Monday, February 09, 2004

I know it's been a couple of days... unfortunately my neck and back went out at the same time, so I've been icing and doing as little as possible.
Although I did finish The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown. I highly recommend getting this book from the library or friend. You learn a lot of interesting history and it's a very enjoyable read.

We also watched Office Space, X-Men 2, and started watching 28 Days Later, but turned it off because we didn't think it was going anywhere or would be good. (Which is strange because I really like horror movies and will usually suffer through any B movie....)

On Saturday the realtor came over and we dropped the price to $154,900. The house was assessed at $180,000, but as long as we get enough to pay the mortgage and realtor, that's all we care about. (Having extra money to pay off some debt would be nice, but we would rather move on with our lives instead.)

We had a showing on Saturday and they were semi-interested, so we'll see.... I think with the price drop more people will be semi-interested. Now we just need someone really interested.

We also had our tax appointment this past week. We'll be getting about $350 back from the state and federal governments, but after we pay the accountant fee, we'll have about $150 to put into savings. Just another reason I can't wait to sell the house.... we'll be doing our own taxes and saving the accountant's fee.

Simple/Frugal Thought for the Day: Adjust your dependent numbers so you get the most money during the year. Why let the government get that money when you could have it for yourself and get interest paid on it.
If you're worried about having to pay the government instead of getting a refund, just put the difference into an account so you have the money if you do end up owing.

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