Before I get into this, it's been a CRAZY week! Worked like a dog, and missed my opportunity to meet Boo in person, which totally bums me out! Also, had stuff to do every night after work, so I'm totally beat.
Lots of little things going on the financial front. I got my 3/15 paycheck. It was higher than usual due to my 2011 raise, which was retroactive to Jan 1st, so the extra $ hit with this pay. Much needed because we had several big expense items, some expected, some not. My checkbook is balanced and I'm all caught up on bills.
The half .com sales have definitely slowed down. I have one book to get to the post office today, and another two books for paperbackswap .com to mail off. My March half .com deposit was $11.15, much less than January and February but I'll take it and put it toward the HELOC. I'll have to start thinking of some new sources of extra income though. I also have 2 rebates to get out in the mail.
OK, so today's look back is at Koppur's Moo-nay blog. Koppur posted from mid-2006 through mid-2009, with her final entry in 2010. There are two things I love about her blog:
1) When you read her sidebar, she and I on the surface have absolutely nothing in common. She is a tarot reader, interested in witchcraft, likes heavy metal, etc. If I met her in real life, we likely would never engage and get to know each other. Yet I could have written any one of her blogs; they're about the same things that I write about. I love that we all come from such different backgrounds, situations, etc., yet that's all invisible when we start posting.
2) The second thing I noticed when I was reviewing some of her entries is that she started blogging because she wanted to get rid of her $9,300 in debt. It reminded me of an exchange on one of the current blogs last week. You can't compare yourself to others. Whether you have $9,300 in debt or $93,000, or whether you make $10,000/year or $100,000/year, we're all trying to do the best with what we have. It's a great message.
For newer bloggers who may not be aware, Koppur also posted about AngelFood Ministries, where you can buy a box of food for a low set price. In comments, others (Retire@50 maybe?) priced out the box against Aldi's and found it to be slightly less. As I'm writing this I'm watching the news with a report that the price of groceries is going up. (Really? Newsflash!). So if you're looking to cut food costs and haven't checked it out, you may want to.
Looking Back: Koppur's Moo-nay blog
March 19th, 2011 at 12:15 pm
March 19th, 2011 at 03:43 pm 1300549426
VERY INSIGHTFUL post about Koppur- and how we all have the same issues. LOVED THIS POST.
Again, thanks for your Look Backs...I am thoroughly enjoying them!!!
March 19th, 2011 at 04:24 pm 1300551869
I've enjoyed reading your Look Backs too.
March 19th, 2011 at 05:27 pm 1300555655
One of my favorite moments on her blog happened in the comments and is so indicative of the spirit of this community. She was a pagan and had talked about that, and one of our Christian bloggers wrote something negative about paganism in the comments. Koppur uncharacteristically wrote an angry, expletive-filled reply about hating religious intolerance.
The Christian blogger apologized for offending her and explained that she just felt passionately about Christianity. Koppur immediately wrote back apologizing for flying off the handle.
Usually when there's that much of an ideological divide between people on the Internet and they lose their tempers, it's all over--the message board devolves into a flame war. Not here. It was really sweet to watch them acknowledge their differences and apologize sincerely for any rudeness.
March 19th, 2011 at 05:41 pm 1300556463
March 19th, 2011 at 07:00 pm 1300561213
Another good one!
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