One of the things that I really like about the Internet is how easy it is to compare products and services, without having to leave the house. I was just remembering some very old television commercials about using the telephone book’s Yellow Pages where the jingle was “Let your fingers do the walking….” Now with the Internet, the fingers can still do the walking, but without even having to make a phone call!
For example, if I go to negquote.com I can compare different New Mexico insurance companies, policies, and rates between a lot of different companies! All I have to do is fill out a short form and click on submit. Then just sit and wait for the information to come in! How easy is that!?
Come the end of April I will have the pleasure of ending my 2 year contract with AT&T, who is my current cell phone provider. I’ve been doing a bit of research online to find the best provider to hook up with when the time comes. There are sites out there that allow you to compare plans and companies, which is pretty cool. Anything to make the task at hand an easier one.
A buddy of mine bought some real good tickets to concerts at the Houston Rodeo which is currently under way. But his mother has become ill and he will not be able to attend. He has been asking around to see if anyone would be interested in purchasing them from him, actually at this point he would be willing to just give them away so as not to see them go to waste. I personally would love to go, but it is too last minute for me to make arrangements. Even though I am self employed and have a bit of flexibility I still have obligations to meet that I need to tend to.
I haven’t been to a rodeo is a long time. There really isn’t a big call for rodeos up here in Maine, so the choices are pretty limited. But I have been to a few, out of state, and they really are a blast. Something that a lot of people are in to and I’m glad that they are still popular. They are usually affordable and you definitely get your monies worth, the events go on for a good long time and there is a lot going on all the time.
The Houston Rodeo is offering entertainment after the rodeo and has plenty of top name performers lined up this year. I looked it up online and they have Gary Allen, Keith Urban, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Alan Jackson and many more performing this year. Maybe next year, if I get my ducks in a row I’ll see about attending. It should be a blast.
The wife and I have been discussing various things that we would like to do when our tax refund check shows up in the mail in the near future. We did pretty good this year, we had a lot of deductions and made good use of all of the receipts that we kept in our tax shoe box, that are such a pain in the neck to deal with. But it was well worth the extra effort it took in order the get the best bang for our buck.
We both have things that we would like to see done with the money. Most of it will be used for things concerning the house. She has her eyes on a nice hanging wine glass rack that she has found online at Glassstemwareracks.com. She is good at finding good deals on the Internet and found a site that offers all kinds of wine glass racks for sale that she was showing me last night. I’m good with that and see no reason why we can’t spend a few bucks on nice quality looking wine glass rack. She has good taste and I’m usually right on board with most things that she finds to spend our money on.
Our Lumina needs to be inspected, and we knew that there were a couple of issues we needed to address in order for it to pass inspection. So we dropped it off at the garage this morning and came home. We expected to be able to pick it tomorrow.
Well, the dreaded telephone call came in. The repairs are going to cost more than we had anticipated. We told the representative that we talked with to go ahead and do the repairs, but now we are going to have to put a few things that we wanted to do (like put in a remote starter) on hold. The car will be in the shop for an extra day or two. We have to repair it; we can’t afford a new car! That’s discouraging, but that’s life!