Tax time is here. Argh. Yesterday, I downloaded TurboTax and installed it, after clicking on a promotion for returning customers that promised a free copy of Quicken. Microsoft has discontinued its Money program, so I figured I’d go for it. But when I got to Intuit’s site there was no mention of my free copy of Quicken, and after completing the purchase there was still nothing, so I’ll have to bug them about that. Argh.
Follow-up: I logged back onto Intuit’s site, and now there’s a redeem link.
We already have a lot of snow, over five feet of it, with not much melting. I got out and did some cross-country skiing, and I wanted to do more, but with the promise of another 20+ inches coming tomorrow and Wednesday, I’m not very enthused about anything to do with snow.
I’m worried about the weight of the snow on the front and back porches, where the roofs aren’t supported as well as on the house itself. So I borrowed a snow rake from my friend across the street and got to work. In back of the house, on one side of the porch, I couldn’t reach very far up, but I was able to clear the other side completely because I could stand on the deck. In front the roof is much lower, and I needed to be up high and far back to get a good angle. To do that I got clever and used a couple of pieces of plywood so I could climb onto the pile of snow next to the front walk.
We’re getting low on rock salt, and there’s no de-icer of any sort to be found, but other than that I’m as ready as I can be. I’ll get up extra early in the morning to see how things look.
