Certainty?

If Ben Franklin is to be believed, then nothing is certain but death and taxes.  I've spent the last few hours on the latter with the help of TurboTax, which I snagged off a friend of mine.  The fact that he got the "Premier" version complete with Investments & Rental Property tells me 2007 was a good year for him.  Cheers to that!

Unfortunately, the government must have thought it was a good year for us too, because they want us to send in more money.  

As a voting issue, taxes are #1 for me, which is a large part of the reason I'm unlikely to vote with the rest of the household this November.  Or with the rest of most of the people I know for that matter.   

Permafrost and Politics

Heh.

 

Guest Blogger

As Jessie lives it up this week, some 23 degrees latitude and 59 degrees fahrenheit away in Puerto Rico, I'll be filling in as guest blogger.  Initially, I had some really good ideas on how to goose traffic on these pages and start generating some ad revenue.  Unfortunately, Jessie reminded me that this is a family blog.... 

...which pretty much cleaned me out.

Good chips though.

Ecstatic

I'll be as happy as this snowman tomorrow when I get out of the airplane and step into the Caribbean.
I'm signing off for the night and handing the baton to my lovely husband who will be guest blogging for me while I'm in Puerto Rico. I often find him amusing. I hope you do too.

Later yous.

In the air

The girl-who-grew-up-in-the-farmlands in me is constantly compelled to talk about the weather. I know, I know. But this morning there was that thing in the air. Do you know what I'm talking about? I think it's partly a storm front pressure thing, but it's also, as my dad put it, "a different kind of humidity with maybe a bird chirping in the background." There's a spring thing in the air. The ground is a little warmer, a little soggier. Granted, there is currently snow piling up on my windowsill. Our six-hundredth snow storm is rolling through. But that thing, if even for a fleeting, heart breaking moment, was in the air this morning.

Nick Movie Awards

So much fun. We got to vote AND walk down the red carpet. Though I didn't win any of the bets, there were even trophies and chocolates handed out to those who guessed right the Hollywood wins Nick would pick. Now I'm off to watch the OTHER movie awards at the Buck/Lee annual Oscars party. I've picked Javier Bardem, Daniel Day-Lewis and the Coen Brothers as sure wins tonight.

Yesteryear

We saw Jesus Christ Superstar last night. It rocked like a rock opera should. Not to mention that the Cadillac Palace Theater is breathtaking. It takes you right back to a time and a place when people didn't wear jeans (like I did) to see theater. Bygone days. Bye. Gone.