If I can do that (and a half, preferably) again this weekend, I might even make it through the race in 2 (!) weeks ( Read more... )

Have filled out and will file tomorrow the amended tax return for 2008 - which includes the first time homebuyer's credit. The whole thing. All $8,000 of it. (Our downpayment was $9,275 ( Read more... )

We bid a fond (though rainy) adieu to little Meg yesterday. Guys that came up to get her seemed pretty cool. The buyer would like to fix her up for autocross, so that's neat. The friend that he rode up with (who was the original buyer, but things changed a little - they're coworkers though) is a Tech alum! Showed up in a WMTU Keweenawesome Fest ( Read more... )

So Ryan and I were bored yesterday. About 1 in the afternoon, we kinda decided that sitting around home was dull. So we packed (hah - picked up off the living room floor, more like) up our camping gear again and headed west to Itasca State Park!

( A little photographic tour )

I'm feeling very accomplished at the moment ( Read more... )

We went to look at a couple houses today after my show. (Which is up here as usual ( Read more... )

Turns out Johnny's get-together isn't until Saturday afternoon/evening. Of course, I didn't find this out until I'd already made the "can't be canceled" reservation for a room in Duluth ( Read more... )

It hasn't quite been a month... but it's getting close since I said anything of worth ( Read more... )

Item the first ( Read more... )

The whole car buying process yesterday went very smoothly. Probably the easiest sale that lady has had in quite a while. We walked in the door already having picked out, deposited on, and secured a loan and insurance for the exact car we walked out with. Test drive went well - I managed to keep the shifts fairly smooth, and zipped it up a little ( Read more... )