02-10-2025 -- Just another day

Howdy all. Yep, just another cold day. Saturday (2/8) we got another 4 inches of snow. Puts this area at over 125 inches for the season. May not be a record, but certainly more than any of the last 10 years. Just more, “well this isn’t the normal weather” lines from my neighbors. It hasn’t been “normal” since I moved back in March 2020.

The good news is my lawn service team (plow team in winter) have been doing a fantastic job keeping the drive open and not slippery. Thank you Bob Weaver and Kyle from Weaver’s Lawn Service.

I have been printing a few things on the 3D printers the last couple of days. A bunch of strange looking Jeep Ducks, and another of those spiral vases than look cool. Today I assembled a BD-1 Droid from a card kit that finished printing late overnight.

Tomorrow, Tuesday 5/11, I have an appointment with the tax preparation person I called. She sounds reasonable, so I’m hoping the dump off of paperwork will go easily and I will have a completed tax form in a couple of weeks.

I did add up the various deductibles (medical/taxes/etc) and I don’t think I am even close to the filing single over 65 standard deduction. But, seeing a number approaching $10k was annoying thinking how little I actually have as income anymore.

Oh, and as another “political” rant,,,, Don’t stop taxing us on Social Security, if it means our benefits will be cut by 20% in 3-5 years. Getting to keep a little more for 3 - 5 years will not compensate those of us that paid max in for 35 years plus, if you take it all away in year 5, and then keep on taking it away. I’m not all that happy realizing I paid in over $350k, and employers matched for another $350k, and without any consideration of interest or inflation, I’ll be lucky to get that back unless I live to be 95. Like that’s going to happen… And if benefits are cut 15-20%, I’d need to live to 150.

So rant over.

Yesterday evening I had another moment that I keep expecting to end. I just turned off kitchen light for night, and locked the garage entrance door, when my brain kicked off the thought, “shoot, the weekend is over and tomorrow I’ll have to drive to work. I hope it doesn’t snow.”… Um, 5 plus years and I’m still triggered to think going to work? This sure does make it tough to Enjoy Life