Wednesday, June 11, 2008

When Will It Stop?

Yesterday, when I got home from class, I had a letter waiting for me. My personal information may have been stolen again. This is the fifth company in less than a year to lose my information. I'm really not exaggerating. Memorial Blood Centers, the Military Officers Association, Administaff, the MN Department of Commerce and now BNY Mellon Shareholder Services. I've never even heard of this latest company, but apparently they do something for someone who has my information. So far I haven't noticed anyone using my information, but it is still pretty scary that so many companies apparently do not have proper practices in place to avoid these kinds of issues.

While I'm on the issue of identity, I would just like to point out that I passed through security at the Mpls St. Paul airport and the Missoula International (that part makes Jon laugh) Airport with my maiden name on my boarding pass and my married name on my identification. I didn't even notice the discrepancy until we were on our way back. I hadn't really paid much attention to my name since I thought by now all my stuff had been changed. In fact, I specifically remember changing my name with Northwest and have flown several times since I've been married.

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Saturday

I accidentally slept until 10:30 this morning. I think my body is still on vacation and on Mountain Time!



Sunday, June 1, 2008

Helena

These are some pictures from Helena. The first ones are from my cousin's wedding, the second set is of Jon and I at the top of Mount Helena and the last pictures are from a little hike we took with my parents at Hauser Dam.






























































































































The New Place


Here are a few pictures of my parent's new place in Helena. I think they have their work cut out for them!

















































The Hills

Well, we are back from vacation. I think I will post pictures in a couple posts. Here are some pictures from the Sweetgrass Hills. It was Jon's first time visiting my great grandma McDermott's place and the first time I'd been up there in summer for a quite a while.