Well, I did it again, as I have for the last 10 years. I have requested a tax extension from the IRS. In 2000 when my son and three friends needed money to start a hedge fund, I gave him a few thousand dollars to invest in the fund. The fund did very well and I happily made a very good return on my investment.
However, every year on March 31st, the day before the tax-filing deadline, my son’s company had still not sent me the Schedule K for me to complete my taxes. Actually, I didn’t care. I simply filed a tax 4868 form for an extension so that I could wait until October 15th to send my tax return to the government. In 2007, I withdrew my money from the fund and thus no longer needed to file my taxes late. Nevertheless, I have become accustomed to postponing my taxes and so, I just continue to file late every year.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
PARA TRANSIT
Woohoo !!! I received my notification today that the local but company approved my application for temporary use of their bus service for the handicapped and elderly. Ordinarily I would not qualify for the service, even though I am elderly and have a disability, as I drive my own car. But in March I will have cataract surgery on my eyes and the doctor told me I could not drive myself to the surgery. The medication I will receive during the surgery will make me very drowsy and therefore, someone else must pick me up and take me home.
In addition, as I need another appointment the following day for a check-up and will have a patch on my eye I will again need someone to drive me to the doctor’s office. And two weeks later I will have the same surgery and same appointments again for my other eye. That means I will be making eight trips to the clinic and need to ask eight friends to assist me.
Several of my dear friends have already offered to drive me, but I hate to impose on people. So a few weeks ago, I contacted the para transit office to request their service. I could use a cab but the bus only charges a few dollars. As I was filling out the application, I wondered if they would approve my request. And so, I was pleased today to receive the good news.
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In addition, as I need another appointment the following day for a check-up and will have a patch on my eye I will again need someone to drive me to the doctor’s office. And two weeks later I will have the same surgery and same appointments again for my other eye. That means I will be making eight trips to the clinic and need to ask eight friends to assist me.
Several of my dear friends have already offered to drive me, but I hate to impose on people. So a few weeks ago, I contacted the para transit office to request their service. I could use a cab but the bus only charges a few dollars. As I was filling out the application, I wondered if they would approve my request. And so, I was pleased today to receive the good news.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
LUNCH
It seems that many of my retired friends spend a good deal of time meeting for lunch. After all, it’s a pastime many ladies enjoy. Although I also like going out for lunch and have the time to do so since I retired, I rarely do. However, in the last 11 days I’ve had lunch with nine different friends on five different days.
The lunch to celebrate my birthday with three neighbors is an annual tradition that we share for each of our birthdays. Another lunch was to spend a little time together with a friend before she leaves on a three-month stay in Florida. But there was really no special occasion for the additional lunch dates. By mere chance I just happened to chat on the phone with the women in the last couple of weeks and we simply decided to get together. The three other women are people whose company I very much enjoy, but seldom have a chance to see them. And so I was glad we met for lunch.
Needless to say we lingered over lunch for a couple hours, happily conversing and enjoying the good food. Often when I eat in a restaurant, I carry part of my meal home. But, I’m afraid that during the leisure lunches, I kept munching on the food in front of me until I had eaten it all. Oh well, good thing I live alone. I certainly wasn’t hungry at dinner time and so it wasn’t until after 8:00 that I finally had a small bite to eat.
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The lunch to celebrate my birthday with three neighbors is an annual tradition that we share for each of our birthdays. Another lunch was to spend a little time together with a friend before she leaves on a three-month stay in Florida. But there was really no special occasion for the additional lunch dates. By mere chance I just happened to chat on the phone with the women in the last couple of weeks and we simply decided to get together. The three other women are people whose company I very much enjoy, but seldom have a chance to see them. And so I was glad we met for lunch.
