Just finished my taxes. This year I made a net profit of $325. I don’t think that’s too bad for my second year in business, especially since the only money keeping my business afloat is the money from I get from sales.

I figured we’d get a smaller refund this year. State was smaller by $80, but the additional $600 in Federal more than made up for that loss. ) After seeing most of my portion of last year’s refund go toward the rent, a new bed, a game system for the boys, and the car, I put my foot down and made it clear to Glenn that while I will pay the amount of rent we still have past due, the rest of this year’s refund is MINE. I WILL get that 21-inch flat screen LCD monitor this year!

But now I’m wondering if I should rethink that. )

Which Pagan Goddess Are You? by kira_may
Name?
Age?
You are:
You favourite trick:	Appearing in a cloud
Your feeling towards mortals:	They get boring after awhile
When you sleep with mortals, your lover is:
Mortal you’d most like to smite:	Jessica Simpson
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Woke up rather early this morning, unable to figure out why. Sure, I’ve been dealing with the occasional insomnia associated with pre-menopause, but usually I wake up in the middle of the night with that and I have to lay awake for an hour or two before I can get back to sleep. This was an hour before I was supposed to get up. When I heard my monitor power cycle and my fish tank filters come back on after we had apparently lost electricity, I realized that I was awake because it was too quiet.

You know it’s really sad when you are watching the news and you see someone get arrested for a DUI after they just caused a three car pile-up…. live, at 6 in the morning. But then, it’s St. Patrick’s Day in Massachusetts!

Glenn insisted that Jarret wear green today. Poor kid went to school wearing green thermal underwear (and it wasn’t THAT cold) with a green t-shirt over it. If that wasn’t embarassing enough, Jarret managed to get to school without noticing he had put the thermal top on backwards. This must run in the family. On the way home NSTAR had several trucks out working on a section of wire that happens to be within our grid. Despite this, the fact that the emergancy light was on in our building’s hallway, and the light in the bathroom never came on when I flicked the switch, I was home for about 15 minutes before I realized the power was out again. I actually sat down in front of my computer, played with its track ball, and cursed it for freezing up again when it didn’t respond! *face palm*

Jarret left school with a blood sucking leprechaun he made in class. It has eyes on antennae and is packing both a gun and a light saber. The mother in me is concerned, and will bring it up with Jarret’s psychiatrist next week. The Pagan in me, however, kind of wishes creatures like this were around back in Patrick’s time.

Quote of the day (courtesy of Ben): It’s not my fault you grounded me!

I somehow managed to make it through the day without someone assuming that because I have red hair I must be Irish and therefore must be wished a “Happy St. Patrick’s Day”. Yay! I’m going to be now!

American Idol’s Constantine: *droool*

Fox 25′s Doug Meehan: There’s a reason why, when they mention Sky Fox, they are most likely referring to him and not the helicopter.

Totally unrelated: Being the smartass I am I downloaded the ringtone of “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from The Life of Brian, for use as a holiday ringtone. Well, I though it was funny.