Done this week (20150412Su - 18Sa)

[mdlbear]

Mixed? L O N G week. I got my taxes filed (at almost the last minute, with glitches), and got the router jig finished (with some problems, which I hopefully fixed yesterday). But I've also been a lot less productive than I need to be at work; that's potentially a huge problem.

Yesterday we got the garage cleaned out (to the extent necessary) with the help of a couple of day laborers that N. hired. They did a fantastic job, in about half the time we'd expected. There are still huge piles of boxes and things that will have to be moved eventually, but it's all in the area that's going to become a garage, and there's space around it. (There's also a huge pile of lumber stacked on the workbench that's going to be moved into the garage after they're done. And the playroom and downstairs hallway are full of boxes, waiting for the shelves that haven't been put up yet. And and and...)

Links in the notes as usual.

0412Su
  * up 6:45; W=210; Shower, laundry
  : Trantor was hung when I got back to it, but seems to have reset ok.
  @ Ellora's Cave: Don't Bet on Black · Deirdre Saoirse Moen
    Includes good links on what it takes to start an author's website with Wordpress and
    paid downloads.
  * updates on blackroot, trantor, cygnus.
  * The last of Callie's stuff picked up by Terrence and Shelly.  
  @ Iconic VW Camper van to be revived as a battery-electric vehicle 
  * Router jig complete.  It will take 2 passes, since the bit isn't long enough.
  : Premera Blue Cross and their associated mail-order pharmacy have really atrocious
    websites.  Both annoying and slow.
  * shopping:  supplies at Walgreen's; coffee
  * 15min:  emptied out my mail cubbie; some stuff's been in there for way too long, and
    it wouldn't surprise me to find a 1099 or two.
  : Blackroot, with 1GB of RAM and no swap, really can't handle chrome on ubuntu.
  @ Listen to Stephen Hawking cover Monty Python’s Galaxy Song (ysabetwordsmith)
  @ 9 Rules of Swearing for My Children f(George P Burdell III) learn to do it right.
  * 15min:  7:10 mail cubbie sorted.  Not all dealt with, but sorted.
  * 9ish:  slats on the bed.  Could have used longer screws, but the 1.25" work ok.  Went
    out to HD and got Deckmates, because I don't trust cheap drywall screws under shear.
  * 10:15 box gone through; nothing tax-related or time-limited left.

0413Mo
  * up 7:05; W=208.4; laundry, dishes
  * 8am builders kick-off meeting
  * Keyboard arrived.  It has an IBM logo, and a significantly longer cord.  Both were
    made in 2007; July for the new one, December for my old one (so obviously my old one
    is newer).
  * Taxes:  checkbook and all forms entered.  Done except for the Schedule C's.  Still
    under $5K, though just barely.  Found the SSI-1099 and IRA distribution; they had
    apparently already been entered.  *headdesk*

0414Tu
  * up 6:40; W=208.2; laundry
    Curio w=8.2, which is worrisome.
  @ Here’s what Shakespeare’s plays sounded like with their original English accent
    (ysabetwordsmith)
  * 1:30 Colleen - UNW; blood work at UW Shoreline Clinic
  * Taxes:  Download Amex and Union Bank (HSX) statements (while waiting for Colleen)
  * 10:15 taxes done.  Except it downloaded an update and lost the fact that I'd already
    filed!  For some reason "all agents are busy" on the live chat.
  * (re)filed -- apparently the update interrupted the process; when I went ahead and filed
    again I got an immediate email in response.  Still a wretched customer experience; it
    used to update automatically *before* you started the filing process.

0415We Tax day
  * up 5:45; W=205.8; laundry, dishes
  * leave 8:30ish
  * 10am dentist -> Arrived about a half-hour early, and was done by 10
  * 3pm Colleen Afzali Maleng Bldg 7th fl.
  * mail tax payment
  : Cute.  My Union Bank online account is locked because of possible fraud.  I'm guessing
    it's just because I've beem logging in from so many different computers over the last
    couple of days, and downloading my statements so I can do taxes, but we'll see.
  * practice:  Millennium's Dawn, Gentle Arms Of Eden, Bigger On the Inside, Windward.
    The kids joined on Bigger; the conversation after Windward went to cosmology (of
    course), Stephen Hawking, and mathematics.
  * humira

0416Th
  * up 6:30; W=204.8; laundry
  * The banking lockout was because I used Iceweasel as a browser, and also because the
    mobile hotspot on my phone showed up as AT+T, whereas I normally use Quest.  Figured
    it might be something like that.  (Was browsing from nova so that I could save into my
    tax record directory, and because the site wasn't working well with chrome.)
  @ Thoughts on extremism | angelahighland.com
  % 10ish sleepy.  In bed by 10:30, which is very early for me.

0417Fr
  * up 5:35; W=206.6; laundry
  : Performance review:  improvement needed.  Which is kind of what I expected, but it
    still hurts.
  * 3/4 of the way through pass 1 on the maypole.  Need wider rails, and some
    cross-stiffening.   I also need to wear a dust mask.

0418Sa
  * up 6:30ish; W=207.0; shower, laundry
  * Dish coming to wire up J's TV.  Their secondary set-top boxes are called Joeys.
  & instant lunch:  peanut butter and honey.
  * we're getting a couple of day-laborers noonish to help move stuff in the garage.
    -> 2:30 done.  We'll have to move the wood pile and the workbench eventually.
    -> We still have *way* too much stuff; it mostly fills the basement.  Most of that is
       books, though; shelves in the playroom will help.
  @ Good Vibrations: how sex toys can help singers 
  * To Home Depot for a couple of 12' 2x4 rails.  
  @ Teacher’s resignation letter: ‘My profession … no longer exists’
  * 9:10 I can has improved jig.  Made sure the top rails stayed straight, despite
    slightly warped 2x4s, by clamping a level to them while screwing in the ends.  about a
    quarter-inch of twist; will probably just shim it, since it's as likely to be in the
    concrete as in the jig.
  @ Cat 'Nurse' Helps Shelter Nurse Animals Back To Full Health
    Incredible Nurse Cat From Poland Looks After Other Animals At Animal Shelter

Comments

[jcfiala.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the taxes are done.

[mdlbear]

Yeah; it's a help. And the garage is pretty well cleared out, so that's good.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

Well done, you!

Every time I get my portion of the tax work done, it's like the breaking of the clouds after cataclysmic storm.

[mdlbear]

Thanks. Yes, it's good to get *something* done on time.