Donate Who?

And here we are on a cool'ish Thursday night. It was pretty windy out today, but thankfully, has calmed down as the evening has come around. And I'll say that the wind had a chilly nip to it. What's up with that? (a) the wind should be long gone by now, (b) the daytime temps should be getting into the mid to upper 90's by now, and (c) it's too damn cloudy. So summer is starting out rather strange. Granted, we had a strange winter, and now this. Again, what's up with that? I know I know, it's all part of global warming right. Maybe the gods have it in for us or something . . . or something not, or maybe . . . hell, I don't know!

So far the evening has been uneventful. Been reading a book on HTML programming to see if I can learn a thing or two. K's offered to teach me some ins and outs of it, so I'll certainly be sucking on her brain. I've had one phone call from a charity wanting me to donate (of course) to the Association for the Deaf and Blind (or something along those lines). I told the guy that I currently donate to the National Federation of the Blind and I'm happy to donate to a group cause, but not to every flavor of that group. And his response was (not surprising) that they don't serve just the blind, but the deaf and blind; a very under represented group. Okay man, whatever. So, this is going to lead me to how I've chosen to deal with the whole charity/donation thing. As it gets harder to keep track of who I've donated to in that every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants your dollar. I'm happy to help out and figure if I can afford to spend 50 bucks for two for dinner, then I can afford to help out a charity.

So . . . here's how it works. I chose one organization per month. That's it! Simple! I keep the envelop and label it with the month and amount I donated. Stack'em up. After twelve months, rotate through the envelops. (1) keeps it simple, (2) allows me to tell group types that I already give to a similar organization, and (3) helps me keep track of repeat organizations that call back with their Fall, Spring, and Mother's Day drive specifying how great it was that I helped them out last year. Hey, it works for me!