On top of the usual holiday shopping, parties and family get-togethers, I've spent the last three weeks doing renovations. It all started with the need to change the old, tired and fading carpet to laminate flooring... and well, it quickly turned into a major project... Here's a short synopsis:
1. Ripped out old carpet and underlayment - damn that was fun.
2. Stripped off baseboard moulding - not as hard as i thought!!
3. Installed 300 sq. ft of laminate flooring (3 days) - 12mm material looks and feels real nice, but you better have a good saw to cut it!!!
4. Repainted living room, dining and hall - (1 day) -
5. Repaint kitchen (frickin' 3 coats and a primer) - (2 days) - i'm so thankful for Painter's tape...
6. Remove old ceramic tile and prepare subloor - 1 day - stripped off half of tje cement by hand, only to be told by Home Depot later, that its not really necessary!
7. Laid down new ceramic tile - 3 days of quad burning and back aching fun!
8. Applied Grout - 1 day of more quad burning and back aching fun!
I'm not done yet. Got a couple more weekends worth of work to be done. But in the end I think it will be worth it -- despite an irritating cold, dry, peeling finger tips (never leave cement on your hands for long periods), and a sore lower back and muscles.
If anything, I've gotten a much greater appreciation for those people who do this work as an career!
30 December 2004
17 December 2004
So this is Christmas...
(dang, i can't get that Lennon song out of my head!!)
- I'm dreading going to the malls... I like giving, but i hate shopping. I also hate finding parking at Metrotown.
- Nat and Drew from the Z morning crew are camping out at Pacific Centre to raise funds for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. The other morning they told of a story of a homeless man, who came up to the booth and gave up everything he had in his pocket....A dime, nickel and 3 pennies.
- The Province had a Guide to Christmas Lights display over the weekend, Niki and I checked out some of the Surrey displays. Boy, do some people really go nuts. One place was so popular that it had a tour bus bringing people to see!!
Oh, and it turns out i had 5 vacation days that can't be carried over to next year, and so i'm taking it off for Christmas. It won't be much of a vacation though...got a big project in the works...it's been something i've wanted to do for quite some time, but haven't had the time to do it. If I could only be more diligent in my blog entries, I may post updates every now and then...
- I'm dreading going to the malls... I like giving, but i hate shopping. I also hate finding parking at Metrotown.
- Nat and Drew from the Z morning crew are camping out at Pacific Centre to raise funds for the Salvation Army Toy Drive. The other morning they told of a story of a homeless man, who came up to the booth and gave up everything he had in his pocket....A dime, nickel and 3 pennies.
- The Province had a Guide to Christmas Lights display over the weekend, Niki and I checked out some of the Surrey displays. Boy, do some people really go nuts. One place was so popular that it had a tour bus bringing people to see!!
Oh, and it turns out i had 5 vacation days that can't be carried over to next year, and so i'm taking it off for Christmas. It won't be much of a vacation though...got a big project in the works...it's been something i've wanted to do for quite some time, but haven't had the time to do it. If I could only be more diligent in my blog entries, I may post updates every now and then...
26 October 2004
Bell's Billing Blues
Wholly Schmokes!!! If you're on Bell...u might want to take a CLOSE look on your bank or credit card statements. Bell Mobility's move to a new billing system is royally f$&%ed up. Not only have the billing notices come out LATE. They've also been charging my credit card TWICE for the same month!!! AND....somehow they've changed the discounts on my plan so that i pay $25 more extra per month for the same service!!! I immediately called Bell, and was greeted by a pre-recorded messsage from their CEO, saying that the recent "upgrade" to the new billing software has caused some "delays" in billing -- any discrepancies would be "resolved" in the November statement. Ehhh...sorry not good enough. So I pressed '0' to get a real person, and proceeded to hold for the next 45min...meanwhile, i do a quick search on the net for "Bell Mobility billing" and lo-behold, there are reports and complaints from other disgruntled customers.
One person said they were put on hold for 6 hours....what the!!!!
Anyways...i have yet to talk to a real person about this, and who knows when i'll be able to get through their customer service queues. Gawd...i feel sorry for their reps on the other line. They must be getting a LOT of pissy customers, and its not their fault.
On a side note, i haven't been too happy with Bell's service since I switched from Telus. Their coverage doesn't seem to be as solid (especially in my condo), and their plan isn't as competive as City Fido. Plus, their phones aren't as cool :)
One person said they were put on hold for 6 hours....what the!!!!
Anyways...i have yet to talk to a real person about this, and who knows when i'll be able to get through their customer service queues. Gawd...i feel sorry for their reps on the other line. They must be getting a LOT of pissy customers, and its not their fault.
On a side note, i haven't been too happy with Bell's service since I switched from Telus. Their coverage doesn't seem to be as solid (especially in my condo), and their plan isn't as competive as City Fido. Plus, their phones aren't as cool :)
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