sickness

katie & i moved into the house in milford (vinnie) almost a month ago, at the beginning of january.  i'm still finishing a few trim items on the house, slowly.  the past few days i've been sick and haven't accomplished much of anything.

katie's started an exercise & diet program of sorts.  i'm not privy to the details, but i believe she's preparing for the wedding.  hard to believe in less than five months we'll be married!  i need to find a tux.

i put together some organizational systems after we moved into the house.  that is, a task schedule for maintenance items, such as home/car maintenance, bill payments, etc.  i also developed a spreadsheet to define our budget as clearly as possible.

i have an idea to acquire a few credit cards and dedicate each to specific types of spending, such as one for gas, one for groceries, one for dining out..  this way, category spending can easily be monitored without keeping & sorting through receipts.  the only problem is, we're afraid if we apply for a bunch of credit cards it will hurt our credit rating..  not sure if this is true, but it probably is.

i also prepared a car inspection sheet to guide monthly car inspections.  it felt odd at first, but i realized car safety is important, statistically speaking, and cars are also expensive.  inspections improve safety and save money.  win-win.

hmm, i forgot to eat breakfast.  that's uncommon.

rants defined

a given stream of thoughts occasionally cross my mind, which i may consider exciting or intriguing.  these will likely come across as a rant or a general rambling.  i know these can be annoying or exhausting to drag eyeballs across, so i'm going to tag these as a rant, so they can be selectively viewed by anyone out there.

and i'll consider this my first rant, although it's not technically a rant per se (is that redundant?), but i just want to tag something as a rant to set the standard, so to speak (should that be hyphenated?).  am i the only person that finds themselves bombarded with questions, daily, that could be searched and answered, but must be ignored because there's only so much time in a day?  mm.

first post

my plan is to make this blog a window into my life and thoughts.  separate blogs for my projects should be kept.  that's the plan.  and i like to keep things informal.  hence the lack of capitalization and improper grammar.  :P