Another year of struggle with doing income taxes is past. It is always stressful and wears me out. There’s always some new issue that comes up. This year, both TurboTax and H and R Block, who I’ve used through Free File in the past, have left that program, so I decided to give a go at filling out the forms manually and then submitting the final results through the Free Fillable Forms. I used my forms from previous years as guides to what forms and fields were relevant. I certainly ran into issues, but got it done. It feels good to have it finished, and I feel happier with the results.
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I lost my first Quordle yesterday, after winning 17 straight.
Continue reading post "#3719"I thought we were to the end of winter and done with snow, but no, not quite: Another weekend of cold and a couple inches more of snow.
Continue reading post "#3708"I dogsat my parents’ dog, Jack, the past week.
Continue reading post "#3654"Such nice weather this weekend.
Continue reading post "#3652"I went on another hike on the Dogwood. This time it was very icy and many branches and some trees had fallen on the trail.
Continue reading post "#3647"I went on a hike around the Dogwood trail this morning. It was cold, blustery, and snowy, but overall pleasant once I warmed up.
Continue reading post "#3641"Impreza transmission replacement
After about a week and five days without my car (Subaru Impreza), I got it back with a “new” transmission.
Continue reading post "Impreza transmission replacement"Impreza transmission death
One of my larger fears when I bought my Subaru Impreza with a CVT transmission was that the transmission would fail early, but not early enough to be covered by warranty. I saw talk online about reliability problems with the tech, which was fairly new to cars, with the Impreza only being in its second year with them I believe. On last Wednesday, my transmission did fail, but luckily it is going to work out alright, as Subaru of America (SOA) is going to help me out.
Continue reading post "Impreza transmission death"I probably spent at least an hour and a half shoveling out a car-length spot in my drive plus a path to my front door.
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