Writing What I Want
Slow and steady wins the race, right? While my blog stats have been consistently good, I haven’t had an exceptional month since August. But really, every month since August has been as good, it’s just there hasn’t been a huge change.
Credit cards give you cash back or airline miles. Ebates gives you cash back (or a “Big Fat Check” as they call it). But a new app called Bumped gives a fresh idea to the loyalty game: stock in the very companies you shop at.
Recently we had a bit of an incident with our hot water heater… The tank began leaking. Thankfully it was still under warranty and we got another one for only the cost of labor. Afterward, we ran into another problem. Our dishes began having a cloudy white film on them, and after boiling water (say, for spaghetti) the pot would also have a line of the cloudy white film.
What a bear the month of October has been for everyone. Fortunately for me the only effect I’ve had has just been numbers on a screen. I can still feed my family, I can still pay my bills, and I still have my job. I’m in everything for the long haul.
October was a pretty busy month for me. We bought a van. I’ve been hard at work on remodeling the master bathroom. And, of course, I’ve been busy helping my wife take care of our seven-month-year-old son.