We had a little fun with the Christmas card this year – we had been waiting for some snow to take a “traditional” Christmas-y photo, but… like they say, if you can’t beat ’em join ’em!
Hope everyone had a great 2015 and looking forward to an even better 2016!
Merry Christmas to all our friends and family! Earlier this year, we went to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, MI, a place I had been to several times over the years when visiting family in Michigan. I’ve had one of their signature handpainted ornaments for years, so we got one for Amanda and Ariella to…
Doesn’t it just seem a bit disingenuous that New York State politicians are complaining about an authority they created raising tolls? Come one! They LOVE the fact that it’s not themselves directly levying another tax. They get to play it off like they think it’s the worst thing in the world, but the money just…
One of the advantages of being a homeowner is that certain home improvement projects are sales tax free, if they fit the New York State’s guidelines of being a “Capital Improvement”. The tricky part can be determining what exactly qualifies as a capital improvement. The NYS Department of Taxation lays it out like this: A…
via Power Line… For a man of Biden’s experience, this is a surprising series of misstatements. First of all, he gets wrong one of the most basic facts about the Constitution: Article 1 establishes the legislative branch, not, as Biden said, the executive branch. This is not exactly an obscure fact; my 17-year-old daughter pointed…
Amanda and I made a trip out to the Galleria today to finish our Christmas shopping. We are now done! Still have some cookies to bake and wrapping to do, but we’ve got a couple of days left for that. Why did we go all the way out to the Galleria when McKinley is two…