I think this is crazy.  This teen who is 18 years old, tried to off his mother so he could sell some things and pay for his finance (21) to get breast augmentation.  Seriously?  I’m not really sure what this kid was thinking.  So Nikita Weis offered two men $7,000 to kill his mom. LOL..  He planned on selling his mothers car and to empty all her bank accounts so his 21 year old girl could get some fake boobs.

But the best part, his mom (42) foiled the whole thing when one of the men entered her home and she set off her car’s panic alarm and scared off the intruder.  The son was home at the time and his girlfriend was waiting outside of the house during the break in.  (awesome!!!)  So the teen and his girl were booked on conspiracy to commit murder and they mentioned that there were going to bury the body in New Mexico or Arizona or some remote location. lol

Links:
Star Telegram Crime Blog

In a previous post I had talked about my all morning long fence repair that myself and a neighbor did.  I can say now that my back fence is pretty strong.  However my neighbors fence, not so much.  In fact both neighbors, the left and right one, both have there back fences leaning outward at a horrible degree.  I think if they do not do something rather soon they might need a new fence installation.

If they don’t they it might look a little silly since my fence would still be standing there.  Then again you never know.  I will see if I can get a picture so you know what I’m talking about, stayed tuned.!

Yesterday morning while driving ever so slowly, I was looking back upon the morning.

Here is my proof:

The time was just right in stop and go traffic.

A couple days ago we got our monthly electric bill and I was looking it over and first was glad to see that it went down almost $100 from the month prior.  (It’s hot in Texas in August)  So I was checking out the rate per kwh and was trying to think back at what we used to pay just a couple years ago.  Seems like it’s always going up (just like everything else)

On to page two and the energy company has a killer new deal.  (Maybe to some)  I start reading this new deal that they want to offer us.  Reading through the offer they say we can get a guaranteed rate of 14.9 cents per kwh.  Ok that sounds pretty good, I check our current rate and it’s only 15.7 and for peak 16.5 .. hmmm  I’m not even saving more than .01 cent.  To humor myself I continue to read and of course you have to sign this contract which will guarantee this rate for 2 years, which is also the contract length.  OK so you want us to lock in for two years.  So I read the fine print..

If you disconnect or cancel your service before the 2 years is up we will charge you an early disconnect fee of $295.00  .  Uh WHAT..!

No thanks Mr. Energy Company.  Not going to sign that for very, very little savings.
I don’t want to get stiffed by you for that amount.

Anyone else run across stupid or ridiculous contract break fees?

I think this will be a good win.  And even if I cannot use it at this time I know a couple mom’s that could use it for sure and I will donate my winnings to them.

Here is the contest info:
Giveaway Snug & Tug Swaddle Blanket
Babies love to feel like they are still in the womb. That sensation of security is felt through the use of swaddling. The Snug and Tug Swaddling Blanket from My Precious Kids is a product that provides comfort for babies and parents.

To enter or get more info, head on over to Brain Foggles.  Not only is this a good contest, she has a wonderful blog that you should check out also.

Links:
Brain Foggles

It’s about that time of year I either blow it off (pay the same) or compare auto insurance quotes.  It’s Auto insurance time.  I usually like to start off online to see what company will offer us the best rate within the same limits.  Of course the cheaper it is the better, but not at a loss of coverages though or higher deductible rates.  Back in the spring I was rear ended at a stop light and the damage was pretty minimal.  However the guy didn’t have a license or insurance so instead of dealing with it, I’m living with it.  Again you can hardly notice.  But what if I had a high deductible?  I would then have to pay for it out of pocket.

So it’s time to start shopping around and see what we can come up with and compare some rates.  Not sure if we will really switch since we currently get discounts since our home is with our auto.

Well we actually did it.  We finally won our first ever competitive soccer game.  We won 3-2 of SW Rangers.  It was a really good matched game, that’s for sure.

I’m just excited that they got a taste of victory.  Of course we have a long way to go, but I’m happy with the line up and the way we played today.  Still no make up info on last weeks rain hurricane delay.  After that I went and got my little brother and we went to a local arcade and played some video games, then we were off to a comic shop (haven’t been to one of those in years) and then we grabbed some lunch.  It was a really good day, just a little long.

Still not sure what is going on tomorrow, I’m sure I will be working on the house (Cleaning, blah)

Have a good rest of the weekend…!!!

Not sure about you all but it’s been a long week and I’m glad it’s FRIDAY..!!!

The work day is almost done and it’s time to hit the road for the drive home.  Do you have any plans for the weekend?

I have a soccer game to coach tomorrow and then after that I’m going to take my little brother out, maybe for some miniature golf and some video games.  (I’m a volunteer for Big Brothers, Big Sisters)  Sunday probably just hang out around the house.  I might actually do some cleaning (wow that would be a change) - lol

So not much really going on.  What do you have going on?

After all the recent talks about the market, etc. I was thinking back to when I actually did some rather small online trading in my attempts to make some money.  Now I did make some but not a whole lot really as I never invested more than $1000, and after looking back over the years I probably should have just kept that money in the account and put it on some long term growth accounts, but I was younger and obviously I didn’t care.

Now I really should be looking into some type of retirement fund so it can start building over the next 30 years.  Crap I still have 30 years to go, wow, that sounds horrible, lol.  Anyways my goal in 2009 is to get back to investing somewhere so we are actually trying to earn something with our money instead of spending it.

One of these days I will break down and buy some ipods.  I’m a gadget guy so it’s really surprising that I have not bought one yet.  Probably one of the key things, is that technology changes so fast and then new and cool features come out and you buy the ipod and then the next week the next one is better and it comes out 1 week later and you didn’t here about it.  Almost like cell phones, technology just moves really fast.

I would love to have one though for work and road trips and the ocassional trip to the gym to workout so I don’t have to listen to their music.

One day I will get one and fall victim to all of the accessories they have and will be fully engulfed in this ipod era.