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Comment on Decking my Halls / What Christmas Means to Me by beekey

beekey — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:28:31 +0000

hi! thanks for your ad. hope you get well asap so you can decorate for Christmas! God bless you!

Comment on Caught in a Downward Spiral by Lainy

Lainy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:12:21 +0000

OH Rachie!!!! I can’t believe he tried to off ya with pork…This is a shitty time fo year. We are on one income(my fault b/c I quit) and I am freaking out about how we are going to buy gifts and stuff for Christmas. Everything will turn out ok in the end, I just don’t know when the end is. Just remember that you have a ton of people who love you and don’t let the mean candy cane people ruin the holidays for you!!!

Comment on Caught in a Downward Spiral by Shawn

Shawn — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:17:00 +0000

I’m sorry its been tough lately .
we’ll get through this.
Obama is going to help us pay our mortgage, and get some free groceries (not pork chops) LOL-sry about that.
Remember what Grandpa always says:
It always gets better in the end.
ILY

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by Terri healthymoms

Terri healthymoms — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:13:30 +0000

Thanks I will have to try that recipe. Have you seen the cutest bear cake pans yet? I will use them to make a bear cake for one of my clients in a Neonatal unit.

Comment on Noggin Review by Steve G.

Steve G. — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:27:52 +0000

I thoroughly agree with your assessment of the Upside Down Show. Lately its time slot around here has been moved to 9:30, which is a crime, because it’s the only show that my three year old laughs out loud at. He loves playing with the “remote”. I guess we can still watch snippets at the noggin website, though.

Comment on Amish Friendship Bread by Bernie

Bernie — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:53:43 +0000

I’ve been baking this bread for a while and sometimes I have trouble with it rising. I can’t figure out why some loaves come out sunken in the middle. Can anyone help me solve this? Thanks.

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by bakedblog

bakedblog — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:22:48 +0000

Sorry Martha, but I do not have that recipe, I can look around a bit and see if I can find one. Sorry I could not be of more assistance, will let u know if my search turns up anything

Thanks
Rachel (the baked blogger)

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by Martha A. Cheves

Martha A. Cheves — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:47:54 +0000

Since you bake I thought I would ask if you have a recipe. I’m looking for a white chocolate pound cake made with ricotta cheese. Any help? Also, I see you like pumpkin. I’ve just posted a new recipe for Sweet Potato Balls on my website that will work great with pumpkin instead of sweet potatoes. Go to my website http://marthaskitchenkorner.com click on recipes, click on veggies and you will see the recipe listed.
Thanks and I hope you have the recipe I’m looking for.
Martha

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by carnation

carnation — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:54:25 +0000

yummy…the first things i baked when i was still in school were muffins, esp the banana cake muffins

Comment on Charter Communications lacks actual Communication by charter contractor guy

charter contractor guy — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:50:56 +0000

As a contractor for these idiots at Charter, I can tell you management has no clue what is happening in the field with customers.

The people you are talking to are in either the Philipines or Panama of late. Sometimes you get lucky and get the US. Sometimes your call goes to Ontario. Then there is the problem of getting connected to the wrong system….you are either an ICOMM Charter billing or CSG (or some such nonsense) Charter billing. The two systems are NOT connected. Get connected wrong and you may have to call back or hope you can be transferred properly.

Charter a couple years back laid off 200 people in their call center headquarters in St Louis MO and contracted out the call center operation to Teletek in Philipines… thus the problem with you understanding them and them understanding you.

The problem with getting reconnected is that digital is one system, a CSR can go in and send a signal to your box. But if you want your internet back on they have to log into a SEPARATE system called “Aurora” and reprovision your modem. If it is telephone, that is a whole other system and has to be reconnected by the phone department and jump through a bunch of hoops…ALLEDGEDLY to meet FCC requirments.

Charter is deep in debt…$20 billion in the hole as of 2Q 08. I am waiting to see what 3Q 08 brings. They just refinanced a bunch of 2009 debt to 2015, so they are playing shell games.

Charter is so desparate that they are giving away promotion deals like day after Haloween candy. If you signed up for a deal and then your bill comes and the deal is not there, it is because someone did not enter a code correctly. There are codes for ICOMM, CSG, then for U-Verse areas and non U-verse areas….then single play, double play, triple play, overbuild…you get the picture…there are literally hundreds of promo codes floating around the billing system..

Recently Charter updated sales promo codes again…. no wonder they cant keep it straight…I hate trying to sell cable… I dont encourage customers to sign up with charter, especially phone service. .. I hate it, I am just a contractor for them…. I have AT&T U-Verse….if Charter were the only alternative for cable/internet/phone, I would go back to carrier pidgeon and the post office.

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by tanya

tanya — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:24:05 +0000

my husband will love these! thanks!

Comment on Pumpkin Muffin Recipe by Debbie Lane

Debbie Lane — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:08:28 +0000

these look yummy. My oldest son is away at college and he loves pumpkin. I guess I will have to bake them and mail him a surprise!

Comment on Amish Friendship Bread by bakedblog

bakedblog — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:16:11 +0000

I don’t think this will be a big issue, and I hope it turns out great for you!

Comment on Snakes, Lizards, and Scorpions Oh My by Kat Webster

Kat Webster — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:38:41 +0000

Did you make a snake cake?? I am having the same kind of party for my 6 year old. Any suggestions??? I’ve searched and searched, but nothing is jumping out at me as a “great snake cake”

Comment on Charter Communications lacks actual Communication by Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:01:12 +0000

Charter changed from a great company to a company that treats customers horribly! I have been dealing with many of the same issues mentioned above. CUSTOMER SERVICE and TECH SUPPORT are rude, inept, and not truthful. This is from a customer, well FORMER customer of 15 years! After turning in all the equipment, getting a receipt, and actually having a credit on our bill…..we got “the letter”. Guess what? Charter is trying to charge us hundreds and hundreds of dollars for equipment we never had.
The letter threatened legal action to recover the items.
How can we return items (for example routers and modems we never obtained from them). We bought ours elsewhere. BEWARE! Stopping service will not stop this company!

I would not have kept Charter had I been offered a year free of charge.

Now, I suppose they are taking us to court. BEWARE!

PS. For those of you who are given information on when the repair person will arrive, don’t sit and wait. I sat here for three DAYS from 8am to 8pm…….and was reassured every two hours (I called) and of course no repair person came.