Ran's Ramblings

Taxes, bonus, and the weekend

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:11:09 PST

We did receive DH's W-2 last Thursday and did out taxes online. Wooohooo! We will be getting $1,500.00 back from federal and just a bit over $500.00 back from state. That is sooo exciting! We will be paying off our Visa - which just has a small amount on it, and then putting the...

Still waiting...

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:45:07 PST

for DH's W-2 that is. Otherwise our taxes are all done. I hope this arrives either today or tomorrow - I'm anxious to have this DONE. I'm pretty sure we'll be getting a refund back and I want to get that money into our savings account. No specific 'plan' for it - I just want to...

Should we, or shouldn't we??

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:31:08 PST

We've been thinking about buying in to two different house raffles. For one of the raffles, the tickets are $200.00 each. For the other raffle, tickets are $100.00 each. We are so tempted. The only bad thing is, if we didn't win anything (there are secondary prizes as well), I...

Okay, I've put it off long enough!

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:43:27 PST

It's been forever since I last posted something -- and it's time for me to get back into the swing of things.

A brief recap: I didn't fully recover from being ill until the last week of November. It was as if I kept catching something, almost recovering, then catching something...

Unbelievable

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:22:11 PST

I am sick again - or maybe it's still. I usually don't get sick that often, so I have to think that it's still. It will be better for a few days and then I get it all over again. I finally decided I want it gone for good. I made an appointment to see the doctor this morning at...

Response to JodiM

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 06:39:41 PST

Thanks for your input on the garage sale games. I've decided to go ahead and give the games to the boys at Christmas
and not think anything else about it. I do know that they will love them and, really, that's all that matters =)

As for the Keep the Change program, it's working...

Looking for Ideas

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 18:23:16 PST

It's been a good week so far - though expensive. But the beginning of the month always is - with rent and bills due. Oh
well, at least we have it and everything is paid! Plus I paid the registration for the 4Runner yesterday - that was $178.00,
but we'd planned for it, so not...

Busy weekend!

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:51:31 PST

Kevin had two games on Saturday -- early ones (!), so that meant I got an early start, too. I cleaned the oven, cleaned
the stove (lifted the range portion and cleaned where the pilot light, etc. is), and took everything out of the fridge and
cleaned that really well, too. It...

It's been a while!

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:45:09 PST

I swear I don't know where the time goes! Well I guess it doesn't help that I got sick...AGAIN! Yep, this time it was
strep throat - I'm just getting over it. I felt fine until late morning on Saturday and I could tell that my throat hurt and
felt kind of funny. I was so achy...

Good deals at Costco

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:28:04 PST

Well Kevin and I joined Costco over the weekend. We found a lot of great deals and had to restrain ourselves! lol Actually
we bought some groceries - plenty to last the week and then some -- probably enough for two weeks. The only thing I
should have to go to the grocery store...

The good thing about being sick..

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:31:58 PST

if there is one, is that I don't spend money on anything! I've been home sick with a bad head cold yesterday and today.
I haven't felt like doing a thing. I also don't like to spend a lot of money on cold medicines. I really don't know that
they work all that well - other than...

And we have dental insurance why?

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:49:53 PST

So I go in on Monday for my dental appointment. A scheduled appointment mind you, for a filling. I have a baby tooth
that never came out and there is no tooth there to replace it, so it's stayed. It's virtually unnoticeable - in fact, Kevin
didn't even know it was a baby tooth...

...and a good weekend was had by all

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:50:08 PST

We knew it was going to be a busy weekend, so Kevin and I got a jump start on it by starting out laundry on Thursday
night. We've decided that, for the most part, we can use the cold water cycle on our clothes and they turn out just
fine. We've bought the Tide Coldwater and really...

Frontier House

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:49:32 PST

I borrowed the DVD set of the PBS show Frontier House from one of our teachers and watched the first three episodes
last night. Boy, am I ever thankful that I wasn't around then! I probably would have survived, but I'm not altogether
sure. It certainly was a difficult life filled...

How did it get to be October...already?!

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 06:48:37 PST

I can't believe October is here already! That means the holidays are just around the corner. Where did the year go?

It was a nice weekend. We spent a little money, but nothing too extravagant. On Saturday we went to the horse races
with my mom and dad and Kevin's mom. We had...

Emergency Stash

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:51:22 PST

Thanks to everyone for your input on the flex account. I think we've decided to go ahead and give it a try this year and
see how it works out. We'll dedicate $200.00 to it and see how far that goes. If it does well and we need more next
year, we'll add it. If we end up having...

Insurance

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:48:25 PST

Well it's getting to be that time of year again - open enrollment for medical insurance. Kevin and I are very fortunate
in that, because I'm covered on his company's medical plan, my district pays me MY medical benefit in cash on my
paycheck. We then take that money right off the...

Weekend Recap

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:51:47 PST

Boy, do I ever hate getting up on Monday morning. Once I'm at work I'm fine - it's just getting up and getting going!

This past weekend was really a nice one. We didn't end up going to the fair - we just thought it was too expensive. We
ended up spending more money than if we'd...

It's payday AND Friday...

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 18:16:50 PST

I just love it when paydays fall on a Friday! One of those things is good...two even better =)

Well we were thinking about going to the county fair tomorrow, but I don't know. We found out that it will be $15.00
EACH just to get in the door - plus $10.00 to park. Then there's...

Playing Catch-up

rweir@ausd.net (randamax) — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 18:35:46 PST

Here I am - more days have passed and I haven't posted in a while. I've just been feeling so tired by the time I get home
that I don't even look at the computer. For the last week or so pretty much all of what I've been doing at work is
data input - all of the information from...