August 29, 2008
Nadda!
It took us somewhere between a year and a half and two years to collect them but we got our rewards from Airmiles!
A sweet little Panasonic digital camcorder! We were trying to figure out what to get and this kind of leaped. We have Tom’s camcorder that he won at the Telemundo Christmas Party I went with him to at Magic Mountain back when he worked/lived in Cali (gosh from back in 2001 I think!) but it is a LOT bigger and runs on them thar tape things. We are wanting to digitize all the tapes we have and going forward this will make things a whole lot easier! This lil puppy has a 40gig HDD and has slots for HD SD cards for more capacity and of course one can always burn a DVD. The camera can take stills too how fun!
I had ordered it, I swear not much more than a week ago. The site said it could take 4-6 weeks but maybe sooner but I figured we wouldn’t see it for 6 weeks.
This evening, the front door rings and I answer and it’s UPS with a package for me. I was puzzled as to what the heck it could be, like I said I wasn’t expecting anything any time soon but holay molay!
So yay! A new toy to play with. As usual I didn’t read any manual, just started poking around. No fun in manuals!
Not bad for a freebie eh?!
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Posted by americanuck
August 29, 2008
Guilty.
I didn’t do it, I didn’t get my emergency kit going. Despite fully intending on doing it, yeah I kind of put it off.
Well no more, I finally got off my ass and I’m putting one together. Well, really more like two because I’m going to need to do the same for my Mom. I think the people in the local store think I’m some kind of weirdo. The cashier asked me if I was having some kind of party or picnic (cos of the plates, cups and band-aids?) I said no, it’s for an emergency prep kit. “Ohhhh….” she says, giving me the once over like I was running down the aisles screaming “the sky is falling, the sky is falling!” Um, I don’t get why this is weird. She’ll be sorry when that sky DOES fall and she’s drinking out of her toilet! Heh.
See? See? A good start at least! Chris told me his store sell some of the items I’m looking to add so when I play Mom taxi this coming week I will stop by.
Seriously though, why not have the basics on hand at the very least? I’m going to approach this with the same order and organization I use at work and with my taxes. This is even more important, this is your life and your family’s life. Pick up your supplies, list the contents of the storage container ON the containers along with any expiration dates, monitor them and rotate out and replace anything nearing expiration. Let everyone know where they are in case you’re not around.
G’wan and do it. You’ll feel much better.
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