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September 3rd, 2013 at 02:41 am

I just have some random money thoughts to share.

The water bill arrived. It was $40 more than last month and our lawn looks worse! We made an effort to water new sod in a small section of our yard as well as a new tree, but it wasn't worth spending a lot more on water to keep the lawn green in this past heat wave. So right now our yard is more yellow than green.

We turned our cable boxes in on Friday. The bill for September service was already printed and mailed. I was told to pay it in full. I will then get a credit on next months bill for the television portion. At that time we will also be billed for the final months of our contract which came to $99.80. That is all going as planned.

We earned $28.44 in interest in August on our cash. Sure wish it was more!

Our girls have Nook Color Tablets. Barnes and Noble no longer makes these. Recently, we have had trouble with one of the power cords. Then the other one got stepped on and the connection was bent. We made a trip to Barnes and Noble to look for a new cord. Unfortunately, they don't have any left in stock and don't know that they will get any more in. We checked Office Max and Best Buy. Also not available. I have looked online, but original Nook Color power adapters are not available! This will make the Nooks we own completely obsolete. Luckily, the one that has been trouble does work and on the way home from our outing I bent the connection on the other back and it does seem to work...for now. We need to find at least one cord as a back up, since both are a bit iffy at this point. It is disappointing to think these tablets might not be able to hold up long term because they no longer make the appropriate power cord. Ugh!!

Random enough for you?!

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7 Responses to “Random Money Thoughts”

  1. MonkeyMama Says:
    September 3rd, 2013 at 02:47 am 1378176431
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    I don't have a nook color, but the power adapter is the exact same as all of our cell phones. Just a tip. (My spouse wanted to keep them all separate to be on the safe side, and I think he said it might charge slower? But I personally accidentally used the wrong one or whatever - maybe by mistake once - and decided I didn't want to keep track of all those cords any more. I don't bother any more with the "separate").

    I am so bummed because I really dislike the kindle and really liked the nook. I am just hoping mine lasts forever... (I am sure eventually something better will be out there, or the Kindle will improve or whatever).

  2. MonkeyMama Says:
    September 3rd, 2013 at 02:47 am 1378176456
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    To clarify: Power adapter works on my non-color nook.

  3. creditcardfree Says:
    September 3rd, 2013 at 11:49 am 1378208957
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    I wish the nook color power cord was the same...it looks the same, but something is different about it. You can tell online that people have tried others, but they don't work.

  4. MonkeyMama Says:
    September 3rd, 2013 at 05:45 pm 1378230302
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    Man, that stinks. Very annoying!

  5. PNW Mom Says:
    September 3rd, 2013 at 07:56 pm 1378238208
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    I too have a Nook Color and love it....about a year ago, my power adapter broke...I was able to find one specific for the Nook, but for some reason, this one charges SO slow....like all day slow to charge it to 100%. I am bummed to hear about this. Hope mine will last a while.

  6. Marie Says:
    September 4th, 2013 at 04:25 am 1378268735
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    I just looked on amazon, and they sell them there for the Nook color. Check amazon.

  7. creditcardfree Says:
    September 4th, 2013 at 01:09 pm 1378300183
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    Thanks Marie, I have seen one on Amazon that is a possibility. I don't think it is an original product. However, I think I'll wait for our Amazon.com gift cards to arrive from Southwest Airlines and then make the purchase.

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