Furniture Protection Plan Bogus

Years ago when I first moved to this military installation I purchased from a local retailer of Lazyman  furniture a couch and two rocker recliners.  I paid for top quality fabric.  I paid for a ten year protection plan on the fabric.

At first when there were problems with the furniture the plan worked great.  Later when the chairs had to be traded in the Lazyman company switched out my warranty and the chairs.  I didn't get paperwork on the deal and they said don't worry it is all the same with no cost to you.  I found out this month when I needed a repair done to my chair fabric that it is now a five year plan and back dated to the date of the first chair purchase not the swap out.  That leaves me with just one year left on the fabric plan. 

I spoke with the warranty company named Guardsnotaman.  I submitted a claim.  They denied my claim for the following reasons:

• Chair-Rocker Recliner - Frame Cracked - The reported damage on your furniture is not covered under the terms of the protection plan.
• Chair-Rocker Recliner - Rip/Tear-More than 1/2 Inch away from Seam - The records indicate Guardsnotaman is not the service provider of the protection plan. Please contact your retailer to determine the provider of the furniture protection plan purchased.

So I contacted Lazyman again.  They said that if it was the ten year plan it was only Lazyman that was responsible but with their switch it is indeed Guardsnotman.

I called up Guardsnotman and after a fifteen minute hold talked to Robert that is like many an insurance claim representative that didn't want to help. I told him to stop being hostile with me.  That I will call back later and speak with his supervisor.  And I will most likely go to the BBB over this too.  Since the BBB is just outside of post that won't be hard to do.

I'm quite upset at their switch on my policy.  I'm upset that they decided, from the pictures that I sent, that it wasn't accidental.  My statement on the form was this: "Turning chair on carpet wood poked through fabric tearing fabric."  That was an accident!  They are just trying to find a way in which not to pay for the panel to be replaced.

I'm angry.  When I'm more calm I am going to follow up on this claim yet again.  I detest dealing with companies that don't want to pay out for things are obviously under warranty!

Stray and Abandoned Pets

Last night I put out some milk, don't even rant to me about milk not being good for most cats because I do know but had nothing else in the house last night to put in a dish, in a dish for a cat that looks to be a stray or possibly abandoned.

It is moving season on the military installation.  It is the time where families decide what is expendable.  I'm pissed.  Your pet is a member of your family and it is not expendable.  Every year at this time I end up feeding stray animals and trying to find their owners.

Today J is going to pick up some tuna fish and dry kitty kibble on his way home from work.  I'll do my best by this particular stray cat to make sure it has food.  It has been crying outside my windows for the past week in the middle of the night.  Last night I had to give it something.  The bowl of milk I put out was gone within 10 minutes.  Does that tell you how starved this animal must be?

To those of you that move with your pets I applaud you.  My cat, may he rest in peace, traveled with me from NY to TX to Germany and back to NY.  My cat was my fur baby and moved with me.  I was devastated when one time he didn't come home.  I had moved home during the divorce and my mom thought it would be nice to let my cat outside often.  He did good until one October he didn't come home.  Black cats and October don't mix.  Some idiot always decides to do cruel things to black cats that month.  I can only hope my cat fault like the devil to survive.

This stray cat is a black long hair.  I will take it in if possible and get it to the vet to get it checked out for diseases and to see if it has a chip just in case some one is missing their pet.  If they aren't I'll probably end up adopting the cat even though my husband seems to be allergic to cats.  We pet sit once and it wasn't pretty.

Robocallers

I'm so sick of robocallers, political party callers, credit card services this is your second and final notice to lower your interest rate callers, and commercial callers offering me products and services for things I do not have in my house like air condition and carpet.

I am on the do not call list for a reason but some how these folks fall through the cracks.

I hit 9.
I hit 2.
I remove myself from their lists, but they keep calling me.

I hit 1 and speak to a live person and tell them that I've already asked to be removed and I get a click as they hang up on me.

I've called them back and had to remove myself from their system by entering in my 10 digit number and hitting the pound button.  I'm sick to death of this stuff.

These folks no longer use the 1-800 service numbers either.  No they are getting sneaky by having no number like my doctors use, a local number which makes me think someone J works with is trying to reach him, or odd ball number that don't even start with a number but start with a letter.  Seriously they need to stop!

Toe Patterns

Okay just for fun, take your shoes and socks off if you are wearing them.

Now take a look at your feet.

So what do your feet look like?

I guess I'm rather odd, or perhaps I'm not.  I have one foot that is Greek; my left. One foot that is Roman; my right.

