I, too, am eager to do my taxes...but I'm still waiting on one more form (from my mortgage company! Kind of an important one!). This will also be the first year my taxes are really complicated (mortgage! homebuyer tax credit! home office deduction!) and am wondering if I should find a professional...

meara, yeah, I usally use a deluxe version of Turbo Tax but I might go to a pro if I can't deal. #HardBeingAGrownUp

Eddie Izzard just said, channeling a Roman centurion, "Quod. The. Fuck."

This is my new phrase.

I'm going to buy another car

As in addition to the one you have?

CJ called and asked if he could stay for the whole belt test. I'm glad he is really taking to being a red belt.

Instead of going outside, I have been cleaning. The kitchen is 80% done...taking a break for lunch.

why the awkward balancing act crazy cat?

My sister-in-law has a fat yellow tabby (female) who does this kind of thing. She will try to balance on the backs of chairs, even the rocking ones. It's a thing.

then there is the restless walk around on the lap thing that the skinny tomcat does. He will take ten minutes if you let him, trying to find the best spot by stepping all over the person.

As in addition to the one you have?

Possibly. I am evaluating options. The Forester is paid off and is dead cheap for insurance. I am thinking of keeping it as my dog/camping/outdoor car and getting a small, chirpy, efficient, cute commuting car. I am weighing pros and cons and am not yet decided. But it's fun window-shopping and test driving and all.

ETA: I am increasingly finding the Forester to be unbearable for commuting because of cab noise and truck chassis. My bones are too old for it on a regular basis. So I will either trade in and upgrade to a 2010 Outback (or Forester IF they've solved the cabin noise problem) OR I will get a Mini Cooper, Lexus IS 250 or a Prius and keep the Forester. I've read that the Minis are not comfortable and are very noisy, but I still want to test drive one because they're so frakking adorable.

That's the nearest one, javachik. Conveniently near the Apple store, etc., I'm already going to.

That's the nearest one, javachik. Conveniently near the Apple store, etc., I'm already going to.

Very!

Oooh, Mini. My SIL commutes some distance in her Mini, and I have heard no complaints from her. Err, not that I've asked.

Hmm, I was going to take the dog for a walk, but it's raining. I suspect that means I need to write this afternoon.

It's raining? How did I not notice??

Yeah, it's possible that the Forester is SO bad (noise wise) that the Mini would be an upgrade such that I'd be content. That's why I need to test drive a few.

I haven't thought of anything other than Subarus for so long that it's kind of exciting to think of other possibilites. If my Forester didn't cost only $25 a month in insurance, I'd never consider having two cars. But who knows.