Today was one of those super productive Maniacal Mandy kinds of days. I started what will be my biggest summer project, doing something about the disgusting floor in our sunroom. I worked on that until my body hurt too much to do it anymore (I have a big blood blister on my finger and am not sure I'll be in any shape to walk or squat tomorrow). I also knocked off another item from my summer to-do list when I opened and filed all of the mail. I hate filing the mail. What a tedious and miserable task! (But it's amazing when the mail is filed and organized!)
While filing the mail, I came across about three different letters from my friends at Real Simple, reminding me to renew my subscription. Here's the thing. We subscribe to like seven magazines, and I never really know when I need to renew the subscriptions. It's hard to know, too, when I actually need to renew because the magazine people are always trying to scare me into renewing like eleven months before I actually need to do so. Most of the time, the letters from the magazines don't get opened until it's the semi-annual mail filing day (or until Matt has to suffer through a Friday without getting to read the newest issue of Entertainment Weekly).
So today I opened a letter from the Real Simple folks. Here's what it said (emphasis mine):
. . .Your subscription payment is 90 days PAST DUE, and we've had to suspend delivery. This is one more reason you need REAL SIMPLE. Each issue gives you time-saving solutions for everyday tasks, like how to pay your bills on time. Please take a moment to return the top portion of this statement along with your payment. . .
Okay, Real Simple. Fine. Our credit card numbers changed and so you couldn't automatically charge me. But why so condescending!? Perhaps the next issue could have a feature about how you can catch more flies with honey.
(But I'll still renew, because I love that magazine, even if they can be bitchy.)
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