State of the valis union

My goodness, I certainly missed an enormous kerfluffle. Just to let you all know, I'm staying on LJ, until it seems that the vast majority of fen have moved elsewhere.

The show was quite crazy, hectic, and busy. I ran around like an insane person and had little time to purchase anything at the show itself, which is probably a good thing. I did hang out with the phenomenal barda, hooray! Plus I ate yummy Japanese food three days in a row.

I returned to find that the state of Ohio is all Shouty McRanty because I haven't filed a tax return for the 06 sales taxes. Only I so totally did. So now I get to deal with the tremendous joy of calling and trying to get this cleared up, because I do not want to pay $700+ in their meeny penalty fees.

Also, I am more broke than ever. None more broke. Srsly. This will be the tightest month financially that I have had in years. Why? Because I have run out of quality things for eBay, so I purchased another big lot of closeouts, which happened to equal exactly what I made at the show. *sigh* And all the bills sitting on my table have increased, because I just haven't had the extra money to pay off the charges from the Giant Trip of Doom because I paid off a different, enormous debt. (At least I am feeling quite terrifically thrilled with myself for paying off the enormous debt!) So this will be the Month of Extended Whining (i.e., no difference from any other month). Thank goodness I have lots of new and improved finery for eBay. I am just crossing my fingers that eBay users haven't forgotten me. Now if I can only get TurboLister to work again...

I have also committed myself to another trip. This one is in August, to Las Vegas. I'm really crossing my fingers about it. I will (hopefully) be joined by subrosax, and we will together retail our brains out for a weekend. I plan on stopping at Santa Fe as well, if possible.

So even though July is a relatively home-based month, August is INSANE and I will probably not be home for a single day of it. Damn.

I missed you all!

Wow.

One phone call took care of the tax thing.

*boggles*

This really does seem too good to be true. *is suspicious*

And now for something completely happy

TurboLister is now working. And I managed to keep all of the old info from the backup. Huzzah!

*off to work on listings*

Fun with taxes, part two

Have now received a refund from the state of WI. *shakes head in disbelief*

New Orleans photos, group one: general photos

Eleven pics under the cut. Wrought iron, cool buildings, etc.

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New Orleans photos, group two: St Louis Cemetery #1

I did take some photos at this famous cemetery, but in truth, I like the Lafayette Cemetery photos better. More trees, and there was better light, I think. Anyway, here are some of the St Louis shots.

Nine images below the cut.

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New Orleans photos, group three: Lafayette Cemetery, part one

I'm thrilled with many of these photos; some of them are the best cemetery pics I've ever taken.

Nine images under the cut.

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New Orleans photos, group four: Lafayette, part two

Okay, last set. Some of these are my faves.

Nine images under the cut.

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