1. I visited the library to pick up the books requested including 2 requests through the state wide inter-library loan system. Now to read them to prepare for the coming two library mystery book club meetings. Our county system does not charge for this.
2. The pooch and I went across the street to have a catch up chat with a neighbor who is just back from 3 weeks in Guatemala. She has offered to pet sit when we go to the June 1st wedding and we wanted to start getting pooch comfortable in her house. He had fun sniffing his way around. No decision about which house she will be using but we are only gone 2 nights so he will have to cope either way and he does really like her a lot.
3. I got TurboTax (bought earlier on sale) to work on my new laptop and powered through doing and filing our taxes. I find their software clunky but it gets there in the end although last year’s TurboTax had us really overpaying our estimated taxes though. We did get a tax credit for installing our mini-split heat pump last year. Onward with life admin tasks that fall into the “do the hard stuff” (really the I just don’t want to do them) category.
4. Hubby and I watched much of the Oscars and enjoyed it. It seemed subdued and more formal than previous years which I think was their intent given the LA area fires.
5. The first part of our insulation upgrade was completed. Our crawl space is now air sealed and under the floor is insulated. The attics are later this month.
6. Had some nice family time including last Friday’s dinner and a movie with the 8 year old grandgirl, going to Saturday swim lesson to visit with family and friends of theirs, and last minute short babysitting (along with the pooch) for the 2 year old followed by dinner at their house. This is why we moved.
I am jealous! Checked my library, and the books in your stack I was interested in (most of them!) are not in their collection. Curious what you think of Roland Allen's The Notebook. I read Hooked by Sutton Foster a couple of years ago, and really thought it was done well and honest.
ReplyDeleteThat is why I love interlibrary loan. I doubt I’ll read all of them as I have no problem stopping if I’m not enjoying it.
DeleteGlad you have enjoyed some good doses of the grandbabies. We will have ours on Wednesday as they are on spring break and mama works from home.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good haul from the library. Several new books. I love ILL, too. And I was always glad to share the books in my library with our librarians and teachers from other campuses.
It was nice to have time alone with each of them. Enjoy yours!
DeleteYou will appreciate the insulation. Not a fun thing to spend money on, but it sure does make a difference!
ReplyDeleteYes, with just the floor done so far we feel the difference. Third house we have upgraded insulation in.
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