Have you ever rolled out of bed to have everything go wrong from the minute you sat up? Today, is one of those days for me. I roll over open the laptop and I see a few word for word pitches, about guest posts, and they are going to not charge me one penny, they just ask for one link. I kid you not these emails were almost word for word. So I responded thanking them, and told them how many pennies, I would be charging them.

Then, I started entering giveaways, and was thinking about doing dishes, when I was asked to order a part. Let me give a little information on this. I purchased a prepaid visa at Wal-Mart last night for the purpose of ordering a part for a vehicle online. When it comes to companies I am not to sure about, I like to get prepaid cards, because I don’t like giving out my paypal information. Specially when it isn’t for me.

Last night I went to Walmartgift.com and I put in the address to tie to the card, and this morning I went and ordered the part. Only I got a big fat “Order declined due to address not matching.” What the hell ever, I know the address matches, so I go and redo the address on the card to make sure, and go to reorder, only to find out now I do not have proper funds. What the hell…. I go look nope, sure don’t the money had come off the card.

I call the place I was trying to order from they told me I had to contact the place I got the card from. So I called up the people at Walmartgift.com and was informed the money wouldn’t be back on the card until December 17th, reasoning being that is how long the company has to accept or decline… HELLO I have 3 emails showing declined. What else they want, she told me she could have it back within 2 days, if I got something from the company stating it was declined. I then asked to speak to a supervisor they were starting to piss me off.

Supervisor gets on states the same thing, that it was showing approved on her end, and I would need to get something from the company showing it was declined, and since it was a gift card funds wouldn’t be back on for at least 2 days. This pissed me off more, I didn’t wait to pay them the $100 for the card, I didn’t expect to wait for them to release the funds, my funds back to me. I got loud and informed her I would be letting others know about this situation…

I then called the company back, stated I needed something from them showing it was declined, he sent me an email, I called Walmartgift.com back. I asked for an email address to send this to, so the money would be released within 2 days, she stated she couldn’t release it in two days, I needed to wait until the 17th blah blah blah. Fine, let me speak to a supervisor this is bullshit… She asks for my name, and phone number… I was already pissed, so I asked why she needed the information, she said to pass me to a supervisor, umm the first lady didn’t get that information before handing me over to someone that had no clue what she was talking about.

So I give it to her a Supervisor comes on, let me start by saying this lady was extremely nice, I told her what was going on, she seen it was to declined because f the damn addresses. She said I needed to wait until the 17th because it was a gift card and they couldn’t release the funds back. I informed her how the last supervisor said as long as I had proof showing it was canceled it would be put back within 2 days.

She asked if it was okay if she got a corporate supervisor. ABSOLUTELY this saved me the trouble from having to look up the number myself. About 5 minutes pass she comes back and informs me she talked to a corporate supervisor and they placed the funds back on the card, since it was declined due to address issues.

So what does that say, YES they can to put the money back when an issue arises.

Although it took me 4 tries to get this issue resolved, it was finally resolved. Please note when using prepaid gift cards you must have the address perfect all the proper caps and everything. I think what got me is after the Rd I added a period, and didn’t when I tried to order the part.

However, if you have blogged about crazydog tshirts, and give them good feedback you are shunned from even winning. Okay, their company their rules, in my opinion this is completely UNFAIR. However, it is nice to know where bloggers stand with them.

I have not worked with crazydog in over 7 months, both times I got shirts for my husband, I won a $15 gc today for their site… I was excited, because now I could get ME a shirt. With school starting soon, I literally have only a few shirts. So this would have went to good use, not like I was winning several from several sites, and making them go broke. However, I received an email from the blog owner where I won, and she stated crazydog told her I could not claim the win, because I have blogged about them in the past. If I would have known, I was not allowed to win, I would not have entered, or I would have given my sisters information. She too entered this giveaway.

Lesson learned, so please be advised if you have ever blogged about CrazyDog Tshirts, or tend to work with them in the past, skip the giveaways they sponsor,  you will only be wasting your time.

And I will be honest, I am not mad because I am not getting the $15 gc, I am mad about this whole situation, I could careless about the shirt, would have been nice to get it, would have helped with clothes for the fall, but I am pissed because they shun those that worked with them in the past, but those that don’t work with them can win 4 shirts a year.

Lesson learned, blog about us and get the word out, you are shunned, enter our giveaways to win free stuff, you get upto 4 free shirts a year. Nice one!

Update, and the email I just received from them, tells me a lot about the company.

