced from 1.5/384 to 768/128 and without consent I might add by a woman working there named Latoya. After 3 hours of phone conversation with some very unhelpful people I was finally able to reach a supervisor named Claudette Herret who was very helpful and got my service back up to speed, got me the right kind of account at $24.99/mo instead of $44.99 that I was overcharged. (A young man named David in billing - the only other helpful person I spoke too) had already arranged a $250.00 credit to my account for over charges. Ms. Herret informed me on 6/24/11 that our account would be residential at $24.99 month, speed 1.5/384 and a $250.00 credit applied to the account. Said she was going on vacation and would call me back on 7/6/11 when she returned. In the meantime we got an email saying our account would be charged 24.99 for 12 months then go to 39.99, I called just about billing and unfortunately go Latoya on the phone again who changed my account back to 768/128. Have been fighting to get it right again every since. Now "floor supervisor" Robert says I'm going to be charged $44.99 again for the 1.5/384 speed. I told him NO NO NO... it is to be 1.5/384, 24.99 per month and $250 credit. So hopefully Ms. Herrett till get back to me on the 6th and I can get this mess straightened out once and for all. I have used approx 500  minutes of my Verizon cell phone minutes to to talk to these people. Customer service at Verizon communications is very poor!

life in general: Find Fossils and Rocks on A Budget

life in general: Find Fossils and Rocks on A Budget

birds

Lucky to have a place to sit and watch birds in my front yard, always a treat to see all the different visitors, Lucifer Hummingbird one of our favorites!

Find Fossils and Rocks on A Budget

Do you enjoy the  outdoors, rock climbing, hiking? Why not add fossil hunting and rock hounding/collecting to your list of hobbies? It's easy and can be done almost anywhere. Driving down the road, see a nice road cut. STOP! You will be amazed at the interesting things you can find. Many areas in North Texas reveal fossils such as ammonites, brahiopods and echinods. The North Sulfur River, just north of Ladonia Texas has Mossasaur and fish and turtle fossils, even Mammonth bones have been collected there. Post Oak creek in Sherman Texas is full of sharks teeth. There  are rare tektites in the Brenham area. There is so much to explore and find in this great country.

back again

Sorry been away for a long time, have been experiencing lots of difficulties in 2009, My husband had a Heart attack on 5/7/09 and thank goodness survived, which is quite a miracle, considering he was home alone, had just climbed on top of our two story roof to fix the antenna; thank goodness didn't have the heart attack until he was back on solid ground. It was a 100 percent blockage in the main artery of his heart. He remained calm, called for help and called me and was gotten to the hospital in time to prevent death and even minimal damage to the heart. He is doing well now. Then in July I went into the hospital for an emergency illness. heart rate was 32 bpm, still going through a multitude of test to determine exact cause, but I'm doing ok. Lost my job whilst in the hospital however; and was out of work for 3 months. Got back to work mid October and financially trying to get back on our feet. My husband at worked construction all of his adult life and is now having trouble finding work. SO we are just hoping that 2010 is better for us than 09. How is everyone out there?

Thought of the day...when in doubt Re-dink it!

bugs of the past

life in general: all things fossil

life in general: Small Town Government

For anyone fed up with your small town city government, sound off. My town government is out of control. Spending tax payers dollars where they don't need to be spent, hiring police we don't need and imposing taxes that are outrageous. Stand up people. Government at all levels should be for the people, by the people and of the people. We need to take back our towns and our country.

bring on the rain

Rain is a NSR hunters music to the ears, means more fossils washed out! Can hardly wait til I can get back to the river. So many fossils, so little time. Oh to be able to retire and be a full time NSR junkie. :)

all things fossil

North Sulfur River

Saradon jaw bone
(This is the big ugly fish)
Well next weekend should be a good time for all at the North Sulfur River, since there was rain this week and looks like next week it is going to rain at least a couple of days. I know I'll try to get out there. I think my husband and I addicted to that place, We literally start feeling a need to go back. It's such a cool place because every trip you can find something, it may not be something really amazing but you can always come back with something. I even pick up bits of colored glass for art projects while I'm looking for the Mosasuars and fish parts. My ultimate goal is a tusk, I've found what I believe to be bits of tusk but nothing substantial, the largest piece is about 6 inches long and maybe an inch wide. Last trip I found a nice piece of Mosasuar jaw, 2 teeth sockets with partial teeth and a lower socket that you can see the the tooth point in. We have 11 verts from one area of the river, 4 were found touching each other. My husband has found several Mosasuar teeth, on is about 3 inches in length. He also has a saradon jaw bone and some nice verts from another big ugly fish that I cannot even begin to spell. lol. We so badly want to move closer to the river, but finding it difficult to do at this time. Right now it's like a 3 hour drive for us to get there but we still manage at least once a month. :) Well happy hunting ya'll. And share your stories and finds with us.