Update -- April 23, 2010

After a number of months of relative inactivity, I was re-energized this week and spent some time creating a plan of action for a number of items.  So here goes:


Return to tracking spending through Quicken

I've mentally resolved to start up officially on May 1, 2010, so I'll have some re-setup to do and some household discussions on what we want to track and how/whether we want to create a budget or just re-start tracking spending for now.  Gotta know what you spend first to determine what makes sense budget-wise....


Transfer physical savings bonds online 

I have all of the transmittal forms created, just need to mail the bonds.  I hope to stop by the post office next week to get this all packaged up.  I also took the time to switch current purchases to I-bonds which should greatly increase the interest payment on this investment.


Attend / join a church

Although we haven't officially started looking, we did do some reading about a local church.  Who knows?


Build a regular team meeting schedule (6 months)

At the end of this month, I should be able to mark this as complete.  Yay!

Be part of the political process as a poll worker in one election

I sent an application to become a Precinct Election Official (PEO) for Dallas county on Monday.  I also did a quick survey of the PEO guidebook on the Iowa Secretary of State site.  I'm really curious whether there will be enough time to participate in the June primary or if my application would be accepted for the general one.  I also fervently hope that if approved there are experienced PEO's at my location -- there are a lot of rules!