Needless to say we lingered over lunch for a couple hours, happily conversing and enjoying the good food. Often when I eat in a restaurant, I carry part of my meal home. But, I’m afraid that during the leisure lunches, I kept munching on the food in front of me until I had eaten it all. Oh well, good thing I live alone. I certainly wasn’t hungry at dinner time and so it wasn’t until after 8:00 that I finally had a small bite to eat.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
MY BIRTHDAY
Today is my 69th birthday and it is probably one of the best birthdays I’ve had in a long time. It started yesterday when a few neighbors and I went out to lunch to celebrate my birthday. Then first thing this morning, my neighbor Barb called with birthday wishes and we had a nice long chat. In addition, my grandson Jared called, two other friends, Arlene and Shelly whom I’ve known for over 40 years called, and my cousin Shirley and my college roommate, Anne, who lives in Texas also called. And it’s only 3:00. I may receive a couple more phone calls as well.
Furthermore, I had several surprises when I turned on my computer. I received several birthday wishes on Facebook, one from my friend Shelly’s daughter and another from Annie, a friend of my son’s who I met only once about 14 years ago. Two high school friends also sent me email messages, Judy who was my best friend and Linda, who also is celebrating her birthday today. And most surprising of all, I received a pleasant and surprising happy birthday wish from my sister, whom I haven’t heard from in almost two months.
And besides phone calls and emails, I also received cards on Saturday from my friend, Shelly, and my daughter’s mother-in-law. Furthermore, the mailman hasn’t delivered today’s mail yet and I’m guessing I may also receive cards in today’s mail.
And if all of these thoughtful remembrances were not enough, my grandson gave me a fabulous compliment. My daughter and grandson stopped by today to wish me a Happy Birthday. As I am so excited about being 69, I told them I think it is amazing / fantastic that I've lived so many years. And my dear grandson said, "You look like you're 28!!!" He's 14 and I thought to myself wow, what a charmer he is going to be. Until after they left and I remembered when I was in high school, 28-30 seemed realllllllllllllly OLD.....
One other incident added some fun to my birthday. I was listening to a call-in radio show and the host was asking his listeners what they thought of computer dating or what experiences they have had with it. Unfortunately, no one was calling and he had to just “ramble on”. Poor guy I thought, I should help him out with a personal experience. After all, I’ve never met him, but he is the judge for my caption contest and a really nice guy. I told him that a few years ago, I met two people who discovered each other playing bridge on an Internet website that reaches people all over the world. They eventually made plans to meet and are now married.
My birthday has been really great. I’m feeling warm and cared about and truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. I will cherish today’s birthday for a long time.
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Furthermore, I had several surprises when I turned on my computer. I received several birthday wishes on Facebook, one from my friend Shelly’s daughter and another from Annie, a friend of my son’s who I met only once about 14 years ago. Two high school friends also sent me email messages, Judy who was my best friend and Linda, who also is celebrating her birthday today. And most surprising of all, I received a pleasant and surprising happy birthday wish from my sister, whom I haven’t heard from in almost two months.
And besides phone calls and emails, I also received cards on Saturday from my friend, Shelly, and my daughter’s mother-in-law. Furthermore, the mailman hasn’t delivered today’s mail yet and I’m guessing I may also receive cards in today’s mail.
And if all of these thoughtful remembrances were not enough, my grandson gave me a fabulous compliment. My daughter and grandson stopped by today to wish me a Happy Birthday. As I am so excited about being 69, I told them I think it is amazing / fantastic that I've lived so many years. And my dear grandson said, "You look like you're 28!!!" He's 14 and I thought to myself wow, what a charmer he is going to be. Until after they left and I remembered when I was in high school, 28-30 seemed realllllllllllllly OLD.....
One other incident added some fun to my birthday. I was listening to a call-in radio show and the host was asking his listeners what they thought of computer dating or what experiences they have had with it. Unfortunately, no one was calling and he had to just “ramble on”. Poor guy I thought, I should help him out with a personal experience. After all, I’ve never met him, but he is the judge for my caption contest and a really nice guy. I told him that a few years ago, I met two people who discovered each other playing bridge on an Internet website that reaches people all over the world. They eventually made plans to meet and are now married.
