Event design is required to come up with strategies that have been not used in the past. There are different kind of requirements which has seen from the client-side. To satisfy the audience is one of the most difficult ways. There is a different kind of technology impact on the overall design of the event. Things need to be highly technology base when designing the event. The more innovation has been indulged in the event the high level of satisfaction the audience will get for the design of th ...
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I did decide to take family medical leave from work. On the first day of leave, as though it was planned, Dad was unexpectedly discharged early.   It’s time off one area but time on another. I’m looking forward to these months. I hope to focus on three areas: Dad’s return to health (of course!), my twins’ schooling, and my health habits. For Dad there are frequent doses of many drugs to administer, things to check, and appointments to attend. It’s a little st ...
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So there was another low-ball offer on the house, like $55K less than asking price. We decided what our lowest sell price is ($20K less than current asking price) and did a Take It or Leave It offer with 24 hours to accept.  I'm still recovering from COVID (fatigue is lingering and some days I am more tired than others).  My realtor was surprised that I didn't comment on the kind note that the young couple wrote when they submitted the offer. My honest response was "I stopped reading ...
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My mom called me at work this morning to tell me that my grandfather wasn't doing well. I left work to take her to the hospital. Though we thought he could have more than one visitor a day since leaving ICU, it's still only one per day. They made an exception today and both my mom & my uncle were able to visit. I still haven't seen him. The would like to arrange a hospice nurse for him. It's so strange because although he is 90, until the last month or so he was so healthy. The last time I t ...
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Just checked mint and I suppose with the market as it's going, it's just growing in leaps and bounds. 20k in a couple of weeks or so.  It's kinda unsettling to me because there *has* to be a crash at some point. This is just not sustainable.  Sitting at home, spending mostly just for food and other basics. Although last night I decided to buy some really warm slippers, spent $50. They aren't as expensive as the Glerups and it seems my previous favorite sheepskin seem to have uneven re ...
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January 26 $22 Tax Software $5 College Application Fee of some sort $0 Target (Groceries) Dinner:  ??? MH asked me if I needed anything from Target.  I thought about it this morning when going through and paying bills.  I checked and he has $80 in the Target cart, but we bought up a bunch of gift cards while on sale in December.  Will be $0 from our budget. This would have put our grocery/household spending to $740 for the month (without the Target gift cards), or about ...
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Event design is required to come up with strategies that have been not used in the past. There are different kind of requirements which has seen from the client-side. To satisfy the audience is one of the most difficult ways. There is a different kind of technology impact on the overall design of the event. Things need to be highly technology base when designing the event. The more innovation has been indulged in the event the high level of satisfaction the audience will get for the design of th ...
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Over the last month or so I have started to reassess pretty much my whole life in general...don't get me wrong I have a good life but some areas need an overhaul...and most will take awhile to do and the 2 main areas are health and finances. My health we have been working on for a few years and so much hasn't worked but maybe this new doctor will be able to help and I can get healthy enoough to work...even part time...thats my plan for the next couple years. Financially I want to work on set go ...
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I know it has only been 5 days, but the contributions hit the account today, $660 from us and $110 from work.  The amount the account has gone up by in these 5 days, though, is $1292.69, so $522.69 was just interest.  The new total in the retirement accounts is $44,210.79.  We will likely hit $45K with the next contribution if we make any interest at all in the next two weeks. ...
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Onion Fritter recipe: https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/side/vegetable/amish-onion-fritters.html This was the easiest recipe.  So I figured I would share. MH is really not into anything greasy or deep fried.  In that vein, I just got a small frying pan and covered the bottom of the pan with oil.  With the small pan, wasn't using tons of oil, and was never going to use as much oil as the recipe called for.    But...  Because it was a small pan, once I filled it ...
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Since the last time I posted about it, I ended up deciding to increase my withholdings from my twice monthly check.  I had been referring to it as "single zero" and "single one" but it appears that in 2020, the W-4 changed and is now completely different and confusing lol.  After a lot of googling and researching, I was able to figure out how to update my online W-4 in such a way that I would get a very small refund next year, and increase my take home pay every check.  Hoping I d ...
