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Federal and State taxes paid. I may be an outlier, but I feel I get a good return on my state taxes. One of my favorite ways my tax dollars are used is covering school lunches for every kid. I've seen enough kids who qualified for free lunches whose parents were too negligent to fill out the forms (because they weren't the ones hungry at school) or kids whose family could afford the lunches but were too negligent to keep money in the account, and then the kid is told they have a negative amount, but they can have a cheese sandwich. Why should kids be punished because their parents are jerks?

I am a slug when I get home. I don't have the bandwidth some nights to even read the paper. Lucky for me, DH gets us groceries and makes supper. Not like the kind of dinners happening at Paula's house, but it's food. Tonight was eggs and bacon.

We have Friday off ( but in case you're wondering, it's because of extended spring break, and not because it's Easter weekend), and I am so happy. Almost there!

Yes, Eloquis, which seems to be very effective shouldn't cost so much with Medicare. And it was one medication I was taking that had very few side effects. I didn't even notice much of an increase in bruising. I was on it for 2.5 years, and I kept reminding my doctor I needed to be off it before I turned 65. I was actually able to stop taking it in March.

Greetings all

Cloudy today. Scrabble was kind of a bust as I got beat all three games but still fun. I claim visual impairment. After that I stopped at the studio and did some glazing and clean up work. Not much new there.

I got my taxes extended due to lack of one item. I have it now but no need to rush. probably should get the stuff in before I lose it. CC I can't believe your accountants missed those deductions. What do they get paid for?

Liz if your scale is stuck that is a good number to be stuck at. I am afraid of mine. Hope you are home safe as I write this.

Peps poor Lucky. So sorry he has this issue. Old Chip had seizures but that was at age 16 near the end of his life. Not fun to deal with. And hell yeah take the sick days. Define "sick". Sick of ........

Yeah CC hummingbirds are loud and not shy about buzzing people. I can't wait for those nice days to sit out and see and hear them. Do you have feeders? We don't but maybe should. The fuchsia bush is pretty popular with them. And I really don't know a bat from a humming bird but that looked bat-ish to me. Cripes I can't believe Kirby dug up irrigation. How does he know where to find it?

Feeling nap-ish as I often do on Scrabble day after my drive to the big city.

So far the ho****er deal is great. Love it.

DH is having trouble getting a prescription from our primary care doctor. He needs some special attention because he gets it from a Canadian pharmacy due to expense. Doctor has to take a couple of extra steps but not much. Makes me wonder what is going on there. So he is getting it from the cardiologist. It is eloquis which is stupid expensive here. One of the drugs supposed to be on the negotiated price list in a galaxy long ago and far away.....

Diane S

I am one of those wait until the last minute tax people, too, Liz. Just the way some of us are wired, I think. In the old days when I was far less busy I used to get my taxes done well ahead of the deadline. The past decade (maybe 2) I have gotten them done on the 14th or 15th. One year I sat in my trailer late at night at the dog show working on them. LOL! But I have yet to file late! The exception was 2020 when I had all kinds of time on my hands during the shut in.

204.8 - up 1.3 overnight, but I'm still under 205, so I'm not complaining. I saw some photos taken over the weekend. I'm looking good in a suit, but in my street clothes I can see that I still need to lose a few more pounds. I really think another 15-20 off will get me to the perfect weight.

I'm feeling indulgent using up my sick days, but I don't feel one bit guilty! LOL! I could use the day of rest anyhow.

Poor Lucky fell off the bed last night at 12:18 having a grand mal that came on in his sleep. It lasted a long time, too! He was down for several minutes this time and when he was back on his feet, I could tell he was still having involuntary muscle issues and his brain wasn't working right. The older he gets the more the seizures take out of him when he has them. Poor boy. But this morning he is his usual chipper goofy self. I'm glad they never seem to have a lasting effect. I do wonder if they will shorten his life eventually. No clear data on that.

After several beautiful days - yesterday was sunny and in the 80s - today it's overcast and cool. Boooooo! It's supposed to only get to about 65 degrees today. At least that's not cold!

Started moving food from one freezer to the other last night. Oh, dear, what one can lose in a chest freezer! So glad we have the upright now!

Tidy Tuesday, indeed! A goal my first year of retirement is to become more tidy in all areas of my life - physical, emotional, organizational, etc...

At least your DH likes to replace things! My DH would live with a dripping faucet/lukewarm water/broken garbage disposal for an extended period of time as long as he could work around it. I had our faucet replaced because it didn't work properly in either the regular or spray mode and wouldn't stay up in the facet arm (it's the kind you pull out). The repairman said it couldn't be fixed - DH thought it wasn't so bad and would have continued to live with it.