My birthday has been really great. I’m feeling warm and cared about and truly blessed to have so many wonderful people in my life. I will cherish today’s birthday for a long time.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
HEALTH CLUB MEMBERS
It happened again – just like clockwork. Every year, by January 25th, my birthday, the people with the best intentions of their New Year’s resolution’s start falling away. With a new membership that they either buy for themselves or receive as a Christmas gift , they vow to start exercising regularly. And with determination to get in shape, lose weight, or improve their health, they flock to the health club in droves on January 1st. Thus, during that first week of the New Year, the health club is over crowded with these new athletes.
Those of us who exercise regularly feel the inconvenience of too many people in the locker rooms, swimming in the pool, and waiting for a turn on the many machines. But, we take it in stride for we know that, just like clockwork, as each day passes more and more of them drop away. Sure enough, by the end of January, we have the health club back to ourselves – until next January 1st when the occurrence will repeat itself.
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Those of us who exercise regularly feel the inconvenience of too many people in the locker rooms, swimming in the pool, and waiting for a turn on the many machines. But, we take it in stride for we know that, just like clockwork, as each day passes more and more of them drop away. Sure enough, by the end of January, we have the health club back to ourselves – until next January 1st when the occurrence will repeat itself.
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Friday, January 22, 2010
ANOTHER ACQUAINTANCE
It happened again. Another acquaintance I haven’t seen for a long time popped up in my life today. As I walked into my health club a man, I last saw about 15 years ago, stopped me and with a questioning tone mentioned my name. I looked at him for a split second and then immediately recognized him. In the past, we had several mutual friends and attended many of the same social events until he moved out of town. But now he was back and a member of the same health club.
To further expand on the coincidence, earlier in the day I had lunch with one of our mutual friends and I had even asked about his former wife. Life is certainly strange, he was on his way out when we met, but had he left the club even five or ten minutes before, our paths would not have crossed. Since I am superstitious, I can’t help but wonder if this is some kind of omen. In the last 6 months I have run into 3 special people I hadn’t seen for many years.
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To further expand on the coincidence, earlier in the day I had lunch with one of our mutual friends and I had even asked about his former wife. Life is certainly strange, he was on his way out when we met, but had he left the club even five or ten minutes before, our paths would not have crossed. Since I am superstitious, I can’t help but wonder if this is some kind of omen. In the last 6 months I have run into 3 special people I hadn’t seen for many years.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
HANDYMAN
I finally found a fantastic handyman who charges reasonable rates. What a blessing! And I knew from the first job he did for me that he was great. During the 30 years that I have lived in my condominium, I have had water in the basement every single year. It never failed. Water filled my basement after every rainfall. Although, I hired many people to try and take care of the problem, not one of them did. But Ray discovered the problem right away and fixed it easily for a reasonable fee. So you can imagine my delight last year, when my basement remained completely dry for the entire summer. Ray is my hero.
But there is one problem. Ray is so good at his job that he is always busy and often doesn’t have time to schedule the work I need at the time I need it done. About six weeks ago, I asked if he could paint the inside of my front door and he said he would get back to me. Well, I finally called him this morning. Ray I said, “I’m having a condo meeting at my house one month from today. Do you think you might have time to paint my door?” “I’ll need to check my calendar,” he replied, “Could you please call me this evening?”
Thus, I dialed his number about 7:00 and to my chagrin, no one answered. But to my surprise, after I hung up the receiver, my phone immediately rang. It was Ray. His cell phone had been in his pocket and he couldn’t get to it fast enough. And then I had a second surprise. Ray can paint my door next week. Woohoo. It’s my luck day.
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But there is one problem. Ray is so good at his job that he is always busy and often doesn’t have time to schedule the work I need at the time I need it done. About six weeks ago, I asked if he could paint the inside of my front door and he said he would get back to me. Well, I finally called him this morning. Ray I said, “I’m having a condo meeting at my house one month from today. Do you think you might have time to paint my door?” “I’ll need to check my calendar,” he replied, “Could you please call me this evening?”
Thus, I dialed his number about 7:00 and to my chagrin, no one answered. But to my surprise, after I hung up the receiver, my phone immediately rang. It was Ray. His cell phone had been in his pocket and he couldn’t get to it fast enough. And then I had a second surprise. Ray can paint my door next week. Woohoo. It’s my luck day.
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