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I got my electric bill -- or, that is, it hit my bank -- it's an automatic payment.  It's higher than usual.  I don't know if I've been using more electricity or if new charges have been tacked on.  I guess it's time to be more mindful of what lights are on. I also paid my assessment fees -- automatically.  They have gone up, too.   Oh well, Social Security payments have also gone up by about $25! We are expected to get a big snow today.  Tomorrow I am schedu ...
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January 22 NSD Dinner:  Goulash (Instant Pot) Dinner did not turn out so well on this day.  If anything, most dinners have been too watery in the Instant Pot.  But this one went the opposite way.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 23 Allowance Spending (Moi): $139 Dinner:  Garlic Chicken Parmesan (Instant Pot) Tried a new recipe, dinner was okay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ January 24 NSD Dinner:  Chicken  Korma (crockp ...
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January 20 NSD Dinner:  Black Bean Soup This was an instant pot recipe that MH tried before.  I told him to put it on my list to make this week.  It was so good and so easy to throw together, I told him to just put it in the rotation every grocery run.  It calls for dry black beans.  Takes about 1 hour to cook (getting to pressure and cooking) and probably about 1/2 hour of slow pressure release.   The one thing I would do differently is start earlier.&nbs ...
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Illinois is one of the states that participates in the MegaMillions Lottery tickets. Sad to say, we didn't win. Of course, we didn't play either. I guess some lucky winner in Michigan will be the next millionaire. DH turned to me last night when they announced where the winning ticket was sold and said he bet that even if we won a jackpot like that, I would still shop at Aldi and clip coupons, and reuse bread bags. You know, he's right! He said being frugal is ingrained me and I don't doubt it.& ...
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I spent some time this weekend starting to organize everything for our taxes. I made an appointment to drop things off to our CPA on February 24, so I've got time, but I don't want to wait until the last minute. We haven't gotten all of the paperwork yet but there was enough I could do with what we already have. The good news so far is that our taxable capital gains were lower in 2020 by about $3,400 so that will lower our tax bill. Also they are allowing $300 of charitable donations to be ded ...
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Well we have been looking at huses and haven't got one yet, there are at least 50 plus people at all the opens and not enough housing to go around, many are from aussies who were living abroad and now the pandemic has hit has moved back to australia...so we have 2 weeks to move and nowhere to move to....fingers crossed we find something! Haven't really been spending much money lately which is good but still haven't saved as much as I would like this month but have been buying a lot of packing b ...
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I got my COVID vaccine today. I got the Moderna vaccine. I am so relieved. I knew I would be, but I guess I hadn't realized just how much. My sister is getting hers on Wednesday. I had vague plans of visiting her sometime this year, and this makes it much much more doable earlier in the year than I had dared to hope. Her baby is almost two and a half years old, and growing rapidly. I want to see her. And, I want to be hugged and held. No one has touched me in a year, and I feel so excited to see ...
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Yesterday was my dad's birthday. My mom wanted to buy my dad some lottery tickets for his birthday so I went & purchased 10 MegaMillions tickets. Somebody in Michigan won the entire $1 billion jackpot! I didn't even know that the jackpot was so big. I asked the cashier for Powerball tickets & she asked me if I wanted Ppwerball or MegaMillions. The lady behind me told me that the MegaMillions jackpot was much bigger so that's what I bought. I had to work last night so we are ordering din ...
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I'm a few days late, but on the 19th, it marked 16 years since I posted my first blog on this site. My life now is certainly different from back then. Different in good ways, and in sad ways. One recent change is the passing of my Uncle J from Covid. He was 73 - just 3 1/2 years younger than what my dad would have been. I feel for my grandma - having lost two husbands and now two sons. Uncle J officiated at my wedding (almost 5 years ago!) He tried so hard to bring my dad "with" him - used a ...
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