I was wondering what my 1000th post would be.  Turns out it’s also time to renew my website for its third year, which means that will make a pretty good topic.

Today I got an email from my host company letting me know that I will owe them $90something to renew my website.  Wait, what?  When I signed up for it, I was only paying 4.44/month, which ended up at around $50.  I signed into the help chat to see what was up.  Guess that only applies for the first year, and I must have missed that last year when it automatically renewed at the higher price.  I really did not want to pay twice as much for my site, though.  It was originally intended to be an online portfolio for my (now not-happening) advertising career, which would have a lot more worth than my blog.  I love my blog and having my own domain, of course, but am not down to pay $100/year for it.

I also did not want to have to go through the hassle of switching companies because changing anything website-related is such a huge headache for me.  Plus, the one I’m with (Globat) is nothing special, but I’ve never had any issues and the customer service is always good.  So she first offered me $10 off.  Nope, sorry.  Then she put me on hold several times before finally saying they would offer me the same price I originally paid for one more year.  Yeah!  I’m glad that was easily taken care of, and my site will continue to exist.

Anyway, thank you to anyone who has checked out my blog!  I’m sure I’ll easily do 1000 more posts…