I'm looking at releasing my novel, 'Still Water', in July of this year, and while that's super exciting and all there's a lot going on on the back end side of things right now. I am in final stages of revision before it goes to proof readers, but these are more technical things on my … Continue reading Book Release Back End – A Brief (And Expensive!) Checklist
If you know me at all personally, you know that I manage our budget and have quite a system for it. I use the You Need a Budget website: It has a monthly subscription fee but lets me manage my budget so, SO easily. I manually input everything, manually split out pay checks into categories, … Continue reading Let’s Talk Money and Managing Debt Repayment
I woke up this morning to my phone chiming. I have it set to ping me if any transaction over a certain size passes through our bank accounts. I had a deposit. I had a deposit from SSA on a day that is not my deposit day. It didn't match any amounts I should have … Continue reading A Good Surprise, I Assure You
In early March, I put in a commission request for Inawong on Deviant Art. They produce professional level work that I like, and a particular piece of theirs caught my eye. (Found here since I don't want to steal their image.) I gave a budget, a rough description of what I needed, and a request … Continue reading Imma Bleed Money But It’s a Good Thing
I saw a TON of cute doggo portraits go through the Alaskan Malamute rescue groups I follow on Facebook, so I had to investigate. Pawss Pet Art is where they are getting them, and as of TODAY 5/3/2020 they're still on sale. Can't vouch for tomorrow, sorry. You send in a clear photo, and they … Continue reading I May Have Bought Portraits of Our Fluff
(And #3.5) This one isn't as bad, but it is hugely frustrating. I have student loans, and they're in a ten year forgiveness program for state employees, which is great, but they didn't tell me I needed to file our taxes separately. So it's increasing to the tune of $380 more. Not even kidding. We … Continue reading Bad Things Come in Threes #3
