June 9th 2008 12:48 pm
This house sponsored by yourwebsite.com
I got paid last week.
And when the email came in (because I use Paypal), I noted the amount and it sturck me right then that it was just over the amount needed to buy a window. Ron and I have been discussing windows and the replacement thereof. Summer is a good time, since then we can actually, you know, *use* our windows. (Unlike last year.)
Then I had a brainwave. And since I have to World’s Best Clients (hush, I do too), I immediately sent an email back explaining a little more about my house.
Sidenote: My clients love my transparency. Transparency is business-speak for the fact that I can’t seem to separate any aspect of my life and will tell anybody everything. And I’m sure some of them read my blog. (I totally worked on your stuff today.)
Anyway, to get back to the story - roughly one site or one billable-hour workday is enough to buy one window. Yay! We’re using the money I make to go towards much needed work on the house. (Remember, I live in a falling-down country farmhouse last renovated by someone whose mind went downhill.)
Wouldn’t it be awesome if we had a little plaque on each window saying “This window was sponsored by suchandsuchasite.com”?
At least, I thought it was an awesome idea until I re-counted the windows that need replacing. Twenty-two.
Twenty-two.
That’s a lot of freakin’ web sites.
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4 Responses to “This house sponsored by yourwebsite.com”
JoVE on 09 Jun 2008 at 2:39 pm #
Well it is a lot of websites to do in the next month. But I suspect you might do 22 websites in the year. So maybe you don’t get all the windows done this year. No biggy.
My busy may is paying for kitchen cabinets. And a floor (since we are redoing the layout and thus exposing bits with no flooring on it right now). I might need to think about the plaques. A little place with “this cabinet sponsored by the University of …” might be quirky.
Mam on 09 Jun 2008 at 4:10 pm #
Forget the windows! Any donations to the “Give Andrea’s mother that best old age home money can buy” fund would be sincerely appreciated.
Jacqueline on 09 Jun 2008 at 5:00 pm #
Andrea on 10 Jun 2008 at 10:29 am #
C’mon Mom, I still have a good twenty years before I need to win the lottery.
Now quit spending my inheritance.