Because, you know, I don’t have enough to handle each day, someone seems to have gotten my credit card number. That in itself, would be perfectly fine with me. Cancel the card, get a new one, file against the fraudulent charges. No biggie. But, it appears this person attempted to use my card to get a credit report on me.

On Sunday our bank called to ask about some charges on one of our cards. We took a look a saw several that were not made by us, two of which were to credit report agencies. Our bank, Navy Federal Credit Union, immediately canceled the card and they’re sending out a new one along with the affidavit to for the fraudulent charges. I immediately pulled a free credit report for each of us from Transunion. On Monday, we put fraud alerts on our credit reports and attempted to contact the two credit report agencies that were shown on our credit card statement.

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I found this story on GlutenFreeville and had to take the time to pass it on. The European Food Safety Authority’s Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Panel believes it’s possible that GMO foods could lead to food allergies.

“It is possible that GM food and feed could contain proteins which may cause food allergies in both people and animals. Because of this, EU legislation requires that the possibility of allergens in GMOs and food and feed derived from GMOs be assessed before these products are placed on the market.”

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Sure, if you’re in Mississippi.

A small town in Mississippi segregates the election of class officers. Only white students are allowed to run for class president at Nettleton Middle School. Black students are only allowed to run for vice president, secretary or reporter depending upon their grade level. Not only that, but the school policy only recognizes black and white; mixed race, hispanic and others are just simply ignored it seems. Apparently these office allowance, except president, change each year. In other words, in 6th grade a reporter position may have been limited to black students where as in 7th grade, it was limited to white students.

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After two reports from friends in a neighboring county about radon, I decided research it and then test my own home.

Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Radon is a radio-active gas that you can not see, smell or taste. Radon comes from the natural breakdown of uranium. It is a single atom gas that can penetrate through most materials.

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I recently ran across this site and decided to give it a try. I’ve been trying to sell an all terrain stroller for quite awhile on Craigslist. I’ve lowered the price several times. I’ve gotten several people interested, but no one follows through with the pick up. Irritating.

Pretty Posts provides layouts for Craigslists, Ebay and other classified ads networks. Basically anywhere you can input html, you can use their layout. You upload your images, type up your description or input other information and they format the posting. Their free package gives you 3 templates, 50MB of space for images and the ability to save 3 posts. The Premium package is $5/month and gives you access to all layouts, 500MB of image space and unlimited post saving ability.

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Here’s one for the homeschoolers!

I know the homeschool budget is always small. Anything free that we can use for education is a great find. I recently ran across this site and I wanted to share it. FreelyEducate.com started as a Yahoo Group and grew to a full blown blog in just over 2 years.

You’ll find links to free educational sites along with some giveaways. I haven’t had time to dig through the many resources on the site, but I know when I need something, I’ll be heading over there first. The only drawback I see is there is so much out there, I’ll never find time to use it all.

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