Wednesday, January 28, 2009

So my day job is to sell real estate. Actually, commercially viable real estate. In todays market that can be a challenge. I have clients that look for land, homes, 4-plexes and other types of property. I even have a number of clients looking for mini-storage. Everyone is looking for a deal. And few of my clients are buying.
So, what does an out of work real estate agent do between clients? I clean out the mini-storage. Now I will admit, at first the mini-storage (MS for short) seemed like a rational idea. We (that is my wife, family and I) accumulate stuff....lots of stuff. Perhaps there is no room for the stuff, but its good stuff. Its MY stuff. Important stuff. 2 ft long fishing poles the grandkids might want to use. Accounts Receivable from 1999-2002. The stereo system pieced together and given to us by friends whose names I can't quite remember, except to say that I think they got divorced. Random pieces of particle board that closely resemble the shelves in the Master bedroom closet of our LAST house. Christmas decorations, Thanksgiving decorations, Oh so THAT's where those books went!


You get the idea.


Lots of important stuff. In storage for....get this....6 years.

Yep. Important, requisite, pertinent, useful stuff that we haven't used in 6 years.

Lemme do the math here... $70 per month x 72 months = 1 rather colossal waste of money.


Monday, January 5, 2009

Back to school....and the dogs.

Is it just me or is the Christmas/New Year's break just too long? Felt like summer this year. Kids couldn't wait to get back to school (judging by the sleepy eyes, groggy voices and general stumbling about) The dogs were happy though. Marty (the stupid one) and Roxy (the stuck up one) always go through the same routine in the morning. Once we eat and the kids are picking up backpacks, the dogs go nuts because they get to ride in the car on the way to school. Apparently this is the highlight of their day because they bounce all over the car and yap incessantly at the other kids through the car window. Once home they curl up in whatever room we happen to be occupying and go to sleep for a while. Now exactly WHY I think this information would be interesting to anyone else has yet to be determined...but I suppose that the requirement of a blog is to be regularly adding content. So there you go. Content added. Have a happy and prosperous beginning to your new year!