Random Rambles

[lesliepear]

Alan's been given 2 books as gifts recently. Both were duplicates of different ones I already had (and I can't return them). But I solved the problem. One extra book will live in the diaper bag (it's a small one) - the other went to the sitters!

I got a advertising mail from an eye doctor yesterday. It was addressed to:

(My ex's first name) (my middle initial) (my ex's last name) at MY address.

My ex never lived here. As far as I know, he doesn't know where I am. And somehow in the direct mail list process it got my initial (S) and not his (T). This being the second mailing from this place (there was one other eye stuff related mailing from a manufacture) - I am writing them a nasty mail asking them to delete that address from their list! If I had a way to trace the original list, I'd be asking for that name deleted also. I've seen some weird variations of mail delivered to us (DH's last name mangled, and his first name with my ex last name, but how my ex got into this I don't know).

I also got an e-mail last from Shalom Baby - which is a program for new (Jewish) parents in my area. There was a list of new parents attached. Oddly enough, the daughter-in-law of my MIL's friend is listed with her son (we saw her last week at the baby naming we went to which was my MILs friend's other son). So I e-mailed to set up a playdate with Zacharary. Small world.

I guess I should stop giving Alan juice (apple or apple mixed) in the AM. It makes him P**P and I really don't have time to change him before work. Can a 13 month old
have orange juice?

I may have a job interview next week. Still NYC, still financial, but maybe more $ and stability. And it could be near where I am now so I can keep the nice shopping :)

Comments

[luscious-purple.livejournal.com]

Occasionally I still get a piece of junk mail addressed to my father. He died in 1982.

I dunno WHERE they get these mailing lists.

When I was in grad school a variation of my last name -- with the last letter missing -- got onto a lot of mailing lists oriented toward students. I could identify those really fast.

Then after I refinanced my mortgage a year ago, I started getting junk mail addressed to my first name and the last three letters of my last name. Go figure.

My DH gave me some insights

[lesliepear.livejournal.com]

He works in marketing and part of his consulting work is to rent mailing lists (you'd be surprised how many there are). People rent specific lists of names (selected by criteria) off mailing lists. A company may do a mail merge on many different lists to get their final mailing - there are merge/purge places that do this for them and they've been known to mangle names.

The direct marketing association (www.dma.org) is the big industry group who I think maintains a no junk mail list mailers need to check against.

[scenicbeauty.livejournal.com]

We got junk mail last week addressed to Shane Callaway (DH's name, my maiden name) at our address. That was strange - especially since we bougt the house after we got married, so my maiden name is no where on anything related to this address. And, oddly enough, he checked his credit report recently and found that he's listed as Shane Callaway on his credit report as one of his possible names/name variations.

I think Alan could have OJ. He might not like it though because it's not as sweet as he's used to. Everything I've read says that small amounts of citrus is ok starting after 6-8 months (before that it's too hard for them to digest). We gave Josh a sip of OJ a couple of months ago (just to see what he'd do), and he gave us a funny look and let it dribble down his chin. :)

[yeoww.livejournal.com]

We didn't give orange juice to our kids regularly until they were around 18 months because their tummies couldn't handle the acidity and they got diarrhea and gas, but I had friends whose kids had no problems, so I guess every child is different in that respect.