More lessons learned

[mdlbear]

More things I've learned over the last few days:

• I can get through the morning and afternoon on five hours' sleep, five cups of coffee, and a late breakfast consisting of half a block of tofu. Just barely. Probably not twice in a row. I was feeling a little weak and dizzy by the time we started dinner around 5:45; Another 15 minutes and I'd probably have been on the floor. Thank goodness for tortilla chips and salsa!
• I don't need to keep my physical cancelled checks, do I? How many times have I looked at one? Maybe twice in 40 years? I can just download images from the bank and I'll be fine.
• I don't need to keep detailed records of closed-out accounts, either. Maybe a year-end statement and the 1099's which get filed separately, with the tax records, anyway.
• If I have a close friend whose relationship to me is best described as "sister", that makes her and my wife "sisters-in-law". Good place to start from. Works for all gender permutations, obviously. Wish I'd known that three months ago, but if wishes were horses I'd have been buried in horse exhaust several decades ago.
• My time machine is stuck in "play".

Comments

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

There is a reason for Eat, Eat, It's Good for you. And if you are sorta doing 6-2-1 in Real Life, then the 2 needs to be more substantial than half a block of tofu.
According to the IRS, a printout of the check image (front and back) is enough these days. And if you can't find your download, the bank can make you a copy for a fee (so downloading them is best as that is FREE).
At least your time machine isn't stuck in Rewind.

[hsifyppah.livejournal.com]

My time machine is stuck in "play".

Hee! I am so taken by this image.

[wyld-dandelyon.livejournal.com]

Back when I had an account that gave me back actual checks, I would drop most of them in an envelope with "destroy after ____" on it, and keep only the maybe one a year that I thought I might need a "receipt" for at some much later date. Then, next time I come across the envelope, if it's after ____, I could get rid of it all with no qualms.