Something About Nothing..........#6

[macraven]

Man...everyone must have taken off somewhere...it's really slow here today.

that's because everyone's electric blanket cord doesn't reach to their desk top computers.........

 

[coastermom]

Hello all

Well just got in from a nice breakfast with my friend. She really isn't into starbuck and someone gave her a gift card so we went to spend it today. It was yummy

Went to the mall and well got nothing there either . I have to run into pathmark later for some food but other then that no big plans today .

Mac . Yeah my taxes are not so bad here because we are part of NYC . That comes with good and bad . I have a nice house and we live in a great neighborhood but the NYC schools are something to be desiered sometimes.

Off to get some light cleaning done here

BBL

 

[ky07]

i thought it would be a lot more for taxes where you lived.
my house is small, 1680 sq ft and our taxes are $9800 a year.
(which we don't get much for what we pay)

i always figured the east coast and california had the highest taxes.

hope you get a great night's sleep.

those 6 years will fly by sooner than you think.
it's hard to believe that now, but it happens.

gee, i can't remember a lot of stuff when mine were small and pre school age. i think it was because there was strength in numbers. they outnumbered me.......


St L, now you're running with the big doggies.
congrats on the new post number.


and donald and metro, be sure to send me a postcard when you get to south america.........i love post cards!

Thanks Mac
Usually Dw thinks I am a dog
No she is really happy with me now that we found out how much of a tax rebate we get back this year and we will be able to stay at RPR on vacation

 

[scotlass]

Hey youse......

Promised pics of Edinburgh.

Now they are not great for 2 reasons.

1. My rubbish camera.
2. Edinburgh's bleak weather.

This is The Scotts Monument on Princes Street (Edinburghs main shopping street). It was built in memory of Sir Walter Scott.
The right hand side or Princes street has shops and the left has the monument,Edinburgh Arts Gallery,The street gardens and the Castle.

Heres a wee Piper at the entrance to the Gardens....

This is The Edinburgh Arts Gallery from the road up to the Castle...

This is Edinburgh Castle from the same spot...

I will leave it at that for now (in case im boring youse !! ) but I will post my Castle and Royal Mile once later if youse want.

Jeez, I just realised how big they are.....sorry dont know how to resize.
If any one does please feel free.

 

[tlinus]

Well, our May trip to Florida is now booked Only 112 days!!!

Wheeeeeeeee Details?

Morning from the arctic south known as Florida. I will be so frigging glad when this damn cold front leaves us. I didn't move to Florida to have to deal with LOW 30 degree weather.

Global warming...yeah right.

OK...griping over.

Have a good day!

Just a friendly reminder of home for you!!


Seriously - I hope it gets out of there soon!

No she is really happy with me now that we found out how much of a tax rebate we get back this year and we will be able to stay at RPR on vacation

You just purchased a home, right? DOn't forget to write off your settlement and pre paid taxes Keep digging - you may find more deductions

I asked yesterday and guess you didn't see it - what did you decide to do about your flights? Did you go with the cheaper airline? Inquiring minds like to know

DM - waiting for the TR!!

Hey all - happy Thursday!! I want to know who has the voodoo doll and gave me pink eye?!? (well not diagnosed yet - see the doc at 3:30). Woke up and knew it......felt like a kid again and NOT in a good way.

Hope everyone can stay warm! Do what it takes

 

[ky07]

Wheeeeeeeee Details?



Just a friendly reminder of home for you!!


Seriously - I hope it gets out of there soon!



You just purchased a home, right? DOn't forget to write off your settlement and pre paid taxes Keep digging - you may find more deductions

I asked yesterday and guess you didn't see it - what did you decide to do about your flights? Did you go with the cheaper airline? Inquiring minds like to know

DM - waiting for the TR!!

Hey all - happy Thursday!! I want to know who has the voodoo doll and gave me pink eye?!? (well not diagnosed yet - see the doc at 3:30). Woke up and knew it......felt like a kid again and NOT in a good way.

Hope everyone can stay warm! Do what it takes

Well actually MIL bought the house so she gets the tax credit and for anyone that is taking that credit I would like to tell them that it has to be paid back so its like a no intrest loan but we did manage to be back pretty good amount

 

[macraven]

scotlass, i adore those pictures.
share all of them that you want to.
you will always have an audience here to view them.

hope you are doing better now.



tlinus is our official Pink Lady.........


wasn't Grease kewl.......

 

[tlinus]

scotlass, i adore those pictures.
share all of them that you want to.
you will always have an audience here to view them.

hope you are doing better now.



tlinus is our official Pink Lady.........


wasn't Grease kewl.......

I will suffer through the pink eye

I will wear a pink jacket

I will NOT dye my hair pink (altho it would look better than all this gray coming in )

 

[tlinus]

Well actually MIL bought the house so she gets the tax credit and for anyone that is taking that credit I would like to tell them that it has to be paid back so its like a no intrest loan but we did manage to be back pretty good amount

Awesome!!!

