Thursday, February 11th., 2021…… We had some rain again last night
but just enough to wet the ground when I went out with Rylee this morning. I
brought the trash cans in and then went to the shop to check on the fridge. The
drinks were nice and cold and the water in the freezer was rock solid! Yaay! I now need to go to Walmart and stock up on
sodas for the guys. I had bought some new white crew socks when I was at Costco
and loaded them in to wash. I can now go through the old ones and get rid of
those that are worn out. I still remember (fondly) teasing Lydia about tossing all
of my holey socks (and underwear) out when she washed!
I called my tax office and asked a
question. I hadn’t received anything from the state indicating my refund from
last year. California does that but Claudine said that Oregon doesn’t do that
and she has my files and, if I was ready, I could come in today. So, I gathered up my files and headed in to
see her. After I got home, she called
and asked me to come back in with my property tax paperwork because I have
enough for itemized deductions this year, what with all of Lydia’s medical. She
also said she would check to see if she could use last year’s property tax
numbers to maybe add to my 2019 refund. She also informed me that although the
stimulus money is not taxable, it still counts as income and will be a factor
for refunds, and most likely I will be paying this year to the state.
Friday, February 12th., 2021…… Cloudy day today. Temps are right above
freezing for the most part. But there is no ice and the roads are not slippery
or anything, so that is good! Portland
and some other areas north of me got a light dusting of snow. It’s funny because
some of that area is actually at a lower elevation than I am here (340’). Kirk’s dad is in the hospital in Portland
dealing with cancer treatment, and his mom says that there is snow and ice all
around her hotel. I sure hope he can get up there soon! As for me, I had no plans, so I hung around
the house most of the day. Later in the morning, Janet, from
Tristar Tax, called to tell me I could come in and pick up my tax papers. Claudine
said that she was right and that I would owe the state $1079. this year. But I
am getting back $3567. from the federal. Plus, her amendment for last year’s state
would also net me $580. So, all in all,
not too bad. She said her latest updates indicate that I would also be getting the
$600. stimulus check that they owe me for Lydia and also for the next $1400. payout,
I should be getting that for each of us as well. All of this is because she was
alive in the 2020 tax year and therefore is eligible. But due to the death
certificate being filed, they don’t send her checks out with mine. We’ll see.
I made another linner so I just
snacked later in the evening. I watched the Nascar Truck race and called it a
night.
Saturday, February 13th., 2021…… The weather here is rain, rain,
rain. The temps are higher now so no more snow is in the forecast for the lower
Willamette valley (at least in my area). I awoke to rain and got showered and
dressed and waited a few minutes and then walked Rylee. I managed to get out
and back when there was only a light mist falling. It came down in sprinkles
for another few minutes, then stopped completely again. Forecast is for rain
until Thursday. This will cause both Rylee’s dragstrip out back and the ditch out
front to gather water. Here are a couple of pics of that ditch out in front.
There is a steady stream of water which comes from pvc piping coming from two sources
on my property. I have a French drain and several areas where my gutters run
out into the ditch. So, I expect this ditch as well as the creek in the back
will fill up even more in the next few days.
I received the paperwork for the Oregon
2019 tax update and signed that and also made out my check for Oregon state tax
that I owed and then made a run to the post office to mail both of them. While
I was out, I stopped at Mickey D’s and got breakfast and then went to Walmart
and stocked up on drinks for the mini fridge in the shop. My guys will be
happy. I watched supercross and then the
Nascar Xfinity race. Tomorrow is the Daytona 500, which kicks off the Nascar
Cup season! I had bought some more stuffed salmon from Costco so I took two of
them out for today and tomorrow. For tonight, I sliced up and fried some
potatoes to go with it.
Sunday, February 14th., 2021…… More rain. Yeah, I know – this is
Oregon! I’m ok with the weather here and
actually enjoy the seasons so I can’t complain. I would like to see one or two
days between storms though! I was able
to get butthead out and back with no worries and no rain. Today, I had nothing on my to-do list so I
made coffee and breakfast. I had bought a rather large package of turkey
sausage at Costco and didn’t freeze it so I pulled some out and cooked them up so
I could freeze the rest. Today, I cut up
the sausage and added scrambled eggs and cheese (sis had used my electric
slicer and brought me some freshly grated cheddar so I added that) and made a
couple of breakfast burritos. Yummy!
Along with the coffee, I drank up the rest of my V8 and filled up
nicely! I got set up to watch the
Daytona 500 and started that. But, after only 15 laps, they had a caution for a
huge wreck and while they were cleaning up, lightning hit within 20 miles of
the speedway and caused them to red flag the race. Then the rains hit the area
and that lasted several hours. So that meant I had time to watch The Hustler
that I had taped on Thursday. Problem on that was that on Thursday night they
had cut into programming for local (Portland) weather updates. So, when they
got back to the show, they had already eliminated one guy. I thought I was
figuring it out and eventually zoned in on the two girls and ended up getting
it right. She stumped the others and won
$120,000. After that, I watched the race,
which went well into the morning hours in Florida. But at least they got it in!
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