Oy. I don't even know what to hope for, askye. Good luck.

Askye, I'm wishing for peace and strength for your family.

I looked into getting renter's insurance once, but the form was really long and then I didn't follow through. A fire is unlikely in my building, but I do worry about robbery.

Much ~ma to you, askye.

I suppose I should get the renter's insurance. I'm starting to accumulate things (furniture, electronics, etc.) that will cost beaucoup bucks to replace if something happened.

On second thought, I need to get renter's insurance. Otherwise my engagement ring isn't covered.

Much ~ma to askye's family. And blessings for her being such a concerned and caring grand niece.

In other news. You know you've stacked too many cats when your dog does an intervention.

Seriously, I've developed a bit of of a problem with the carefully placing feline facsimilies and Bartleby has become concerned. Last night, it all came to a head after he'd been staring at me...he uses the strategic stare of death to communicate. (Barking would be to common for him.)

I determined that the stare was not an outside? or supper? or play ball? stare...but since I'd never seen the "Dear Dog, my person has become a pathetic, powerless cat stacker and I must save her" stare before, I misunderstood. So. I kept stacking. What else was I supposed to do?

It got pretty uncomfortable as he kept creeping closer and closer to me, staring all the while.

I should point out that he's no lap dog. Like now, for instance. He's obviously watching me closely...periodically checking that he sees no cats stacking on the screen. But he's lying beside me, relatively calm. Every now and then, he lolls his head around to give me the "It's okay, you can do it" stare, but mostly he's calm.

Last night...after increasingly forceful staring, he leapt up onto my lap, with all 43 of his lbs. and literally slapped the keyboard out of my hands and on to the floor. He stretched himself across me, so it was impossible to move and began fervently licking my hands with what was obviously a 'reject the evil cat stacking', admit you are powerless over the stacking, I'll be right here with you, there is life after stacking," intensity.

I'm pretty sure he's having "one day at a time" inscribed on a Milk Bone for me.

I feel so small

It's been nearly 24 hours. When does the shaking stop?

One nice thing about renter's insurance - when DH spilled red candle wax on the carpet, we did not have to pay for new carpet when me moved.

I just took a nap. I know this probably doesn't engender much sympathy, but now I'm all gronk-y.

ETA: Beej - my dogs don't much like the buffistas. They begin to paw me (but with claws out) when I've been here too long.

I suppose I should get the renter's insurance.

There is no "suppose" there, missy. Get it now. Take out your gambling urges in a casino.

I know a lot of self-employed people who don't get health insurance because of the outrageous cost. If I hadn't had health insurance, I'd be about $200,000 in debt now.

My cat Sophie believes that if I sit down at the computer, I most certainly want to become kitty climbing equipment. Which I wouldn''t mind so much if she stayed on my lap, but she also believes the keyboard is the happenin' place to be.

How do you prove what you owned for renter's insurance? Do you just take lots of pictures of your stuff before your apartment burns?

Do you just take lots of pictures of your stuff before your apartment burns?

Pretty much. I have written estimates, pictures and/or invoices for particular pieces of jewelry, like my engagement ring. For things like my china, I have pictures an inventory.

I have little of recognized intrinsic value. Hubby's custom-made and balanced armoring hammers would more than likely be bundled under Hand Tools in an insurance estimate. And irreplaceable paperbacks without recognized value don't count for much officially either. Archaic electronics, thrift store furniture, obscure CDs--I suppose I could list the DVDs.

ION, for those who have filed taxes electronically, how do you deal with W-2s?