De-stitched, found money, smaller screen

So I had stitches removed for the second time in a month yesterday.  Hopefully it is the last time for awhile.  The scar that is left behind is pretty nasty.  I figured I can use it in the future as a topic of conversation.  I can tell women about the the knife fight I was in or perhaps the wrestling match I had with a tiger.  It will impress the chicks.

It will be nice to start lifting weights again as well as resuming my pull up program in earnest.

After having my stitches removed I picked up mom’s tax stuff.  Mom was worried that her taxes this year would be a pain to figure out because of the unemployment compensation she received as well as the 401k disbursement.  She also was worried that she would wind up having to pay into the system this year.

When I got home I punched up turbotax.com and had her taxes done in a half hour.  I called mom with the good news, she didn’t have to pay anything, in fact she was getting back more than last year thanks to various Obama tax breaks as well as being in a lower tax bracket.  Mom was thrilled.  After having months and months of bad luck mom seems to be enjoying a change of fortune.

Mom also showed me pictures of the new condo she is going to be moving into, right across the parking lot of where she is now.  It seems much nicer than the place she is in now.  She is very excited to move and I’m excited for her.

I had ideas of screening in the front landing of the house over the winter.  The idea was screening in the front landing would allow us to open the front door and let the cool winter breezes flow through the house.  When I was at Home Dept over the weekend I had a better idea. 

Our old neighbors had a cool pull out “screen door”.  Most front doors in newer homes are the “swing out” variety due to hurricane code.  A swing out front door makes a conventional screen door difficult to accommodate.  A pull out screen door install on the inside of the door frame.  It basically works like an old roll up blind.  The screening retracts into one side.  When you want to use the screen you pull it across and it hooks to the other side.  It’s easy to install, cheap, and won’t change the look of the front of the house.  I might pick one up this upcoming weekend.