“and what we see a lot is bloggers picking other bloggers to win and those bloggers in turn request promotional tees from us to review and the cycle continues giving one person as many as 5, 10, or 15 free shirts! We also see people that enter multiple Crazy Dog blogs and win from all of them, which gave some people 4 or 5 free tees in a month which wasn’t really fair to others who’ve never won”

The next step is to take the COMPASS test, and see where I am in my learning. I am blah about this part; hey least it is for placement purposes only. So, what have I been doing all morning/afternoon? Studying this math! Math can be pretty darn confusing, I have taken a sample COMPASS test and I did alright, but I want to get into the classes I need as soon as I can, and well if I have to mess with taking refresher courses it puts me farther behind in my timeline.

I have plans, I have HUGE plans, of course I cannot at this time share them, but in the end I will. Just right now is not the time, but it will be very good for my family.

It is amazing how your outlook on things can change when you have goals. I mean sure you can have goals, but if you don’t make any attempt to accomplish them goals, then your goal is no good.

I have taken the proper steps to accomplish my goals, I am going to bust my butt to get good grades and make this all happen. Not only do I need to do this for my family, but I need to do this for ME!

I still have a few reviews to get up, I have been working on those as well, and a fun giveaway. I promise to get those up as soon as possible.

I have decided I want to pursue a career in Health Care, I am not sure which direction I want to go in yet, but I know for sure health care is the area I want to be in. So now I have to find a College I want to attend. I am still not comfortable in attending College on Campus, I want to start online. From there I want to build my confidence in myself, then look into my other learning options.

I want to study my butt off to take the COMPASS test, and score over the top, so I can get into one of the best nursing schools in my area. If I do this I can have my LPN in a year, from there I can work on becoming a RN. IF I go this route, I have many options on which way to go.

I found a school online and I applied for more information, I was able to sign in as if I were already a student and take some assessment tests. I have to admit I was a bit worried, I have not been in school since 1997 WHEW that is a long time!

There was roughly 7 tests, this was just basically to see if I was ready for College, and if I was going to be able to school online. Some people do better in the class room setting, others in a more private setting. I am personally a more private setting learner. I have a hard time taking in what I am taught if I do not teach myself. ANYWAYS, when I was done I got to see my results…

OH MY GOSH!!! I scored higher on every single one of them, then the average of ALL the students from ALL the schools that have taken this test. That is like HUGE to me, might not be huge for some, but for me this is extremely huge. This right here, yea I know the test was not that hard, but this shows me I can do this. I can accomplish my goals, I can make something of myself, and most importantly I have the ability and the smarts to pull this all off.

I CAN DO THIS!

The news we heard last night really is nothing new, how many times have they said that Osama was killed, does this man have 9 lives? Is this really, the real deal is he really 100% without a doubt dead.

We know something went down in Pakistan, one resident tweeted the take down without even knowing it. He has now become somewhat famous, and now the media is having a hay day with him. We also know businesses are eating up this news, and shortly after it broke, Osama shirts hit the internet just as fast as all the rumors did.

I was up until 6:30 this morning reading everything everyone was saying about the event that took place last night. So many stories, when all I want is the truth. Will we ever really get that, the truth? Probably not, I think the media plays this big game of “telephone” before they decide to post what actually is going on.

Do you remember playing telephone as a kid?

If this is real this time, and Osama is really dead, then what does this mean for the Nation. Does this mean terrorism is over, does it mean it has only begun? I personally have no idea what is in our near future.

However, I do know one thing, whether Osama is dead, or alive we will always be at some sort of risk. Whether we are at risk from the weather, or from another attack, we can only hope and pray we have all learned something from this, and we take more caution in the future.

I can also say, if this news is the truth, I am happy. I am glad Osama is finally gone, I am glad those who lost family members in the attack on 9/11 can finally find closure. I am glad all those lives lost during this war, was not lost for no reason. I am glad the families of our troops can sigh a bit of relief.

Does me being glad Osama is dead make me a bad person, some will say two wrongs do not make a right. However, I do beg to differ, I think sometimes it takes two wrongs to make a right. A lot of people are not happy with the fact thousands are celebrating the death of Osama, I look at it as celebrating a victory for all those who have lost their lives, because of an act this man put into place.

I have a question, for all those who think two wrongs do not make a right, and that have an ill feeling towards those celebrating this victory.

Let us be honest and real here… If your child were to be raped/molested or killed what would your first reaction be…

As I sit here and watch the President, I hope and pray we do come together as one Nation. I hope we will use all this as a HUGE learning experience, when we work against eachother, all we get is a huge war. It is time we all put our egos aside, and stop being so damn hateful.

I remember when 9/11 happened. My daughter was a few weeks old, and I was at the health department. My eyes became glued to the TV and my heart sank for all those who lost their lives that day. Now we have justice for all those who perished in this senseless act. It is now time, to come together as one Nation and help each other.

May God Bless all those soldiers and their families, and all those who lost loved ones during 9/11. Now it is time to heal.