Taking Care of the Administrivia - an Attend Post

There have been a bunch of annoying "to do" things kicking around my trello list for a long while, but luckily on the last 24 hours I have taken care of two of them.

I called the Ramsey County Assessor's offie to clarify homesteading. Years ago, you used to be able to split homesteading if you had two homes, and I knew that had been phased out (unless you are separated or divorced, which we are not). But I DID learn that, in cases like ours where a close relative lives in a home you own, you can file for homestead under a "Non-occupant co-owner/relative" status, so we did that for Winter Street. I wish we had known to do that years ago!

We had also putting off taking the "Old Folks Drivers Ed" — you know, the course you can take when you are over 55 to brush up on your driving skills in your decrepitude — or more to the point, to get a car insurance discount. Last night while Beatrix and Patrick had tech/dress I started doing the modules, finishing it and sending off the certificate of completion to our insurance agent today for an immediate discount! I mean, I admit, it was boring, but that discount is effective!

I also caught up on some other items and registrations today, as well as a pop-up shop, a friend's garage sale, a meeting of the minds style happy hour with a friend, and a good rehearsal for my concert tomorrow, which ended early enough that I could sneak in and see Beatrix's double trapeze performance. That's the other reason I picked "attend" as my word this year, because there is so much I need to attend to!



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