Taxes Done!

The main thing we accomplished today was filing our taxes. We had been waiting to get the W-2 forms, etc., that we needed. As we expected, we'll get a large federal refund. That's because we get a tax credit of 30% of the cost of our solar system. Also, we hope this is the LAST year we will ever have to file a California income tax return. We thought we were done with it last year, but then to our surprise Ken got a final "results sharing" bonus from Northrop Grumman, from which they withheld California income tax, most of which we'll get back.

It's a good feeling to be done with the taxes for another year, especially since we didn't owe any money. We try to plan for our refunds or taxes owed to be minimal, since we don't want to give the government an interest free loan.

We also dropped by Guest Services and bought tickets to the entertainment Friday night. It's the RedHead Express, a family acoustic music, singing, clogging, and comedy show. Gary and Mary Ann are also planning to go.

Looking for something else, I ran across a DVD of Must Love Dogs, a romantic comedy that we must have borrowed from some lending library (probably at Rainbow's End) and lost track of. We invited Gary and Mary Ann over to watch a video and eat popcorn. Then I looked up the reviews of Must Love Dogs and found that the consensus is that it's a dog! So we went to Blockbuster and rented Up!, a Disney/Pixar animated feature that has great reviews. With rental of a recent release, we got a free movie, so we also picked up Star Trek.

Gary and Mary Ann ended up postponing, since Mary Ann really didn't feel well. She had a headache and chills, so we'll try again tomorrow.