Pastor Dave's Highlights

[Pastor Dave]

@B&B Happy goats, still did the Tooth Fairy, but then Mom saves the baby teeth.

@RollingAcres, I am ready to be past the parties, and onto just a friend or two come over and dinner. I still have to make it through the 6 year olds parties a while longer.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Thanks Pastor Dave, happy to know the tooth fairy tale still lives on.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Yep, Santa and the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny all seem to fade out when they get to 10 or so when their classmates all discuss it. I'm hoping the older doesn't blow it for the younger one. They're both spoiled anyway

 

[Hens and Roos]

my kids were good about not spoiling it for their younger siblings, because they got stuff too!!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Yep, Santa and the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny all seem to fade out when they get to 10 or so when their classmates all discuss it. I'm hoping the older doesn't blow it for the younger one. They're both spoiled anyway

Happy our fairy tales of youth are still living on, way to go Santa , tooth fairy and easter .....better yet, way to go dad.

 

[Pastor Dave]

They are only kids once, and I have no problem letting them have their fantasy time to enjoy provided it doesn't over shadow the true meaning of the two Holidays mentioned. As adults, we still have stockings at Mom and Dad's. It's just the little extra finishing touches and surprises. And, at Easter, who doesn't like coloring eggs?

 

[Bruce]

We've gone to letting the hens color the eggs. They prefer shades of white, brown, blue and green

 

[RollingAcres]

Santa yes but I don't "over do" it. For Easter we dye eggs but no Easter Bunny.
No tooth Fairy for us.

 

[Pastor Dave]

Until now, I had self-employment health care during Obama administration. The Roth IRA I had until just before The Move, was low enough that it didn't hurt to cash it in for some money needed to go toward down payment. Cashed in pretty much all savings we had to start over.

NOW I am finding out how much paperwork and online enrollment work on MY part goes into employer provided benefits. I switched from United Healthcare on just me, to Anthem Blue Cross on the family. We qualified for the boys to be on state provided medicaid with me paying a percentage before. The folks at church that said I got paid too much must not have considered that aspect, BUT that's a different story and previous chapter and I'm not bitter

Today I enrolled for Merrill Lynch Retirement 401K. After a year or 1000 hours service within the first year, the company will match equal portions up to 5%.

Had to provide birth certificates on all 4 of us, marriage license, joint federal tax return, social security cards on all 4, proof if address, and state IDs with picture for wife and me. No wonder they have HR ppl for all employees needing to submit all this crap!

Ok, next post will be more homestead related.

 

[Pastor Dave]

I have a question for anybody that knows. I haven't seen @Wehner Homestead since becoming active again. Since she is one of the few on here from Indiana, I like to keep up.