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Last weekend I took the plunge and bought something else off of ebay.  It is the new SLVR cell phone.  I promise the seller thought I was anal I was asking so many questions but it looks like it is the real deal and should be delivered to me today or tomorrow.

And then last night I got the idea that I wanted to go ahead and get a new computer.  For a smaller upgrade and selling my computer, I only had to put about $200 so I went for it.  It supposedly was shipped today from CA.  So yay!

Ya’ll!!  I did our taxes last night.  It was at midnight and I don’t have all the exact numbers but I think I’m close and our return is almost TWICE what it was last year.  OH MY GOSH.  I actually could knock a couple bigger items off of my list.  I really hope I’m close on my number because that would be AWESOME!

It’s January and guess what that means!! Tax time again!  If you’ve been reading for awhile, you know that I LOVE tax time.  Especially since we’ve had 2 kids because that means mula coming to us.  I started printing all of our stuff today and going through the checkbook to categorize everything.  I just downloaded all the federal and state forms I’ll need to do my taxes but not actually submit them.  Yes, I do my taxes myself to see how much we are getting but let a professional do them and submit them.  I just can’t stand that our companies wait until January 31 to mail our forms and then I have to wait until mid February to find out how much we are getting back.  If I sit down and do it tonight, I could know how much we are getting back and then we can start planning!  Last year we put up our fence and built the back deck.  The year before we put on our sunroom addition.  Those were definitely fantastic investments and have been greatly used.  This year I think we are leaning towards either a used car for me to take to work or paying down our van loan.  My current list of things I really want to do but would take several years worth of tax returns:

Hardwood floors in living room/kitchen/entry/playroom
Kitchen countertops
Refrigerator (and stove if I REALLY had a lot of money)
Curtains for my room
Curtains for my living room (if I could figure out what fabric I wanted)
Pay off our van
Get another car for us to use
Bedside table for Scott
Telescopic lens for my camera
New computer that will run Pinnacle including new graphics card with TV Tuner
DVD camcorder

I’m sure there’s more but that’s what comes to mind.  Just about 25K-30K would take care of that, no biggie right??

I’m in a chatty, good mood and I need to chat here for a bit.  Number one, I have to say I love Nelly Furtado’s new song Say It Right.  Especially after reading the words.  At the end, you’re like woah, that’s hot.  And also Lips of an Angel is on my top playlist in iTunes.  And can I just say I LOVE my new iPod.  I know it’s already obsolete at only 1GB and no video but I really like it.  I assume I’ll be upgrading within the next year, even if I have to wait until next Christmas.  And I love the armband I got.  I used it last night while I was putting clean clothes up and it was GREAT.  Gave me some incentive to clean up and it stayed on quite nicely.  And last night I watched the bonus features on my GA DVD.  It had a bunch of deleted scenes and some were totally funny and completely unnecessary but they would have been cute to see.  And some you were like, woah, I didn’t know he felt that way.  I was a little disappointed that almost all of the extras revolved around the actors who played the chief and Addison and some with Alex.  Where is Derek and Meredith and Burke and Christina??  I mean, come on.  Everyone has a part in the show, but they are clearly the stars.  I wish at least one of the features would have involved them.  But no.  Scott is working today.  And unlike yesterday, he is not able to stay at home.  Which is a bummer.  The good news is I don’t have ANYthing to return so no need to rush out to the stores today.  And Scott bought a snow globe thing and projector for the yard on Sunday night at KMart.  So no need to rush out for that.  Although I would like to buy a prelit tree on sale.  But I’m guessing they are sold out by even now.  So there is very, very little to do at work.  The company always puts a hold on anything we can implement until mid January so this is a very slow time of the year for everyone in IT.  OK, I think that is all for now.  Well, except I’m staring at my, I mean, uh, Scott’s new coffee maker and I really want coffee.  So maybe that’s what I’ll do now.  That is all, you may go.  That line was on a movie or tv show once and said I think in a Russian accent or something.  Oh, Ugly Betty with a client.  And Heather was over here and I was trying to mock here and I did really good the first few times and then was really bad.  But it was funny because I said I was going to use that all the time.  So that is all, you may go. lol

Just an update…a deputy found our teenage friend in Georgia at a rest stop with his girlfriend.  They gave up easy and are in custody.  The whole family is headed down there.  Thank the Lord no one was hurt and please continue to pray for his future.

E is home and doing well.

R is home doing well.

And A had her surgery yesterday.  It was not attached to her spine and it was malignant.  She’ll be in ICU until next week and they’ll be deciding what to do.

I got the HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE news today that we did lose $998 in an ebay scam.  Supposedly it was the “appropriate” thing to return the money to the buyer.  Well, thanks.  What’s appropriate for us and our stolen laptop??