Our Credit Card Fraud Experience

Today we found out what it's like to have somebody steal all of our credit cards. Let me tell you...it was lots of fun (not) and we learned a little bit about being prepared for something like this.

Terise went to the gym in the morning at 7:30am and sometime within the next 30 minutes somebody broke the driver side window and popped the trunk (we think with a screwdriver). The thief managed to find her planner that was in the compartment between the front seats.

By 8:11 am there were already some charges made at a gas station a few miles away on several of our credit cards. When we called our credit cards to cancel them we learned that it was very beneficial to have an American Express card. Here's why.

Although only Terise's credit cards were stolen we were required to cancel both of our cards (as we both have our own card for each account). Most of them will mail you new cards within 5-10 business days with some exceptions. One credit card offered to mail a card to us faster if we paid a $20 fee. American Express offered to UPS a new card to us within 2 days. On top of that, even though Terise's card was stolen I was still able to use my card. So, it's probably a good idea to keep an extra card at home that you never use except in case of times like this. But, if you don't do that you should use an American Express card because they can treat each card on an account individually and leave the other cards open. Nice.

To the thief I want to say that I hope you enjoyed your meals at Burger King and the "free" gasoline. Oh..and I also I hope you pumped that gasoline into an old Ford Pinto and get rear-ended.

Trip to Catalina

What's on the BBQ today?

So, I'm kindof on a BBQ-ing kick lately. I pretty much don't like to cook. But, a few weeks ago the young men wanted to have a BBQ for their Tuesday night activity so Terise hooked me up with a nice portable grill that I've been lovin' ever since.
At first, I did the typical hot dogs and hamburgers. Chuck Garcia (an expert bbq guy) has shown me how he has mastered his tri-tip steak too. But since then, I've ventured onto this website called allrecipes.com. This is a great website because you can save your recipes to a recipe box, have it automatically adjust all the measurements in the recipe for the # of servings you need, search by the ingredients you want in the recipe OR by the ingredients you want to leave out, and you can read other people's recipe ratings, etc etc. We found some great marinades for chicken and steak. Tonight we did some chicken with a marinade that had garlic, soy sauce, canola oil, and honey. It was like a homemade teriyaki sauce - good stuff! That's what I'm talkin' about!

Our Family

One Week Old. I love this pose.

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