Spaghetti and meatballs, and meatballs, and meatballs.
I planned on writing something Friday, but after my 11:00 meeting I was told I could take off. Within 5 minutes I was on my way to my dad’s work (on my way home) and met him for lunch. We talked about our normal topics (work, retirement, Thailand, and investments) which is good, because there aren’t too many people that we can talk about work with and have them have a complete understanding.
After lunch I headed home to relax. I had good ideas for what to do with my time, but ended up on the couch watching Tivo. Vanessa came home and we watched Man on Fire while eating pizza, buffalo wings, and garlic knots. The movie was good even though I figured out the twist that would happen at the end of the movie five minutes into it. [Side note: We watched Passion of the Christ on Thursday. Not that amazing, not that gory, and not the best movie ever.]
Saturday, Vanessa had to go to work for an open-house type of thing for 5th graders and their parents who are considering going to her Jr. High next year. I slept all morning and then some. I think I go up about 11:00 am. Lazy. Once again I had plans, but I was lazy and Vanessa had papers to grade. Ed and Tiffany called later that day and we met them for dinner.
Sunday, I wanted to get our taxes done, so after breakfast we started getting all of our documents together. My dad has the software and our tax files from previous years on his computer, so we went to his place. This was by far the most confusing year for us. We got married. I changed jobs, rolled a 401k, and was a private consultant. Vanessa had deductions for tuition, teacher expenses, union dues, student loan interest, and savings account interest. There is still a couple of things we need to get more information on, but the good news is that we’re getting money back. The credit card companies will be getting their yearly bonus and we will be one step closer to being debt-free.
I picked up my dad’s mountain bike while I was there and took it home so I can start getting exercise again. I’ll pick-up my bike from my mom’s house next weekend so Vanessa and I can start riding a little on the weekends.
Last night Vanessa made the largest pot of spaghetti and meatballs I have ever seen. It was delicious and we each had 2 helpings. I think there were 35 meatballs (using 2 pounds of ground beef) and 4 quarts of sauce. But that’s good, because we have such a large family… oh that’s right, there’s only two of us. I’ll be eating spaghetti and meatballs for the next 6 months. Okay, in all fairness it will only last a couple of days and it will be great.
After lunch I headed home to relax. I had good ideas for what to do with my time, but ended up on the couch watching Tivo. Vanessa came home and we watched Man on Fire while eating pizza, buffalo wings, and garlic knots. The movie was good even though I figured out the twist that would happen at the end of the movie five minutes into it. [Side note: We watched Passion of the Christ on Thursday. Not that amazing, not that gory, and not the best movie ever.]
Saturday, Vanessa had to go to work for an open-house type of thing for 5th graders and their parents who are considering going to her Jr. High next year. I slept all morning and then some. I think I go up about 11:00 am. Lazy. Once again I had plans, but I was lazy and Vanessa had papers to grade. Ed and Tiffany called later that day and we met them for dinner.
Sunday, I wanted to get our taxes done, so after breakfast we started getting all of our documents together. My dad has the software and our tax files from previous years on his computer, so we went to his place. This was by far the most confusing year for us. We got married. I changed jobs, rolled a 401k, and was a private consultant. Vanessa had deductions for tuition, teacher expenses, union dues, student loan interest, and savings account interest. There is still a couple of things we need to get more information on, but the good news is that we’re getting money back. The credit card companies will be getting their yearly bonus and we will be one step closer to being debt-free.
I picked up my dad’s mountain bike while I was there and took it home so I can start getting exercise again. I’ll pick-up my bike from my mom’s house next weekend so Vanessa and I can start riding a little on the weekends.
Last night Vanessa made the largest pot of spaghetti and meatballs I have ever seen. It was delicious and we each had 2 helpings. I think there were 35 meatballs (using 2 pounds of ground beef) and 4 quarts of sauce. But that’s good, because we have such a large family… oh that’s right, there’s only two of us. I’ll be eating spaghetti and meatballs for the next 6 months. Okay, in all fairness it will only last a couple of days and it will be great.
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