The Credit Card Rip Off Caper I think I won!!!

I am now a happy camper! The Better Business Bureau came through for me. They contacted the Chase Credit Card services' executive office in Delaware and I got a call from them yesterday. I returned the call, and a very cordial Stacy from their executive offices assured me my late fee and service charge had been refunded and will show up on my May statement. Can you believe that they had the *&%@s to charge a $29.00 late fee plus a $1.00 finance charge on a $44.00 statement that was exactly one day late according to their posting practices. The $1.00 I could see; maybe. The $29.00 was inhumane. The funny part is that the actual due date for the payment fell on a Sunday and my payment was confirmed through my bank the following Monday, but the Credit Card crooks didn't post it till Tuesday, so they claimed that it was two days late.
My advice, watch your credit card statement very closely. I noticed my last statement I got on April 24, 2009 was due May 5, 2009. You do the math.

New Projects

I have started a new hobby in addition to my baking adventures. I am now getting into needlework. By that I mean knitting, spool knitting, crocheting, and Tunisian crochet. The possibilities of what you can create fascinates me. Here is a picture of my first project where I used all of the above needlework methods. I'm having a friend make the liner and I still have to come up with an adequate way to keep it closed so the contents won't fall out, but for the most part I'm pretty satisfied with this original-designed purse. I don't even know if I could replicate it. I made it up as I worked. Hmmmm!!!! Anyway, here's some pictures of my first project.
It took about ten hours to complete. That's a very rought estimate.

Chee-zzy Potato Soup Recipe

5-6 diced potatoes

1 medium-sized onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced 

2 Chicken bouillon cubes or you can use the bouillon granules.

1 lb. Velveeta cheese, cubed

2 Cups milk

Dash of salt and pepper

Cook potatoes, onion, celery, bouillon cubes, salt and pepper until tender (approx. 20-30 min).

Drain 3/4 of the liquid. Add milk and cubed cheese; stir constantly. Serve as soon as cheese melts. (better make sure you're at medium heat or lower when cheese is added)

Home and recovering

We've been home from the hospital a week now and Jerry is getting better every day. Still has to sleep on the couch, but at least getting some sleep. He's been a pretty good patient throughout this whole ordeal. He walked around the block yesterday, and he does a lot of walking in the house, pacing actually. He says the pain is getting less and less every day. We go back in a week for a procedure to check out how he's healing. One week down and seven more to go. By then he should be fully recovered. Yipee!!!