Shoes!

[susandennis]

I finally got the Google drive storage down to actually even lower than I was shooting for. I have a 17 GB of free storage. I now am using 4.7 of those. And... I still have easy access to all my stuff from everywhere. Success.

And the CPA who does my taxes called to say preliminary results show, no taxes again this year.

There are two kinds of retirement plans you can pay into. When you put money into a retirement account, you can take a tax credit or not. IF you take a tax credit, then, when you are old and draw out that money to live on, you have to pay tax on it.

I'm sure way back when, Mr. Finance asked me what kind of retirement fund I wanted and I'm pretty sure I told him whatever he thought was best. He put my money into one of those that did NOT take a tax credit at the time.

Soooo, now I get money from those investments every month and do not have to pay any tax on it at all!! Sweet. I get a little money from IBM (retirement funds) but not enough to require income tax. So, I'm pretty much a tax free chick. And will be for a long time if not forever. (Some of investments are not in retirement funds so if I ever have to withdraw that principal, Uncle Sam is going to want a cut.)

All in all, a pretty nice Saturday. I think maybe I'll go make one more doll before I settle in to watch some TV.

Comments

[hawk-soaring.livejournal.com]

Shoes! That's awesome. :)

[ctgstr8.livejournal.com]

The little gal in purple is my favorite doll so far! The shoes are perfect and I admire the jaunty bow at her neck. I like her hairdo, also.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

I'm enjoying the Laura Ashley vibe from this lavender, floral lovely!

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

You used to work for IBM, then? My dad worked for IBM for 30-some years, from the 50s until the late 80s when he took early retirement.

[susandennis]

Wow. Where did he work? He worked during the glory years for sure. After he left, it changed rapidly and there were a few decades when it was not that fun a place.

I was in:

Greenville, SC
Charlotte, NC
White Plains, NY
Stamford, CT
Rochester, MN
San Jose, CT
and, finally, Seattle

[onelargecat.livejournal.com]

Most of the time in Dallas. But a few years in Champaign, Illinois, I think?, before he moved to Dallas. I'm sketchy on the details of his pre-Dallas life. My brother remembers better than I do. Heh.

[susandennis]

Ahhh a branch office man. Cool.

[roasted-beets.livejournal.com]

When I was a kid I thought everyone's father worked for IBM. My daddy took early retirement from IBM (Poughkeepsie) the first time they offered it in 1972. He figured he'd get $5. less per week to not work and thought that was a sweet deal.

When my older brother retired, not so long ago, it wasn't nearly as good but he's happy.

My younger brother got laid off for 18 months, brought back as a consultant and then rehired for God knows what.

I chose not to go into the *family business*. :D

[susandennis]

That's wild! And IBM family!! Wild and rare these days.

Back in your Dad's day, there was no layoffs. I worked on a communications task force for the first ever IBM layoff/plant closing in Indiana in 1986. It was fascinating in all of the detail that went into it. IBM even hired a physician to accompany the executives when they went to tell the town's elderly mayor.

IBM was (and still is, in many ways) and amazing company.