June Dividend Income

July is here and that means more sun, less rain, and a vacation to the family cabin is on the horizon. It also apparently means that our patio has become a nest for black widow spiders. Just the other day I was tending to the banana peppers that I planted seeds for and as I was transplanting the saplings over to larger pots I noticed a big blob of white that appeared to be mold attached to the outside of one of them. Thinking that I had over watered the plants, I grabbed at the blob to remove it from the side of the pot. As soon as I grabbed it, a large black widow popped out and attempted to attack me.

Thankfully, I channeled my inner fifteenth level dwarf fighter and smacked it against the railing of our third story balcony before it could get me. Unfortunately I still held a ball of web in my hands and it was only upon further inspection that I realized that I was holding a giant sac of black widow eggs. Without thinking I frantically leaped around like a spider monkey and the sac ended up sticking to the side of the railing. This left me with two options: deal with the problem like an adult or burn the whole apartment complex down.



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I’m happy to report that the apartment complex still stands. I successfully picked up the ball of eggs, transferred it to a garbage bag, and disposed of it in a very far off dumpster on the other side of the apartment complex. All in all, I think it was a job well done. The only thing that my wife still thinks about is the fact that we have no idea where “Momma Widow” ended up. While I believe that I’ve taught her a lesson, my wife seems to think that she has phoned in reinforcements and has planned a counter attack at a later date. Only time will tell!

But let’s move on. All black widows aside, June was an incredible month for dividends. Here’s the breakdown:

ARII - $6.80

QCOM - $16.53

GME - $30.40

LB - $34.80

STAG - $1.75

TGT - $47.40

EMR - $7.68

SO - $16.24

WMT - $8.16

WFC - $8.36

Total June 2017 Dividends: $178.12

Total June 2016 Dividends: $36.34

YOY Growth: 390% growth

Total 2017 Dividends Received: $420.73

(blew past the total dividends from 2016 which totaled: $322.91)