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November 10th, 2005 at 04:19 am

walked for 30 min at lunch with mom

Got up early so I could go to the post office before work to send off the McGuffey reader books. I asked for Media Mail but the clerk told me that for heavy books using something she called Bound Printed Material rate was cheaper. It saved me almost .60 cents over the Media Mail rate so I used that instead. My package weighed 5 1b 2.20 oz.

Spent $2.86; then when I got home I logged onto my computer and saw I had sold another book. DOH! Glad I sold another book, but it's difficult to get to the post office between 8 and 5. Forunately I have a flexible work situation so I stopped at the post office again after I walked with mom and spent another $1.42 on postage.

My dad came over this afternoon to replace the pipes under my two bathroom sinks which are leaking. He bought the stuff at Home Depot and I paid him back the $20. He replaced all of them since they are the metal pipes which always corrode and leak. He replaced them with flexible plastic pipes which last a lot longer.

Total spent so far this month = $212.23

I forgot to post yesterday about my work hosting a Silver Key tree for xmas this year. Silver Key is an organization that helps older people. At work you can pick an ornament and on the back of the ornament is a gift that a senior wants. I picked out two yesterday when I walked in without looking at them. When I got to my desk I saw that one was for a DVD player. I haven't even bought myself a DVD player yet, I thought that was a bit expensive to buy so I put it back and got another ornament before I left for the day. One gift was a baseball cap and one was for a pre-paid long distance phone card. My dad had a brand new baseball cap that he's never used and he gave me that, so if there are any ornaments left I'll pick up another one next week when I'm in the office. I'll get a prepaid phone card somewhere before the first of December.

I'll have to find a new place that's sponsering Toys for Tots this year. I usually take my nieces shopping and we pick out two gifts for Toys for Tots. My work used to sponser that, but I'm sure someone else will sponser it. I like to give tangible gifts instead of money.

I spent some time moving my money around today. So now my allocations are pretty close to where I want them. You can never make it exact. I know intellectually that this forces me to sell high and buy low, but I still have to force myself to do it. It's hard to sell things that have made you money and put that money in things that have either not made you money or maybe even lost money.

I finished reading my book A Fine Passion by Stephanie Laurens. Romance. Very Good.

1 Responses to “Silver Key”

  1. Anonymous Says:
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    I have the same problem when I rebalance. And the other question is when do you do it. Once or twice a year, or when your %s get 10-20% out of whack?

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