It is already March? Tax time?

The last six months have flown. After the cruise we had more Ranch time, football, Thanksgiving with Di and Daniel (and their baby shower), Christmas with Kenneth's family, and then suddenly it was 2023, where 6 days in, we greeted Eleanor Ruth Stucky. Phew! I have spent 5 weeks in Parker helping with the baby, and now it is tax time. Our taxes are completed and I decided it is time to clean out files. I have done that before, but I have every tax return we have ever filed along with supporting documents. Don wants me to keep the returns, but I am dispensing with the supporting documents for at least 30 years . . . and I should do more. But I thought it would be interesting to document a few costs from then. For example, our long distance bills were not free . . . as a matter of fact, calls placed after 7:00 a.m. and before 8:00 p.m. (I think) were much more expensive, and weekend calls until about 6:00 p.m. Sunday were the cheapest. In August of 1977, 6 long distance calls cost $8.54, with some calls costing $.25/pminute. Glad cell phones have changed all of that! Our June electric bill of 510 KWH was $16.35 . . . that seemed like a lot back then, but wouldn't it be great to have those rates now. But the most interesting find was the bill for our avocado full-sized refrigerator freezer. We put $30.00 down on a $514.99 refrigerator - and sales tax was 3%. We bought our house in February of that year, and we paid 14% interest - today's rates still feel like a deal! I don't have time to document the past few months, so a few pictures will have to do. Pictures include Kenneth, Staci, Diana and Brianna at the shower; Daniel, Diana and Kathy Dunlavy at the shower; Baby Eleanor; heavy hoarfrost in Las Vegas; and celebrating the Super Bowl and the basketball 'Cats with the Gaskills. Fun times.