2009-01-05 Monday

As of this morning, my 2003 BMW 540i Wagon has 100,000 miles on it.  This is a first for me and I must admit it does cause me some anxiety.  I hate car drama with a passion.  I’m abnormally attached to this car and have been conscientious in regards to its care and maintenance.

2009-01-03 Saturday

Goals for 2009:  Lose eight ten pounds.  Take a photo every day, preferably with my Nikon D2X.  Get through “The Daily Message” by Eugene H. Peterson.  All manageable.  I registered at the Social Security Online/Business Services Online site.  My intent was to submit my W2’s.  To my surprise, that site actually prints them as well.  No need to order special forms next year.  W2’s get submitted in batches of 20.  Of course, I didn’t realize the first batch included a duplicate until I had submitted all three batches and verified (or not) the total.  Damn!  I got outside to find my car covered in ice.  I scraped enough to get me across the street where I enjoyed a hamburger while I waited for the car to warm up enough that I could slide the rest of the ice off and allow me the visibility to get home.

2009-01-02 Friday

I picked Avery up a bit late today, giving her a chance to sleep in.  I stopped at the Target in Oakdale to perform another Akoha.com mission.  I chose a woman with two small girls in the clothing department and gave her a Target gift card along with the Akoha mission card and my personal card.  Within an hour she had logged on to Akoha!  My brother Jeff spent the day with Avery and me, unfortunately, the cold kept us housebound.