Miscarriage of a Non-Pregnancy

I started bleeding on Friday.
By Saturday it was so heavy I thought I'd pass out.
Today it isn't much better.

Well timed for a four day weekend where I should be out celebrating.

Oh and let's add in some insult to how I'm feeling by some extra pain.  My left knee doesn't want to bend without giving me maximum pain.  I've been applying my NSAID gel (Votaren Gel) to the knee.

If some of you have noticed that I no longer have ads on my blog it is because Google decided to suspend then cancel my account.  All those wonderful spammers have ruined my earning potential.  Yes, I appealed the decision but to no avail.  I even added back on the captcha which annoys me to know end.

Right now I'm in a dark place with the pain.  The pain of miscarriage of a non-pregnancy, we all know there were embryos in there which means I was pregnant but tell that to my Army doctors will you!  The pain of the adenomyosis as the endometriosis in my body decides to bleed out right now too.  The pain of my arthritis in my knee.  But still I'm trying to live life and not stay in bed.  Today I'm forcing myself to do laundry which, unfortunately means kneeling in front of the dryer to remove clothing. It could be a lot worse I have to remind myself.

Hummingbird Update

J and I took the dead hummingbird to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge.  We were told the bird since it was so well cared for in its immediate preservation that it will most likely be stuffed, they have a taxidermist on the refuge, and put on display as a learning aide.

It is illegal to possess any parts of a hummingbird or to capture them.  We did what we should have since they are a protected species.

First two photos are when the bird was still alive and I was trying to feed it.

These last three were of it after death.  Sorry if the images are a bit blurry as I didn't want to move the bird around much just the paper it was on.

If you find a dead hummingbird you can preserve it for a refuge by take a plain white sheet of typing paper and making a paper cone out of it.  Place the bird head down in the cone and put it in a freezer bag in the freezer.  Meanwhile write down all the information you can about the location of where the bird was found and the time and date too along with your contact information.  Hopefully you'll have on hand a archival quality ink pen, I do some scrapbooking so I do have just that type of pen,  to write down all that information so that it too can be preserved for future use with the bird in a learning aid.

I believe this was a female Anna or possibly a female Rufous hummingbird.  I know that another hummingbird, a male tried to attack it, oh heck it was pecking at the other bird so yes it was attacking.  The male was brilliant in color being mostly orange red with a scarlet red throat.  Link to what the attacking bird looked like.

Link to the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge.

Death of a Hummingbird

Yesterday a hummingbird decided to try to find its way to the sky through the sky light in my military housing.  I hate the sky light.  Last year a hummingbird tried to do the same thing.  Last year we were able to coax it down with a fushia plant.  This year neither the fushia plant or petunia plant would do the trick.

2000 hrs the hummingbird falls to the walkway exhausted.  I carefully picked up it and tried to feed it the necter from the bird feeder.  No luck it pulled away and shook its head at me saying "no thanks".   I hung the feeder with the bird attached and another hummingbird came by and attacked it.  I clapped my hands to shoo it away.

Taking the feeder with bird attached back down I put it in my entryway again.  Normally I keep the feeder hanging up far away from the window so the little things don't injury themselves.  My walkway near the door is enclosed on three sides so there was little wind to disturb the bird.   I'd chirp to the injured bird and it would respond.  Okay it will be fine if I leave it alone I thought. 

J had CQ duty last night.  I called him and asked if he would come home and put up black plastic garbage bags to cover the sky light from the inside of our walkway.  He was able to come home for that.  Yes he cares as much as I do.

The hummingbird made it through the night clinging to the bird feeder.  Before I left for marriage counseling, hey I need to deal with this recent non-pregnancy loss, the hummingbird was still alive.  I'd chip to it and it would bob its head.

I got back and I checked on the little bird and it was dead.  Carefully I touched it.  Stiff.  Damn!

I removed its claws from the perch and have it sitting next to me on the computer desk as I type this.  It is illegal to own, capture, and so on a hummingbird.  What am I to do with its lifeless body now?  Do I find a small box and try to bury it?  Do I put it outside and let the wild creatures eat it?

I have pictures but for some reason blogger is giving me fits trying to load them.

****Update****

Bird is in a paper cone of computer paper, put into a freezer bag and in freezer awaiting transport to Nisqually Wildlife Preserve.  I'm doing the right thing by the little creature.  I'll include on white paper using archival quality ink my name, location and date of death of the bird too.