Friday, August 8th (08/08/08)

The big day!  The main event of the trip!  My brother-in-law’s wedding!

But first, more banking.  Back to Strata Bank to cash in another ¼ of the bonds.  Over to Bank of America, where this time we were greeted at ( Read more... )

Thursday, August 7th

Got out of bed, got started on getting rid of those US Savings Bonds ( Read more... )

Wednesday, August 6th

(I think I'll skip this one for now.)

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(Based on my recollections, financial records, and Kid #1's diary. Not only is Kid #1 older than the kid mentioned here, whose parents are jrittenhouse and marmot63, but Kid #2 is also older than that kid!)

Tuesday, August 5th

(Recollections are poor for today.  The financial records do not record which town we were in when spending money at a national chain, nor ( Read more... )

(Based on my recollections, financial records, and Kid#1's diary.)

Friday, August 1st

Called the IRS to try to find out WTF their problem is.  No ( Read more... )

After yesterday's post, kid #1's trip diary showed up in my email inbox first thing this morning, although the matter hadn't been mentioned in over a week.  Not speaking to anyone in particular, but kid #1 is older than d3monspawn, whose mother is hakeber and grandmother loud4singingI finished typing in all the receipts in the "Mass. trip" pile.  Now I need to cross-check the ( Read more... )

Once again I am motivated to post by the thought that Pharyngula will unfriend me if I stay silent for an entire month.  He just got back from a trip to the Galápagos Islands.  He whines that he had to stand in line for two hours to get permission to leave Ecuador.  Well, um, it took me over 20,000 times as long as that to get permission to leave ( Read more... )