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   / Good morning!!!! #67,311  
While i was typing, drew made some really good points.

I also reassure my wife, that if something happens to me, she will be very well off ( scary telling her that).
I put together a list of various 401k plans, pensions, social security info, life ins, for both of us. Also tried to organize all that in the file cabinet.
Before my last surgery, i wrote a reminder list, and put it in the checkbook, just in case..
 
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Buckeye, you are organized! I am in the process of moving everything to online pay. My wife doesn't like it, but it is the only choice soon. I have always insisted on my wife paying all the bills, so she knows how to handle all that. I also go over our retirement accounts, so she knows all the balances, and I discuss the investments with her.

Bird, I have a couple of Wolverine Brass faucets at my wife's shop. Very heavy duty stuff. I saw them at the GM plant I worked in, got the name, and ordered them from a plumbing supply shop. They are only carried in plumbing supply places, they don't supply the discount stores. Btw, made in Michigan!!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #67,313  
I'm going to create a spreadsheet that has all the pertinent info. Then I'm going to create a "Favorites" file on her laptop browser with shortcuts to make it easy for her to click on them. Will try to get finished before she gets home. Then will have her go to each website to get familiar.

That's a very good idea, Wng, but give some thought to how you'll keep that file secure. In the wrong hands, it would be a financial disaster. I use a password manager application called 1Password that works on Mac/iphone and PC/Android to keep that kind of information at my fingertips in an encrypted form. One password opens the application/app, and it will sync information between the desktop and phone.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #67,315  
3°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 18° today. Lots of stars and a very bright moon as I took the trash down to the road this morning.

Looks like one more day of bitter cold here, then we get back to 30s and 40s next week.

Best wished to those along the East coast.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #67,316  
oh my oh my oh my
came in for bigger boots...
guess I'm gonna work off that fruit cake
slowly....

I'm guessing one could count on one hand the times this
area has had this sort of snow, easily four or five inches, and drifting.
I had a niftly little drift across my driveway.
Yeah I blasted through it.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #67,317  
Good morning! 25˚ clear skies, calm winds heading to the 50's. This is the last morning of freezing temps in the 10 day forecast. Yesterday I got some Z mowing done on my extended yard that had not been mowed for a year. This will help a lot if there is a grass fire on my place. The neighbors bull which came uninvited to "VISIT" during Christmas has been loaded and transported to the other side of the fence. We might see some mixed calves (angus/charolais) around September.

Everyone in the snowbomb fallout be safe.
 
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   / Good morning!!!! #67,318  
19° and about 1/2" of snow. I also pay all the bills. My wife takes no interest in doing it or knowing about it. I would caution against user account names and passwords kept on a file on the computer, unless you encrypt the file. Up until this yr, i would make and print a yrly spreadsheet showing major bill due dates, amounts, and id write in amount paid, then go back and update spreadsheet at end of yr. For loans would include start bal, end bal, int rate, originate date and amount. I did not include my utility bills, this was more for loans. I would also list yr begin and end mileage for vehicles. I stopped using it last yr, have less loans now. I still like paper bills, even if i pay online. I keep bills due in a pile in the order due. Course i track everything in quicken, and it keeps track of upcoming due bills also. As for passwords, i keep them written in a place, where she knows where they are. I also now use lastpass for some of the online accounts, it will automatically fill in the account name and password for the sites i allow. There is just one password to remember for lastpass itself. I use lots of spreadsheets. Keep track if all my tractor usage. I track each task i use it for, if i use bucket, forks, or backhoe and the hrs. Also fuel fills. I dont track lawn mower usage. Also track sons college bills, i know exactly how much is spent on books, fees, dorm, meals, tuition, etc. And i track courses taken, hrs and grades, and how many they gave left. Dont want to waste money on needless courses, as long as im paying the bills. And track all utility payments. All electric usage since i built house 20 yrs ago, and keep and compare yrly averages and sliding 12 month averages. When i burned oil, have amounts and cost spent. Track my pellet usage, and yrly costs and amounts. I know how many bags are in the barn, date and number of bags i stock in house.. Also have a monitoring system on my geothermal, and it captures run times, temps in a monthly csv file that i can then analyze.

buckeye When do you have any time to play with your tractor

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   / Good morning!!!! #67,319  
And just think, until this year a coastal storm like this was just called a nor'easter.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #67,320  
I also pay all the bills. My wife takes no interest in doing it or knowing about it.

Same here. I've tried to get her more interested, but without much success. The odd thing is that the first 3 years we were married we were assistant managers of an apartment complex. She collected rent, wrote receipts, made bank deposits, etc. and always insisted that I check everything. I never found a mistake. And she took care of everything just fine when I went off to the FBI National Academy for 10 weeks.

Bird, I have a couple of Wolverine Brass faucets at my wife's shop. Very heavy duty stuff.

Thanks for information.
 

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