We’re on the eve of another Friday, another payday, another weekend. All good things. I typically go out to lunch with my coworker Leo each Friday. We rotate between all you can eat Indian, Chinese, and Mexican buffets, with a Thai restaurant filling out the cycle. The second pay day of the month is always exciting, as I get to sock a way my monthly $ into savings. Since I’m not taking a trip this Spring, I know that money is going straight into my RTW trip fund. I opened a high interest ING Direct savings account last October, and am loving the interest. It’s soo much better than my local bank’s rate. I e-filed my taxes last week too, so any day now I should get my refund. Again, it’ll go straight to savings, do not pass Go, do not collect $200 (for you Monopoly fans out there).
Luckily, despite my drawback in spending, the TV season is in full swing. The premiere of Lost last night was fantastic. Shows like that are the exception. I was entranced. At any rate, some other must-see’s for me include: Prison Break, 24, The OC (me miss Mischa), The Simpsons, The Sopranos (ready for the last 8 episodes), The Office, and ER.
I’m glad I got started on the blog so early, it’s giving me a chance to publicize it, and spend time with the formatting and features. I’m new to Flickr, so I hooked my account to the blog last night, so that’s taken care of. While I thought hosting all my own pictures would be ideal, I think it’d make more sense to use Flickr’s space for that, and extend the storage on my hosting account for other stuff, such as the message board.
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