Hey the bright side of that is YOU HAVE BENEFITS!!!! We're paying $1.6K per month out of pocket for JUST medical insurance, and sadly it isn't a luxury plan. Oh woe is us....As Tracy says we're thankful for what we have and can do.
I declare....NO MORE MOANING...Snide wasn't I getting the last word in
I'm so mad I could spit. I finally finished doing our taxes. I kept putting off finishing them because I was SO SURE I had made a mistake!
So this year, when Turbo Tax kept showing a balance due of around $2,000 I knew I had made a mistake somewhere because nothing had changed that drastically in our circumstances from any other year. We made a little more, but not THAT much more!
Finally, I discovered that since Erik turned 17 last year, our $1000 child tax credit goes away. WHAT? He's still considered a child under the law in just about every other case! That made me mad to start with.
THEN, I discovered that they changed the law this year, and I guess we are NOW considered "rich" and so we lost the other $1000 child tax credit that we should have had for Alison because we make "too much money."
I'm sorry. I live in Southern California. We survive on a single income. I drive a 10 year old van. David just last year bought a 2 year old truck to replace the 12 year old car that Erik now drives. I buy most of my clothes at Target and JC Penney. I clip coupons for groceries. We are NOT rich!
There is currently steam coming out my ears and I'm ready to scream.I cannot believe those bloodsuckers want another $2k from me!!!!
I guess there goes my plan to try to sneak in a trip to WDW this year.
GRRRRRR!!!
Okay, Rant done! Here's the part where I point out that I'm thankful that everyone in my family is healthy, we have a roof over our heads, food on our table and the resources to go on a great Disney cruise every 3-4 years. Compared to most of the rest of the world, we ARE rich.
Thanks for listening!!
Ian....check you PM's!
Well....heading out of the office to get settled in for LOST tonight!
later kids
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I guess I'll go read a book!
Ah, an assignment for Ian in his MouseManager role. This sounds like it would really appeal to my brother in law.
BUBBA...did you see....37 varieties of tequila.
Can you imagine us without kids? I get to sleep until 7:00 
Oh ya, and Bubba and V will be there This could get crazy.
I'm so mad I could spit. I finally finished doing our taxes. I kept putting off finishing them because I was SO SURE I had made a mistake!
So this year, when Turbo Tax kept showing a balance due of around $2,000 I knew I had made a mistake somewhere because nothing had changed that drastically in our circumstances from any other year. We made a little more, but not THAT much more!
Finally, I discovered that since Erik turned 17 last year, our $1000 child tax credit goes away. WHAT? He's still considered a child under the law in just about every other case! That made me mad to start with.
THEN, I discovered that they changed the law this year, and I guess we are NOW considered "rich" and so we lost the other $1000 child tax credit that we should have had for Alison because we make "too much money."
I'm sorry. I live in Southern California. We survive on a single income. I drive a 10 year old van. David just last year bought a 2 year old truck to replace the 12 year old car that Erik now drives. I buy most of my clothes at Target and JC Penney. I clip coupons for groceries. We are NOT rich!
There is currently steam coming out my ears and I'm ready to scream.
I guess there goes my plan to try to sneak in a trip to WDW this year.
Okay, Rant done! Here's the part where I point out that I'm thankful that everyone in my family is healthy, we have a roof over our heads, food on our table and the resources to go on a great Disney cruise every 3-4 years. Compared to most of the rest of the world, we ARE rich.
Thanks for listening!!
(and don't tell them anything about that trip to Panama to look for cheap housing... 
)On another interesting note, Paul is working a lead for General Counsel for a job in London.
Oh yea, another good note. Paul just sent me the lap times for his first race and he came in with the 2nd best lap time. It was ahead of the 1st place guy but behind Chole (who DQed) which means that he is for sure in the running for 1st place with this pack
ok, back in the house to get dinner going....
(tell Paul that Wilson has to start training IN Europe for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix...) I declare....NO MORE MOANING...
well, not yet anyways
It's RUM, as in who stole the RUM ?????
got it thanks. enjoy your settling with LOST
I'm just a bundle of grouchiness today! I decided that I didn't want to wait every week to watch the next episode, and I didn't want to buy the set whenever it comes out, so I decided to TIVO all the episodes and just take a day to watch them all at once.
But I'm really feeling pretty icky tonight, so I though, what the heck, I'll go ahead and start in on them now. Well, being a complete idiot and never using the Tivo, really, I had no idea that it only keeps the most recent 5 episodes! So now I'm stuck! There's no way to go back and start from the beginning, and ABC only has the last 4 episodes at their site! GRR! I'm beyond irritated, but it's just at myself!
Sigh... At least I know my friend will purchase the whole season so I can borrow it from her....eventually.
Some days it just doesn't pay to get out of bed!
