Last Saturday Michelle and I participated in the MS Walk at UCI. My company always participates in the event. Here are the photos.
Category: our adventures
St. Patrick’s Day
MS Walk
Please sponsor me in the MS Walk this year by clicking on the following link.
UCI MS Walk, April 12
Member of the Month at the Gym
So what happens when you get member of the month at my work gym? They take pictures of you working out on a machine (in your work clothes) and plaster it all over the gym. This accomplishes two things: 1) Makes member horribly self conscious by posting their ugly mug all over the place, and 2) Now other members can tell you to “push it”, “work it”, “keep it up” or other encouraging words and they don’t even have to know your name.
But I did get a free t-shirt.
Our Entertainment Center is Finally Gone!
After 3 years of sitting in our 2nd bedroom and having no real function our very heavy oak entertainment system is gone. And it left fast! Our good friend Jonas expressed an interest and we let him know it was his if he wants it, but he has to move, it because it is too heavy for us. He sent three big guys over to move it and they were lightening fast. Michelle and I are glad to have one of our bedrooms back. Thank you Jonas and Isela, and please thank your family and friends who came to move it.
More on Saftey Deposit Boxes…
Here is the original opinion article that Tim read in the OC Register:
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/property-state-controller-1770504-office-years
Are Safety Deposit Boxes “Safe”?
Okay, so Michelle and I got a safety deposit box last weekend and I was talking to Tim from work about it and he said that the Treasury Department can confiscate what is in your safety deposit box after s certain time period has passed. This sounded very fishy to me so I looked it up on the “Interweb”:
If you did not pay the annual fee on the safe deposit box, it would have been considered dormant once there was no activity—such as payment of the fee—for 5 to 7 years. (The length of time necessary to declare an account dormant is defined by State statute.)
Once an account is declared dormant, the bank may be required to transfer the contents of the safe deposit box to the State treasurer or unclaimed property office. Most States require that the bank send notice of the impending transfer to you at the last address of record on the bank’s books.
If you wish to find out if property from your safe deposit box was sent to the State treasurer, contact your applicable State treasurer/unclaimed property office. You can also start your search by visiting www.unclaimed.org. via: http://www.helpwithmybank.gov/faqs/other_safe_dep_box.html
Watts Family Newsletter
We just sent out the Watts Family Newsletter for Summer 2007. If you are family or friend and did not get it please email us and let us know, so we can send it out to you ASAP.
There’s a First Time for Everything
You know those black wires in the wall….yeah….those are bad! Well, now I can say I have officially been electrocuted. I guess I’m lucky, I’m not really hurt. Had to earn that last name you know!!! Link: Electrical Shock from WebMD
New Panel Tracks in Living Room
New Panel Tracks in Living Room, originally uploaded by dahlenw.
These are the panel track window coverings that we put up in the living room.