Cranberry or Pineapple??

[jiminyC_fan]

Selena, I agree. Spring Break IS important.

I didi it. I lost weight even eating what I did on Saturday. I feel better. I am sure the fit helped me immensely.

 

[ImMarcik]

Marcie - what dates are you going to Vegas? My friend wants to take our annual Vegas trip in August too, but we will probably go August 28-30th.

August 12th - 16th.

 

[ImMarcik]

I bought a leopard print memo board last night (because well i'm kinda wild like that) Anyway, I am hanging it in front of my treadmill and I printed out a picture of the medal I will get from the Tot run. I am going to also pin up inspirational quotes, words and other pictures. It's going to be my vision board, whatever I WANT will be on it. Tonight I run my last 25 minutes straight then I go up to 28 minutes.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Oh my goodness Marcie, you go girl! Aw, looks like we will miss each other in Vegas.

Selena - I think breaks are important too, definitely helps get the kids refocused.

Found out yesterday that a good friend's mom lost her battle to breast cancer. My friend is only 24, has a 19 month old and is 8 months pregnant. She seems to be taking it okay. She was on her way driving to Georgia to see her mom, but she didn't make it in time.

 

[ImMarcik]

Found out yesterday that a good friend's mom lost her battle to breast cancer. My friend is only 24, has a 19 month old and is 8 months pregnant. She seems to be taking it okay. She was on her way driving to Georgia to see her mom, but she didn't make it in time.

That is sad.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Heidi, I feel so bad for her. Bless her heart. I worry about her driving home alone.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

We are worried about her driving back too and we asked her to let us know when she starts driving back here, but I know she won't.....that is just her.

 

[Jsme]

Heidi that is so awful for your friend. I know how important having family is. I am not close to my mom and never will be. I hate to say I no longer care if it happens. I have tried for many of my adult years to where I accept it will never happen but I am very close to my dad and could not imagine being 24 and losing someone that important to me. My heart breaks for her and her children. They will never know their grandmother. How very sad. I will say some prayers for her.

 

[Jsme]

Marcie & Jrsy, I have a question for you....

There's a thread on the budget board that I read a few days back. It is about the tax cut that Obama is giving starting in April. The basis of the thread was that Obama was changing the cacluation of the deductions on your W4 form. Which would give you more money back but not a real tax relief.....are you with me so far? .... Several people had posted about this. This would mean that when you do your taxes for 2009 that you would not have paid as much in. Which could cause some people to have to pay more, pay when they never had to pay before or reduce the amount of a refund.

Jrsy you seem to know everything...not a bad thing....I figured you could explain what is going on.
Marcie I did not know if you would know if and how this would have on our 2009 tax preparatioin. So my question for you is this going to effect our taxes for 2009?

I had already planned to see what my paycheck increased by in April. I only get paid once a month so in April I plan on seeing how much, if any, my pay changes. I get paid mid April for March's work. The state holds us back 6 weeks. My plans are to take that money and put it into my savings account. Once I know how much that is exactly, I am going to increase my direct deposit into my savings account.

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Good question Selena! I hope someone can answer.

TGIF!!!!!!! This week at work has been horrible (I am sure you have noticed since I haven't posted very much). I need the weekend to relax.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Good point Selena. I can't wait to see the answer.

I am headed out of here for the weekend. Have a good one.

 

[ImMarcik]

Selena, they change the tax tables for your W-4 because the tax percents for the 2009 will also be changed so you have to pay in less. Does this make sense?

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Mom - Happy early Anniversary! Enjoy your weekend!

 

[Jsme]

Selena, they change the tax tables for your W-4 because the tax percents for the 2009 will also be changed so you have to pay in less. Does this make sense?

Kind of. They have to change the tax table due to the taxes being cut, right? Do you think this will have any effect on refunds for 2009?
I really like my refund. As I said though, I have plans to put that extra away but....Mac is turning 16 in about 6 weeks and we are in the process of buying her a used Honda Accord. The day she gets her DL's my insurance goes up by $1400 a year!! I have already told her no DL's without a job. If I am buying the car she can pay her insurance. I am really afraid I will dip into that money due to all of this. Our refund is used towards the 2 months I am not paid during the summer. This will directly effect if I have to find a job next summer. I really enjoy my summers off.

 

[Jsme]

Really crappy 3 days at work last week. I am glad it is over. Not too proud of myself though. After work on Friday we went out and I got plastered. I rarely do this because it takes me a full day to get better. Well that is not the only reason. Needless to say I had a really rough day yesterday. I forced myself to go to the grocery store and then to go with Jeff to Kohl's but I was so sick. I am pretty sure I was green. The only way I felt decent was by laying down. I feel great today though. Have already cleaned my part of the house, working on laundry now, had to go back to the grocery store and we are cleaning out the hottub. I hated I wasted a day being sick yesterday. It is gorgeous here too. It was 80 degress yesterday and it is shaping up for the same today. It was real funny seeing all the piled snow and the temp was 80.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Happy Anniversary Sandy and Ted​

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

Selena - I am sorry you had a rough week at work. I wanted to have a few drinks too, but I didn't want my work stress to sabotage my diet so that is the only thing that held me back! Glad you are feeling better today! Enjy your beautiful weather.

 

[jiminyC_fan]

Thanks Selena and Heidi.

We had a very nice stay at the Embassy Suites. We had a prime view of Pikes Peak. I had a nice new drink called...woo woo. It was peach schnapps mixed with cranberry juice.

 

[Jsme]

Selena - I am sorry you had a rough week at work. I wanted to have a few drinks too, but I didn't want my work stress to sabotage my diet so that is the only thing that held me back! Glad you are feeling better today! Enjy your beautiful weather.

That was part of my problem Heidi. I was so careful about what I ate that I had hardly anything on my stomach. I had actually stopped drinking when I had reached my limit but then Jeff started ordering me drinks. He was across from me and I never told him to stop as I should have.

Yeah our weather is only going to last until Thursday then back to the chilli cold. Good News though our hottub is almost warm enough to get in.

 

[Jsme]

Thanks Selena and Heidi.

We had a very nice stay at the Embassy Suites. We had a prime view of Pikes Peak. I had a nice new drink called...woo woo. It was peach schnapps mixed with cranberry juice.

I am glad you guys had a nice trip. The Woo Woo sounds good. Of course yesterday I was swearing I would never drink again. lol