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Recovery Rebate Calculator (AKA, Will the IRS Give Me Any...

The IRS hasn't published their calculator yet, and I have been reading about lots of people trying to figure out what to do with line...

Consumer Reports: Too Many Doctors are Overusing...

I routinely see articles about childbirth and the liability issues, etc. where medical decisions are made for legal reasons, and how...

Happy Birthday to Me

I figured I'd be getting some birthday money from someone, so I went ahead and spent it last week, by buying a handful of CDs from...

House Work on Denny Road

I also have been doing some work on our new house.  This morning we installed new downspouts on the west side of the house - (we...

House Work on Carroll Street

Heather and I spent several days over the last week at our old house, cleaning and fixing various things that our previous tenants...

Fakeable Caller ID

We've gotten two calls in the last couple days from people claiming that we called them, and quite irate about it.  What they didn't...

This One's For Asher

It makes me think of Asher every time. 2009-01-28_05_faith_kick_leg_to_bounce.avi

Stuff

1/23 - Faith's matching lower tooth came in. It looks like she's teething again, maybe some top teeth on their way.  She, like...

Quotes from Jonathan

While looking at a dollar coin, Jonathan said, "I think it has a picture of Obama or something", (really, it's Andrew Jackson)....

$0.01 Credit Card Charge and Cancelling a Card Due to...

Mydad had mentioned a news article story a month ago about some company charging a whole bunch of people $.01 each on their credit...

Switzerland: Back to the USA (12 Jan 2009)

Very early in the morning, we got up, had breakfast and said goodbye to Sarah (all the other Dutlers said goodbye the night before.)...

Health Insurance Issues for the Self-Employed

I thought I had written about this before, but I can't find it, so maybe we just talked about it over email. We purchased...

Switzerland: The Last Day (11 Jan 2009)

We missed our intended tram for the morning, but the next one got us to church just barely in time.  In fact, we met the Dutlers...

Switzerland: Bern (10 Jan 2009)

In the morning we once again took an early tram to the train station. This time we boarded the train by ourselves and rode to Bern....

Switzerland: Zurich (09 Jan 2009)

Once again we took an early tram to thetrain station, meeting Janet and Stephan there. Then we rode to Zurich and the first thing we did...

Switzerland: Day of Rest and Laundry (08 Jan 2009)

I was in need of a break from sightseeing and catching trams and we were out of clean clothes.  Jon started a wash as soon as we got...

Switzerland: Germany and France (07 Jan 2009)

We intended to get up early and go back to Richard's to finish vacuuming and do a wash (Wednesday - Mittwoch - being his assigned wash...

Switzerland: Around Basel (06 Jan 2009)

The morning got off to a slow start, but we did more packing and I believe Mom and Dad came to Richard's so we could all go together...

Switzerland: Sickness, Hymn Sing, Lucerne (04-05 Jan 2009)

The Swiss prefer to drink their water with carbonation and it's hard to find bottled water without it.  The tap water in most places...

Switzerland: Wedding! (03 Jan 2009)

I woke up around 6am (with alarm) and got ready to go to Valda's to get my hair done.  I got myself some yummy muesli with yogurt and...

First Tooth

We interrupt the story of the trip with a special news bulletin. After much fussiness in the morning as we were preparing to...

Switzerland: Meetings and Rehearsals (01-02 Jan 2009)

Waking up at the above mentioned 2pm left us just enough time to get ready to go to the Renaissance Dance Rehearsal at 3:00.  Janet...

Switzerland: En Route (30-31 Dec 2008)

Barbara drove us, with our two big suitcases, three backpacks, computer suitcase, and small/hand bag, to the bus station in Concord. ...

Notes

I am now on vacation and so can spare a few minutes to type up the notes that have been hanging in my pocket for a while.  I will...

Eggs Presnor

This is the traditional Christmas breakfast in the Daley family.  It is too good to only have once a year, and I often make it for...

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