Category: Opine

 

Hello dear Readers, I am back! I meant to start up again as soon as school was over but for the month I have been depressed and really unable to do much but fight for a refund promised to me.

have been depressed and really unable to do much but fight for a refund promised to me.

See, four years ago I bought a nice used Toyota Highlander from Carson City Toyota. Towards the end of the transaction I was talked into buying an extended warranty with a written promise that I would get my money back if I did not use it. I must stress, I was given a written promise on a Toyota brochure, which is why I bought it. When my warranty expired I went to Carson City Toyota thinking I would walk out with $1675.00. I was shocked to find out that they forgot to explain to me that my refund would come from a third party, a business that just went out bankrupt! The long and short of it is, the Attorney General’s Office and Insurance Commissioner’s office  believe I am owed the money by Carson City Toyota, but cannot force them to return my money. So, I am out a lot of money without an apology. If any of my readers live near me, do not buy from Carson City Toyota, as they lie and do not keep their promises. I feel okay knowing they are being investigated and may face problems down the road. As for me, I will not darken their door again and will make sure my area knows about their deceitful practices.

I have been reading, now that school is out I can read what I want. I have read two Bernard Knight books. He is a wonderful medieval mystery writer. I also read Paul Davies’ The Mind of God, a look at the mystery surrounding quantum physics.  Three days ago I received Felix J Palma’s The Map of Time (an ARC) and finally got my hands on The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. Soon I will have a couple of reviews and fingers crossed, an update on Carson City Toyota. I hope the general manager, the man who does not care about their customers, gets fired. I hope he ends up wondering how he will pay his bills.

I know I am a day late but I wanted to share this anyway. I received a self help book titled Stop Saying You’re Fine, Discovering a More Powerful You by Mel Robbins.  Now, I cannot say I am thrilled because of the book itself, no I am excited because I was finally asked to join Amazon’s Vine program.  For those of you who do not know about this (and for all I know I am the last one to know) this program is for Amazon reviewers “based on the trust they have earned in the Amazon community for writing accurate and insightful reviews”. Many of the bloggers I know have been members for years. They consistently write thoughtful reviews and post them on Amazon. And now I have posted enough to be invited. This is my first pick; I could have reviewed products, but what reader would chose to do this? What, give up a free book? For shame!

I picked this book because sometimes I think I am my own worst enemy, that often it is me who is in my way. Hopefully this book will give me the kick in the butt I need. I need to have the confidence in my writing that others have in me. I just finished writing my first real content for a business website. The client was happy with what I wrote, but I was less than thrilled. I feel I could have done better. I did cash the check, but the warm fuzzy feeling I expected to have after my first job was not there. I really have to get over my anxiety about my work.

It is my goal to be either teaching full time or working from home in five years time. If I cannot teach because of the drain on University positions, I at least want to be writing from home. I have my first idea for a nonfiction book, and would like to work on it, but between school and work I am not sure I will have time for the research. I have a goal of paying off my credit cards in three years, then saving up so maybe I can work part time while I write. Then again if I can get out of my way, more clients will want me to write content for them and I can start sooner. I just have to discover the more powerful me!

My son and I saw Paul on Sunday. It is a really cute movie with some giggles and lots of surprises. If you love Sci Fi and can recite lines from Star Wars to Aliens this is a must see movie. I was blown away by the smart writing. The writers were able to seamlessly use lines from blockbusters without being over the top about it. I read a review that called it a love letter to Steven Spielberg. I am not sure I quite agree as they reference so many good movies. I would call this a love letter to Sci Fi. If you do go see it, don’t forget the Reese’s Pieces.