When Life Hands You Lemons

Make a sour puss face and complain to the interwebs.  It works for me.

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The results of the Label Daddy BlogHer ’09 Sponsorship are in…and it’s not good news for AMomTwoBoys.

(Can anyone identify what that icon is?  I can’t figure it out)

Oh well, so we move on and try to figure out what other companies might want to send me to BlogHer.

Here are a few of my ideas:

The most obvious is:

Keurig:

Since buying my Keurig 2 months ago I’ve decided it’s quite possibly the greatest thing I’ve ever bought.  I’d say “ever spent money on” but I spend a LOT of money on my kids and, as much as I love my Keurig, I love them more.  Except first thing in the morning when my Keurig is making me coffee and my kids are just making me crabby.

Anyhoo, I’ve been part of talking at least one person into buying a Keurig (Maura) and have *hopefully* talked Susie & Jennifer into making the purchase as well.  (Trust me ladies, you won’t be disappointed).  So, if Keurig were to sponsor me and send me to BlogHer I’d buy one of those little wheel-y cart thingies and I’d drag a Keurig around with me.  I’d also get a backpack with Keurig’s logo to carry around sugar, creamer, Kahlua and Bailey’s.  How kickass would that be?!  That way I could make everyone coffee and show them how awesome a Keurig is.  What better way to sell a coffeemaker than to supply a bunch of hung over women with coffee?  It’s GENIUS, I tell you!

I was thinking maybe FritoLay would be another one to hit up, but I emailed them asking if they’d be willing to supply me with a few coupons to give away for their Ruffles Naturals (which are the best potato chips EVER.  Seriously, I just ate them for breakfast) and I got a big fat NO in response, so I’m thinking that since they don’t want to give up $10 in coupons, they’re not going to want to shell out money to send me to Chicago.  Just a guess.

Same thing goes for Chrysler.  I love my Pacifica, and I’d love to tell all the Mommy Bloggers all about it, but I think Chrysler has some financial issues right now, and probably doesn’t want to sponsor me for BlogHer.  Again, just a guess.

Do any of you have any ideas?  I’m totally open to suggestions.

On another note, there’s been a new development in the Capital One saga.  Complaining to the interwebs got me a phone call from Capital One’s executive offices.  Somehow, my post was forwarded to them (thanks, anonymous forwarder!) and they were calling to make amends.  Which I greatly appreciate.  My interest rate has been reduced to my original 9% and the extra $90 in interest I was charged has been credited back to my account.  I voiced my complaints with the very nice woman who called me, which were mainly that:

• Being told I was unable to discuss changing my interest rate until I’d paid my minimum IN FULL & early was a crock of horse shit.  Especially given the fact that it didn’t end up even being true.  As soon as my February payment had credited to my account, I was out of collections and in good standing again.  Seems to me like someone was just trying to get a few extra dollars paid early.
• While I take responsibility for not noticing that my E-Bill had not come through, I came to find out that the reason it hadn’t been delivered was because, just as Maura said in the comments, Capital One wanted me to update my security questions.  So they weren’t letting BofA access my bill (WTF?) and I don’t (but will now!) check my BofA online messages regularly.

So, the good news is that my interest rate is back to 9%.  Until May when Capital One is apparently increasing EVERYONE’S interest rate to upwards of 17%.  Unless you “opt out” of the change, at which point your account will be closed to new purchases and your interest rate will remain at it’s current level until your account is paid in full.  Also assuming you don’t have any late payments.  :0)

I give Capital One credit for making an attempt to rectify this situation, and I thank all of you for helping me get their attention.  I just wish it were this easy for everyone.  I can’t even imagine how families who are having trouble making ends meet will be able to handle a 17% interest rate.  It’s like a never ending downward spiral.

Also don’t forget about my giveaway for beauty products.  There’s some…interesting…and expensive stuff up for grabs!

And, Hot Mom Reviews has a whole new look thanks to Christy at Ruby and Roja and we’ve got a working feed thanks to Cathy at Desperately Seeking WordPress, so you can now subscribe and be up to date on what we’re talking about!  Try to contain your excitement.

OH!  I almost forot to share that I have one sick kid (Dylan has a nasty cough) and one who’s acting like he’s getting sick (Zach sat with me on the couch for 30 minutes this morning and then took a nap at 8:45am.  Given that he never sits still for more than .7 seconds, I’m taking this as a sign.  A sign that my weekend might be hell.  In which case you’ll get to hear even MORE complaining from me!  Yippee!

Before I go…my feed stats are all wonky.  I lost 100 followers on Tuesday.  Hoepful it’s feedburner’s fault and not that I ACTUALLY lost 100 people.  That would suck.

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