Saturday, January 31, 2009

let me explain.

Posting will probably be sparse for a while - our computer at home was out in the cold with a wet head and has gotten a virus (one-a them trojan horsey thingers), rendering it useless because we don't want to get online whilst it is sick. Good thing all our photos, iTunes library, and my blog book aren't saved on it... oh crap, I forgot. They ARE saved on it. Wish us luck in recovery.

So, here's what's been happening:
  • I listed my oboe on eBay on Monday, and to my delight I was contacted by my former oboe teacher from here and he wanted to buy it to bring back to a poor student in the Ukraine, from whence he came. I shipped it this morning! I am now oboe-less for the first time in 15 years. The money will go towards a shiny new DSLR camera, unless... (keep reading)

  • I was getting things ready to give our tax preparer tomorrow (he's a church member) and in looking at my W-2, realized that I had ZERO federal taxes taken out of my pay ALL YEAR LONG. Listen to Auntie Maresi, and make sure this doesn't happen to you. I hope this is because I make so little money that the payroll software thinks I won't owe any taxes. I also hope that if the payroll software is wrong, having a second dependent child will offset the error. And we can say farewell to our plans to buy a Sleep Number Bed!

  • Maria is trying her best to roll over. Not front to back like normal babies but back to front. She still doesn't want to eat cereal or lay on her stomach. But she is sleeping really well at night and is altogether adorable, so I give her a pass on the cereal. FOR NOW.

  • Henry went to the Planetarium last night with Timon and acted like he owned the place. He also calls Antiques Roadshow "Show and Tell". In the next month or so, I will have to register him for KIND. ER. GARTEN. WHAT the WHAT?!?

  • Frennie (my sister's baby!) is coming soon, and I'm getting SO excited. Will Frennie be a boy or a girl? Let's guess here, since my sister doesn't have a blog to put up her own poll. Look to your right, and vote!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Did the Ebay release you from your auction or did it end? Glad you AND Igor will be happy. Don't understand why you wouldn't have Fed With based on combined income. Wish we could see Maria trying to turn - I don't think she was ever on the floor while we were there:) Henry will be ready for K in August - just will miss your more flexible travel time. I think Frennie is a boy but I've been known to make mistakes!

HereWeGoAJen said...

They saved almost all my stuff of my computer. Best Buy Geek Squad. Good luck!

Katherine said...

Thanks for the vote - although, you may want to explain the origin of Frennie's name to those who aren't familiar with "Friend." Otherwise people may think I'm just that weird. hahaha! I'm glad to see that no one has chosen choice #3 yet!

AwkwardMoments said...

Ugh viruses.

WOW kindergarten is HUGE!

I hope hte tax thing works out. My lovely husband did that one year..I wanted to throw myself a bridge. It didn't turn out to be so bad

Em said...

I can't even tell you what a slippery slope it feels like after that kindergarten milestone, I swear Anna is just 3 years old sometimes, I don't know where the time went. Take lots and lots of videos! Post them here :).