Hit my biggest win yet and my first premium sweep! The contest ended at midnight last night and I got the notice at 6:30 this morning. My name must’ve been drawn just minutes before the notice was sent. I won a 30th Anniversary Collection EC-2005 electric guitar with anniversary logo inlay and black satin finish valued at $630! I was the only winner of this prize and it was a 2½-star daily sweep. We’re going to sell it on eBay. We were thinking February would be a good time. In January too many people are broke after buying Christmas presents, so that’s why we think that would be a good time.

We’re ordering the bed and an office chair for me on Friday. Then next Friday we’ll order the headboard/shelves and platform. At some point, I’ll order a comforter online, too. I like the shimmery satin ones.

I’ve decided that once all this is bought, I’ll take a third of my monthly spending money and put it towards a trip to a department store around here. We’ll probably take the bus there. We need things like new towels and silverware. I also need a bigger hard drive and some new clothes.

The handyman is here now refinishing the back porch to help prevent the pipes from freezing. He stopped by two days ago to let us know he’d be doing this. He hasn’t knocked on the door today which is good. I don’t want him to come in here far enough to see Blondie. It almost sounds like I’m back in the duplex with the way he’s bopping around back there. It’s so nice to know I’m not, though! I hope he’s not at it for too long. I don’t see why he would be. The porch is small. He’s actually putting down this ugly, rust-colored outdoor carpet, but it’ll look nicer than the peeling paint underneath it that’s also in front. I don’t think there are pipes running under the front patio, though, so I doubt he’ll do that one, too.