Saving log - $5
Spending log - $1.84 coffee, milk + $4.50 curry
Found an interesting tool.
It assesses the walkability of any address in the United States, giving you a score between 0 to 100. My home address got a 75, my work address got a 91, sister's address was a 62, the farmette got a 0. Check it out - we are still trying to figure out how you get a 100.
I managed to use my cloth bag at the grocery store today. The grocery store was nice about using my bag, and I'm happy that Clif bars are back at .99 apiece.
Paid the sewer, water, garbage bill - $123/ month. I remember when it was in the $80 range 3 years ago.
Only three people were kicking around the department today - it made for quiet times, good times to put in a couple of phone calls.
Call 1: into the Wisconsin Bank that sister and I have a joint account with. I want to be able to electronically transfer dollars from my bank to this account. I figure that mail is slow, and control freak that I am, I want to see both ends of the transaction. I've set up my WA account for bill pay to this bank. We'll see which is easier - pushing money out of my WA account to this WI account, or vice versa.
Call 2: Arranging the pick up of the canning jars. I will be driving (gasp, driving!) Thursday morning. Haven't heard word as to how the berries are doing. A quick look at some of the brambles in our neighborhood tells me it will be another week or two.
July 31st, 2007 at 04:07 am 1185854827
July 31st, 2007 at 01:31 pm 1185888702
Out of curiosity I put my last address because we often walked to a few stores and restaurants. The score was 57. We are getting a bunch of shopping centers a few blocks down so I am sure our score will settle in that range again. I am SO looking forward to it. I miss being miles from walking anywhere. But it is all new development out here. My walking score would have been -50 a few years ago. They keep bringing more and more business closer to us. We will have a Walgreens open any day and will plan to do more walking & shopping there to save gas and get more exercise. We'll see what else we get. I am not sure yet. Unfortunately we are getting more hotels than shopping (seems weird place for a bunch of hotels - in a residential area).
Thanks for sharing - interesting website.
July 31st, 2007 at 02:31 pm 1185892282
July 31st, 2007 at 06:03 pm 1185905021
Mine is $20/month. I must be missing something....
July 31st, 2007 at 08:22 pm 1185913346
It occurred to me that the score, which is based on how many nearby businesses there are, is really dependent on how many nearby businesses there are that want to ADVERTISE on the site. So it may not necessarily be accurate.
July 31st, 2007 at 08:45 pm 1185914719
work an 88!
July 31st, 2007 at 10:34 pm 1185921285
August 1st, 2007 at 03:35 am 1185939355
August 3rd, 2007 at 04:15 pm 1186157739
My parents' address is a zero, as I predicted.