Good Things Friday (42)
November 29, 2019
1. More catalog removals: still trying to get ourselves removed from American Girl. How did I ever get on their mailing list? I have never liked or been interested in their products. Their site is also supremely annoying. The opt out is so dysfunctional it took 7 tries. They require a birth date to enter this part of the site, then it kept freezing, then suggesting there were errors in the address that I entered (there weren’t), and then freezing again. After 7 failed attempts, I had to just email them.
2. We managed to sign up for another month of swim lessons despite leaving it til the last minute. I’m assuming it was still open because of the holidays. Nevertheless, woots!
3. Happened to spot that a Twitter / blogger friend needed a helping hand late at night, and I’m glad to have spotted it because we were able to help. It’s nice when things come together.
4. We had a really rough Sunday so I’m extra grateful that my favorite relative being here for moral support and actual physical support with walking the dogs and cooking and all the things that make up our days. I hate that the thing happened at all, but if it had to, I suppose it’s helpful that it happened when we have some support.
5. I’ve had senioritis all week because we have a short week. That seems counterintuitive. But the short work week also means more stress because there’s no real way to pause my work so I’ll have to work a bit over the weekend.
6. Tiny dogs make good lapwarmers.
7. A visit from my favorite relative means JB has been in good spirits all week long. Cheeky, definitely, but generally very little grumpiness.
8. We pulled together another big round for our Lakota families and that was amazing. Update is forthcoming.
PONDERING 1: Should we keep my once-beloved SPG AMEX which has now become the Marriott Bonvoy? Our free night benefit isn’t so easy for us to use given our current constraints and the annual reward is usually how I justify keeping an annual fee card. I can still transfer points to miles if I wanted to go that route but that doesn’t address the annual fee. Thinking on this one.
PONDERING 2: I finally separated the cash from the rental property into its own savings account several months ago and it earns a small amount in interest every month. Like $5. I currently funnel all interest from our emergency savings account into our “Director” fund (the account from which I make all our savings and investing contributions and the occasional spending disbursement as necessary). We pay taxes on all the interest now, whether or not I keep it separated, but should I continue to keep it separate on a matter of principle? Seems like I should. Thoughts welcome!
I finally cancelled my Barclaycard after not using it for like 3 years? I had downgraded it years ago so at least there was no annual fee anymore. I find it really hard to convince myself to cancel cards. Good luck sorting that out with the SPG Amex!
Thanks – I still need to decide if I’m going to downgrade our Chase SR or keep it, too!
Relatives are the best for support! I hope everything smooths out for you soon.
I personally like to keep my real estate funds separate. However, it’s not always the most efficient. I just like the clean break so I know where the cash flow is coming from.
SOME relatives are! š š
That’s where I am right now – just keeping it cleanly separated so there’s no confusion. I suppose that’s where the efficiency is. I don’t have to waste time wondering where the money came from or where it went.