Vacations

Comin’ Together!

by Jaynee

Maybe we won’t need to buy groceries in NC after all. We’ve now confirmed dinner with N/B, C/D, M/H each on different nights during our trip. I’ve also confirmed lunch AND a play with M/A and their son on another day. So now I’m just waiting on Kirby to get back to me and that will mean that only Wednesday night dinner needs to be covered in some way.

And who knew that Biltmore Estate in Asheville was so frickin’ expensive? Because of it’s expense ($42 per person) I’m holding one day of our vacation to be solely dedicated to Biltmore Estate. There is a lot to do there, so it’ll be worth it, but still – I didn’t think you’d have to pay that much just to get in the doors. Anyone know of any Biltmore Estate coupons out there? Would love to get my hands on some if they are available.

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05 comments on “Comin’ Together!”

  • denis , Direct link to comment

    You want to save $42 and go by yourself? *lol* No, I’ll go and get every pennies worth out of this mansion trip. We don’t have to win the lottery to be millionaires, just charge people $42 to see the inside of our home and before you know it, we will be millionaires.

  • Jennifer , Direct link to comment

    You need to be aware that your $42 only covers the cost of part of the tour. To see other parts, roof and attics or the basement, you have to fork out more money. The gardens may be additional also. We didn’t budget enough — the $42 tour is beautiful, but it was frustrating not to know the whole cost beforehand.

  • Jaynee , Direct link to comment

    Jennifer – I know that there are additional costs – that’s why I’m complaining about the initial $42 just to get in the door…:cry:

  • Jennifer , Direct link to comment

    You may want to investigate what that $42 tour includes. One of my coworkers went there recently and she came back disappointed because there are several tours for different parts of the house. They had budgeted a certain amount of money and she said although the tour they took for $42 was wonderful, she was afraid she had missed out on things by not taking the other tours. We are close enough that she can go back someday and have something new to see — but I wanted to give you heads up! I hope you have a wonderful time. I love living in North Carolina!

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The Company

Comin’ Together

by Jaynee

I got confirmation that my first Dependent Care Account check was processed and is on the way. I have to wait until next payday to do two more week’s worth of daycare because I miscounted how much should be taken from each paycheck and am $70 short. But that’s okay – at least MOST of daycare is covered under the dependent care account.

Also, I’m still working on rolling over my 401(k) from my old job. The Company requires a LOT of paperwork for what amounts to a bank transfer. And they say on every document, “If this isn’t done correctly you have to start the process all over.” Ugh. I’m waiting to receive the check from my old 401(k) and then I’ll send everything to The Company’s plan.

In other news, yesterday I got swimmer’s ear from sitting directly below a high-blowing vent in my cubicle, and didn’t get my hearing back in my left ear until close to 10 p.m. last night. So today, since Mr. Sutherland is in HQ, I’m in his office. Our facilities guy promised the vent would be moved over the weekend.

Today is Mr. Russell’s last day in the office until after Labor Day. I’ve been working for weeks on getting his stupid Garmin iQue set up, and it’s basically done. Those Palm people aren’t very forthcoming with the fixes. Now that it’s set up though, I think it’s pretty cool and does a LOT more than Denis’ GPS does. All that’s left is the initial GPS fix which I’ll do today at lunch (I just found out that you have to be outside to get the initial fix – putting the unit in a window isn’t good enough).

Uh Oh.

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