http://raisingfarrahzona.com Wed, 21 May 2008 16:19:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My dream of having my own island somewhere - somewhere far away from people - is coming closer to reality. Do you think I could integrate a remote controlled electric fence into this design? I'd really like to surround my island with one of those. Via the Club For Growth http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/05/21/no-man-is-an-island-yet/ Jury duty. Ugh. Why is it that I'm always on juries? http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/05/06/two-words/ So the tax 'rebates' are going out sooner than planned. Qualifying folks whose Social Security numbers end in 00 - 20 should be seeing their stimulus payments in their bank accounts this week. The IRS said all checks for those who filed tax returns on time are scheduled to be deposited ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/28/will-you-be-stimulated-today/ Okey Dokey it looks like we're back to normal. Well, normal for around here anyway. My categories are back, my To Do list is still here and my spam is once again being filtered. I'd like to say a very large, very public THANK YOU to Lisa at E.Webscapes for braving ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/28/sound-the-all-clear/ I go out of town on the 15th and everything is fine. I come back on the 20th and I can't log in. Pages are missing, all my categories are hosed, but it looks like the bones are still here. There may be additional down time while I try to recover ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/26/hello-is-this-thing-on/ I have GOT to get me one of THESE. Oh, and the calendar would be nice too. http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/15/oh-dear-oh-my-oh-yes/ If you're like me, seeing the numbers on your 1040 tend to make your blood boil. My husband and I paid over $35,000 in Federal income taxes for 2007. That's more than some of my friends make in a year. We paid $15,000 in Social Security and Medicare taxes through payroll deductions ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/15/tax-day-is-a-reality-check/ I don't mean to pile on to Rachl Lukis' butthurt, but Tax Freedom Day is April 23rd. Somehow...the fact that it's 3 days earlier this year doesn't ease the sting of realizing I'm working almost 4 months a year to give my pie away so that others can have some. If I ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/14/not-that-i-want-to-pile-on/ If you haven't read this yet, do it now! If it were later than 12:16 p.m. and if I had eaten anything yet today, I would take a double shot of whiskey right now. I might do it anyway because any negative repercussions from that would have to be better than ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/14/i-heart-rachel-lucas/ What does it take to get me blogging again? Michelle Obama saying this. "The truth is, in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more." Well, ... http://raisingfarrahzona.com/2008/04/09/keep-your-hands-off-my-pie/