I did a bit of stitching on Monday morning but haven’t done a stitch since then. I got notification from my bank that two $600 PayPal transactions were withdrawn from my bank, supposedly transferred to my PayPal account. I responded quickly to confirm that they were not authorized by me. A couple of days later I noticed they had indeed been withdrawn from my bank account. Turns out, in my haste to respond to the original notification, it was to an email address that isn’t monitored. I checked PayPal and the money from my bank didn’t go into my PayPal account so it must have gone into some hacker’s account. Damn!
I submitted disputes with my bank for the two withdrawals and crossed my fingers they could track down the unauthorized account they went into. I’m not worrier (I have trained myself for that) but it was in the back of my mind. I also had what I thought was decaffeinated tea that evening so couldn’t fall asleep until 4am. Listening to my audiobook didn’t help. I got an email a day later that the funds were put back into my account. YAY!
I have changed both my PayPal and bank passwords.
The same day I learned about the bank/PayPal fraud, I got a call from my financial planner to set up a meeting for next week. I needed to find some information for that meeting and was having trouble doing it. I was also not sure about a couple of things that would have caused a big problem with Skip’s estate - yet another concern that night of insomnia.
I finally did find the documents I needed and after making a couple of phone calls, learned that everything was good and I didn’t need to be concerned after all. Glad I didn’t fret too much.
I’m planning to do the Arne and Carlos Mystery Christmas Stocking Knitalong which will run from November 1 to 24. Every day, 6 rounds of the knitting design will be revealed. Today I realized that November 1 is tomorrow so I whipped out to the big box craft store for the yarn for the project.
They’re using Rowan Norwegian wool which I didn’t even try to source, so the Patons Astra is about the same weight yarn. I believe I did last year’s with worsted weight - Probably Patons Canadiana - but they didn’t have the right colours when I was shopping today. In fact, what few Patons yarns they did have left were all shoved in a small area. 98% of the yarns they sell now are their Loops and Threads brand. Not impressed.
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