Went to Toledo this weekend for a memorial service.  I sat with my ex-husband's girlfriend who commented that it was very different from the Russian funerals in her family: everyone is weighed down with grief.  This was more restrained.  Very Presbyterian.  Of course, we were at a service for a 98-year-old woman: however loved, no one could think ( Read more... )

I have finished my taxes.  With some trepidation, they are now efiled.   I spent all weekend updating my Quicken, so I would have accurate information as to "educational expenses" for my child and "charity" donations.  Though in the end all the pertinent information was already entered ( Read more... )