Slept in today. Went to Target and bought a bunch of organizing stuff — four big clear plastic bins and one very long green bin, some close-out holiday printer paper, a half-price tree skirt for next year, and Turbo Tax 2002 and ItsDeductible 2002. Once home, packed up the Christmas stuff, including the tree and … Read more
I spent almost the entire day today catching up my checking account and my two credit card accounts in Quicken. I’ve verified my capital gains situation and it’s in good order. I’m also ready for taxes now. Happy New Year! Tried the Coney Island Hot Dog place for dinner. Alright. Not great. Probably won’t return. … Read more
Spent most of the day packing up Christmas stuff and filing papers from 2002 in the new hanging folders I bought. Feel good about that! Tomorrow, I need to check my 2002 finances, specifically to see if I need to, for tax purposes, sell any stock at a loss before Tuesday to offset my IBM … Read more
Will called at around 11:00 asking if I’d be ready to go to the Goodwill place today. This got me motivated, and by 2:00, I had all my stuff together. He came over at 3:30, we packed my four boxes and the microwave into his SUV (along with the five big black garbage bags full … Read more
Slept in today. At 2:00, I took Will out to Precision Auto to pick up his car. On the way back, I stopped at the UPS place to pick up my monitor. On the drive there, I called Rob to see if he and Thomas would be home if I stopped by in a half-hour … Read more
I got up around 10:00. We watched the Christmas parade from Disney. Michael and Meagan arrived at around 12:30. We had our big dinner at around 2:00. Pork BBQ was the main dish, and it was great. After dinner Meagan had called Lisa, upset, Meagan handed me the phone saying her mom wanted to talk … Read more
I left Raleigh at around 9:45, after printing off three more Christmas letters. Stopped by the post office and mailed them to Doris, Debbie, and Joye. The ride to Jacksonville was uneventful. I arrived just after 12:00, and Vivian and Jeff were already there. Unusual that they beat me home. Vivian and Mom had just … Read more
Got up at 8 this morning, put a hat over my matted head, and rode over to Will’s. I followed him to Precision Auto over on New Bern Avenue to drop of his Suzuki. I’m not saying the place looked questionable, but the pit bull out front was a little daunting. Will tried to “dress … Read more
We got up at around 9:00, and well, really got up at 10:00 after MMMMMMMMMMMMMing for an hour. I made waffles (actually Eggo made them, I heated them up), and poached eggs. Robert made the coffee. I wrote out the captions for Steve’s pictures, which took about an hour. I’m looking forward to giving him … Read more