to do list
1) budgeting review
it's going to be veeeeeeeeery tight until may 2nd, at which point i am essentially home free. depending on when my tax refund hits, relief may occur sooner (though i doubt it'll happen before may, suck).
2) research digital cameras
so not even close to being done yet. having decided i need one, the question doesn't even become which model i want, but whether i am getting this before the new laptop i _must_ have. however, since nyanone is moving out, and i have been depending on her for pics for years, i can't underestimate how important this purchase is, either. blah.
3) research laptops
yeah, ok. i know i'm going to be getting a macbook, and i _really_ want a macbook pro. however, i am flat out unwilling to pay retail for a macbook pro, so that leaves me with less-hot options. i've been seeing macbook pros going for reasonable prices on ebay... i might go this route. the worse my computers have been getting, the less willing i am to wait for leopard to come out and depress the prices on macbooks with tiger on them. also, nyanone will be taking with her the one semi-functional computer this place has when she goes (thanks to my traveling laptop's crash last week).
4) send off tax return paperwork
yeah, done. although this lack of a working printer is really cramping my style... goddammit.
5) wrangle with the IRS over back taxes
right now my intestinal fortitude is not up to going through all of my cancelled checks and finding the damn check i sent them last JUNE (for christ's sake) for taxes owed from '04. because i paid them, and damned if i'm going to pay them again. motherfuckers.
6) clean bedroom
this will get done. it will. by spacemonkeys that i control with my amazing psychic powers, perhaps, but it will get done.
7) attempt to somehow get my big laptop onto the internet. again.
wireless is obviously just not going to work... maybe we can cable it. argh. blah. blah. blah. meh.
8) eat
i'm thinking some moussaka, maybe?
EDIT: yeah, changed my mind. ended up making melitzanes "papoutsakia", aka greek stuffed eggplants, "little shoes" style. yum.
9) find a mother's day gift
less than a month to figure something out. damn. i hate this time of year more than any other. people who know my mother, do y'all have any ideas?
it's going to be veeeeeeeeery tight until may 2nd, at which point i am essentially home free. depending on when my tax refund hits, relief may occur sooner (though i doubt it'll happen before may, suck).
2) research digital cameras
so not even close to being done yet. having decided i need one, the question doesn't even become which model i want, but whether i am getting this before the new laptop i _must_ have. however, since nyanone is moving out, and i have been depending on her for pics for years, i can't underestimate how important this purchase is, either. blah.
3) research laptops
yeah, ok. i know i'm going to be getting a macbook, and i _really_ want a macbook pro. however, i am flat out unwilling to pay retail for a macbook pro, so that leaves me with less-hot options. i've been seeing macbook pros going for reasonable prices on ebay... i might go this route. the worse my computers have been getting, the less willing i am to wait for leopard to come out and depress the prices on macbooks with tiger on them. also, nyanone will be taking with her the one semi-functional computer this place has when she goes (thanks to my traveling laptop's crash last week).
4) send off tax return paperwork
yeah, done. although this lack of a working printer is really cramping my style... goddammit.
5) wrangle with the IRS over back taxes
right now my intestinal fortitude is not up to going through all of my cancelled checks and finding the damn check i sent them last JUNE (for christ's sake) for taxes owed from '04. because i paid them, and damned if i'm going to pay them again. motherfuckers.
6) clean bedroom
this will get done. it will. by spacemonkeys that i control with my amazing psychic powers, perhaps, but it will get done.
7) attempt to somehow get my big laptop onto the internet. again.
wireless is obviously just not going to work... maybe we can cable it. argh. blah. blah. blah. meh.
8) eat
i'm thinking some moussaka, maybe?
EDIT: yeah, changed my mind. ended up making melitzanes "papoutsakia", aka greek stuffed eggplants, "little shoes" style. yum.
9) find a mother's day gift
less than a month to figure something out. damn. i hate this time of year more than any other. people who know my mother, do y'all have any ideas?