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Conditions from about a half hour ago … And look what that does to the INSIDE of my balcony window … So … yeah … it’s a little chilly out today.

I filed my taxes on Saturday nite. I got an email on Sunday telling me that my Federal return was accepted. And I got an email today telling me that my State return was accepted. So I was all happy. Just had to wait for my refund to get deposited into my checking account. Then … Continue Reading

I just got done filing my taxes. I decided to go with Complete Tax. That was the best of my available options. I will be getting a $364 refund from Federal and a $36 refund from State. Not a fortune by any means, but it’s something. And at least I didn’t have to pay in. … Continue Reading

Living in an apartment doesn’t give you many choices for color. I mean, you can’t paint the walls. Unless you live in an apartment where they let you paint. So, my apartment doesn’t have much color in it. White walls. Khaki-ish colored couch. Beige carpet. Pretty bland. See for yourself … I find myself watching … Continue Reading

I am not one who likes to spend a lot of money … mostly because I don’t like to waste what I have. When I need things, I tend to go for the cheapest version I can get away with. My coffee table and tv stand came from KMart. My kitchen table came from Target. … Continue Reading

I set up my retirement plan with my new employer today. It’s a Simple IRA rather than a 401K. I still know nothing about those things. I just went with the suggestions the guy gave me. It’s with Edward Jones. I’m putting 3% (of each paycheck) toward it and my employer matched up to 3%. … Continue Reading

I got my W-2 forms in the mail today and I had gotten my 1098-E for my student loan last week. So I sat down at the computer tonite to file my taxes. Last year, I was able to file both my federal and my state taxes for free online with Turbo Tax because of … Continue Reading

Well … there’s no horse involved. It’s actually an elliptical. But ‘back on the elliptical’ just didn’t have the same ring to it … LOL. I bought an elliptical machine back in June of last year. I did pretty good for the summer. But once September hit, I started slacking off. Then I just stopped … Continue Reading

I have my desktop all set up so that I can work on my websites and preview and stuff without having to upload the files to my web host to preview. I have EasyPHP installed so I can develop in php and mySQL. I set up my hosts file and the apache config so that … Continue Reading

Now that I have my laptop, the next thing I need to start saving for is my car. No … not a new car. Maintenance on my car. I just took it in for an oil change. They told me that it has a rough idle (duh … I’ve noticed … LOL) and that the … Continue Reading