February 17, 2006

Some brief updates

  • My taxes are done for the year. I mean, not only did I file them, I also got all the refunds. So the federal government and the states of Illinois and Indiana are happy with what I showed them. And I now know what having a child does in regards to tax liability. A child under 17 is useful in two ways (at least as far as taxes go). They get claimed as a dependent (makes sense), but you also get a $1,000 tax credit for each one (take the total federal taxes that you owe, and deduct $1,000 from it).
  • Within the span of a week (the time from my last post to this one), Priya is pulling herself up and actually liking it. OK. We all know Addy will be doing sprints in a week, but hey - we all have to proud of our own kids, right? :-)
  • I wish I had a secret blog that no one knew about. There are some things I am wanting to rant and rave about, but I can't. Hence the great irony of writing blogs. You are supposed to be able to say whatever you want, but most times hold back because of the people that pass through - this makes it no different than real life.
  • A friend of ours wanted to play scrabble this weekend. In thinking about it, I realized I haven't played that game in 15 years. We used to play it as a family. I don't think even now 'distactic' has been accepted as a word.
  • We have recently been hooked on 24. I can't believe we let four seasons go by without ever watching it.
  • A priest was walking in the woods when he came upon a bear. The priest fell to his knees and cried out, "Lord, please let this bear be a Christian bear." The bear looked at the priest, and then fell to his knees. He looked up to heaven, folded his paws and exclaimed, "Lord, thank you for this meal I am about to receive!"

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sprints, are you serious? Did you forget that Addy is lugging around an additional 10 pounds & several rolls!? I'm sure it will be Priya running circles around Addy... while she decides what to eat next...!

BTW, I know what you mean about the secret blog... but then I wonder, "Who would read it?"

Anonymous said...

Great blog entry Bipin, i enjoyed it thoroughly ... ok ... make a secret blog, let's see if we can find it ... hehe! i will promise not to link to it ... hehe!

Michelle, your comment is so funny ... really made me laugh out loud.

This year i get to claim 2 dependent children ... yippeee!

Anonymous said...

Hey you can say whatever in the sam hill you want, its cool. Especially if it is about swart

Anonymous said...

hehe secret blog. You could do it, and just not put your name on it, kwim? Yes, there are times that I feel like getting the old soap box outta the closet, but so far I have succeeded in restraining myself. :)
yeah for tax deductions! We still have a couple months to work on one for 2006! ;)

Tyson said...

ha! ha!

i LOVE that christian bear joke! it's one of the few that i can tell and it will still be funny. i actually made it into a cartoon and it was printed in my university newspaper.

Anonymous said...

‘24’ – There are certain things besides eating that the Americans do so well and series is one of them. ‘24’ is the best!!

We recently finished series 4 and are waiting for 5, well probably get it when ‘Prison Break’ is done.

No Bipin, secret blog, I feel like I know you already. When (not if) I come visit Dave and Kath well get cracking immediately, I can already tell that you’re a nice guy, must be to friends with Dave.

Doggywoggy on the other hand?

Michelle - a good person to tease

David - A good person to eat with

Anonymous said...

That was our brother-in-law by the way Bipin! Funny guy

Anonymous said...

Hey there!
Here is the scanner deal: *sometimes* a pic I scan ends up being saved as a bmp, which is not one of the acceptable uploadable images on this blog, or most other online places...
Then other times, it is saved as some other kind of file, that is uploadable. I think I do the same thing every time, so I dont understand the difference, or how I can save the pics so they are NOT bmp files, so I can upload them here, or reformat them, or whatever it takes...
Was that clear? Can you help me??