Can't wait to get all of our docs and start

 

[tlinus]

scotlass -

great pictures!!

thanks for sharing

 

[Cdn Friends of Pooh]

Happy Thursday all ...

Winter has returned again ... It's frickin' cold here today ... -17C (1F) with windchill -28C (-18F) ... on the bright side, it's supposed to warm up to more normal temps by Tuesday

Scotlass - love the pics ... someday Lee and I will make it across the pond for a visit!

Wheeeeeeeee Details?

Booked May 13th to 22nd ... staying at Pop Century again on the 4/3 free promotion ... Don't think I can get a better deal even with an AP discount.

 

[minniejack]

Yippee! 42 degrees F

 

[keishashadow]

scotlass -

great pictures!!

thanks for sharing

agree 100% they r great, more please! doubt i'll ever get to see the sites there

bonny - it's a deal if ur going to be there for enough days, woo-hoo, still going on ur cruise?

today, i booked 3 nits on the platinum pkg after Universal & before VWL stay , it was on sale 25% off entire price, couldn't resist...always wanted to do the pricey stuff included i could never justify. now to convince the hubby how much money he'll be saving (saving that is a relative term when it comes to vacations i suppose)...off to cook the books

supposed to go to 30 something today & near 40 tomorrow....spring? naw lol

 

[minniejack]

i thought it would be a lot more for taxes where you lived.
my house is small, 1680 sq ft and our taxes are $9800 a year.
(which we don't get much for what we pay)

i always figured the east coast and california had the highest taxes.

I will never complain about my taxes again after seeing both of yours.

Hey youse......

Promised pics of Edinburgh.

Now they are not great for 2 reasons.

1. My rubbish camera.
2. Edinburgh's bleak weather.

Scotland is my dream vacation--thanks for sharing--any good travel deals out there for us in the states to visit?

 

[Akdar]

Happy Thursday all ...

Booked May 13th to 22nd ... staying at Pop Century again on the 4/3 free promotion ... Don't think I can get a better deal even with an AP discount.

Bonnie
We will miss each other by 1 DAY! We are going to Atlanta from 5-20 to 5-23 (nephew's graduation), then to Orlando from 5-23 to 5-31........... (5-23 to 30 is a timeshare exchange)


As of today, no rooms at the HRH on the weekend of 5-30/5-31, only RPR, I think I'm going to book it and keep checking!

No AP or AAA rates for either resort as of today??

 

[Tinker-tude]

It is above zero here in Maine- so it aint that cold out.


Balmy, downright balmy tonight~

I'll take your balmy and raise you 50. Wouldn't we all.... It's supposed to be warmer in MS, too, but we're always sitting somewhere in the 18-35 range.

I will leave it at that for now (in case im boring youse !! ) but I will post my Castle and Royal Mile once later if youse want.

Jeez, I just realised how big they are.....sorry dont know how to resize.
If any one does please feel free.

Love the pictures! You can tell photobucket to resize it for you.

Or open it in MS Paint.
Click on Image.
Scroll down to Resize/Skew.
You should see two boxes with the number 100. Change both of them to a smaller number. If you want the picture to be 50% of it's original size, you put 50 in both boxes. If you want it smaller than that, put a smaller number in both boxes. It's better to start out too big and go down gradually, because you lose picture quality if you try to make it bigger again.

Go to File and click Save As.
Give it a slightly different title so you have your original size saved along with your new smaller picture. I just put SM at the end for small.

Hope that helps! I know, it's clear as mud.

Well actually MIL bought the house so she gets the tax credit and for anyone that is taking that credit I would like to tell them that it has to be paid back so its like a no intrest loan but we did manage to be back pretty good amount

Woo-Hoo for tax breaks! Sadly for us, they've lowered the amount of credit you get for donations to non-profit groups like churches or the Red Cross or any other 501(c)(3), so we owe this year. No refund.

I can't believe the property taxes some of you have to pay! Reminds me of a song from Big River.

The dad-gum guvament
They got me in a bind....

On a happier note, we don't owe as much as we did last year. Only because DH had them withold more from eash check....

 

[Metro West]

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHR_XxtCjpk

 

[hack2112]

So I'm in the new ABD website.

Clicky

I'm in the last picture, the one all the way on the right.

 

[macraven]

you're the chipmunk hugger.......?

 

[marciemi]

I will never complain about my taxes again after seeing both of yours.

Yeah, I'm shaking my head here thinking the same thing! Ours are about $3000 a year. We opted not to live in Green Bay itself (we're in one of the smaller villages/suburbs) since the taxes there would have been closer to $4000!

Scotlass - like everyone else I loved the pics!

Tracie - my son's HS is doing Grease right now! (Well, rehearsing at least!). But I'm pretty sure he's not a pink lady, so don't blame him!

Hi to everyone else! Once again I'm reading, but not always doing a great job of posting!