Cleaning, Baking, a Scam, and More

It's been an interesting day...

...I made pan de sol today!  And it came out really good :)

...and we did even more yard work today.  Our half dead apricot tree is now minus the dead part.  Can a half alive tree still work?  We shall see.  The part that is still blooming has lots of apricots on it!

...someone pointed out that it is a good idea not to go to the stores during the first few days of the month as this allows people who receive WIC, food stamps, and other government assistance on the first to shop and buy what they need.  This sounds like a good idea to me.

...I got a letter from a credit card company today that said my application had been rejected because they couldn't confirm some information.  Of course I didn't apply for a credit card and of course I went into a panic thinking someone had stolen my identity.  I called the card company and they said they would report it as credit card fraud.  I jumped online, pulled all three credit reports, and saw that there was no unusual activity on my credit reports and the only recent hit had been from said credit card company doing a "promotional inquiry" so now I am wondering is this was some sort of scam by that credit card company.  Anyway, I logged in to all three credit reporting agencies and put a credit freeze on my report.  The freeze can be lifted if I want to allow a creditor to check it but otherwise, credit companies can't access my credit and scammers can't either.

...if you don't have yeast, here is how to make (grow?) some.

...you can watch HBO Go for free!  I think this is some sort of short-term freebie but if you like watching HBO shows but don't have it as a subscription or with your cable package, this is a great way to watch some popular shows.