rivendell

Not much to talk about today. Jai shamed me into walking, which is a good thing. But that’s about it, really. miles to Lothlorien: 400

wow

Wow. We just went to see “Finding Neverland”. It was really, *really* good. It made me all sniffly! How embarrassing, especially since Ted, who’s usually more of a goosh than I am, didn’t cry. But then, it made me cry for the exact same reason it didn’t make him cry. :) *Really* good movie. SNIIIIIIF!

IRAs & 401(k)s

So I’ve got this 401k account with (what is to me, anyway) a fairly substantial chunk of change in it. In an ideal world, I’d just keep putting money in it, but what with it being a 401k and me not working for the employer anymore, I can’t do that. (Which just seems wrong somehow. Anyway.) I can leave it there, because I have more than the minimum amount required to leave it there. Or I can roll it over into an IRA, or I can cash it out, but…

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oops

I apparently wrote a whole post and then forgot to post it before I went and did something else with this window. Oh well. It wasn’t very interesting anyway.

writing fun :)

Over on the Luna Boards, Mercedes Lackey has been running a contest in which board participants are to write up the Luna authors as one of the various sorts of magic-users in her 500 Kingdoms books (her Luna books). This is what Cyn wrote up for me: Catie Murphy is a witch, someone who truly knows the meaning of being able to tap the earth, call upon the magic resting within the ground and more. From making blueberry pie that stains the teeth and makes the soul smile, through healing…

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