Monday, February 12th, 2018…...
Nothing going on today for the RV garage. The weather is nice today but we expect rain
off and on the rest of the week so I don’t know what is planned as this time.
Meanwhile, we planned out our day. I called and made an appointment to have our
taxes done. Yuuck! Since we retired, we’ve always had to pay each year. I’ve always done my own taxes but with the
sale of the house, and capital gains, plus having to file two returns, I’m
looking for help this time. I’m sure we’ll owe again this year. Just hope we can afford Hawaii in June! Later,
we went over to see the girls before they had to leave for the airport. Their flight was leaving from Portland (to
Vegas) so they had to leave early to get there and get gas and turn in the
rental car before check-in. It was nice
to have them come visit my sister, given she is going through chemo right now.
They made her days after treatment nicer just by being there.
Danette, Merrilyn, Penny and Diane
Once we got
home, we finished up the day watching Olympics and taking care of Quincy.
Tuesday, February 13th, 2018…… Having
Quincy here with us is working out. I
had been getting up and dressing and then taking her out for her morning walk
and then showering and getting ready for the day. Today I got up before dawn
and showered then took her out. No big
difference either way. We went off this morning to our tax advisor meeting. After looking our paperwork over, she said it
looks like we will be able to avoid capital gains for our transaction. That’s really great to hear! So, it’s now looking like we just have to
work through the regular tax filing, which, for us for the past several years,
has been on the paying side rather than the receiving side. I expect it to be the same this year
especially knowing that Oregon has higher state tax liability than Calif. This year we have to file in both states, so
having an advisor is better than me trying to do it myself. We’ll know next
week or so. Later, we came back to relax a bit then have lunch. It’s still a
little cold outside even though the sun is shining brightly today! So, I didn’t have any projects planned. I’m still hoping to be able to add another
concrete pad closer to the house for extra rv parking, although I may end up
either doing blacktop or compacted crushed stone. Either way, I need to take out the walkway flagstone
pavers so that’s on my to-do list. I also have a bunch of logs piled up toward
the back of the property. Walt told us
he cut down a big tree out there many years ago and I’m guessing these logs
were just piled up and left there. He
also dumped some pallets out there so those will be hauled out and the area
cleaned up. I’ll leave some logs to be
used for seating along with a bench or two (once I find them) to go around a
fire pit of some kind. Might be nice to use as a gathering area when friends
show up and the weather is nice enough to be out. Both of these projects are on
hold for now because I can’t get any vehicles out on the soppy grass without
tearing it up. I might try a wheelbarrow
for the flagstones.
Later, Lydia
went to Walmart to get a few things for dinner tonight. We’re planning on driving in to Albany
tomorrow to go to Costco for more shopping but this will do for tonight.
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