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My oldest daughter and son-in-law just told us this week!! Expected due date 2nd or 3rd week of May. I am not sure it has totally sunk in yet.

Catherine, You and I have spoken several times about my son's desire to attend MIT. Attached is the recommendation letter he recieved from his intership at NASA this past summer. Yes, I am bragging, isn't that what parents are supposed to do. Ignore the date, he corrected it to 2013 on a later e-mail. Tom Recommendation Patrick Carlson.pdf

IT IS WONDERFUL. In a different way than Parenting, Grandparents are allowed to love, enjoy, relive a bit, and spoil, without the pressure that parenting involves. And as the grandbabies grow, there is the fun of watching your children 'eat their words', too! All those who have reached this stage know what I mean. The "My kids will never....." , etc.

This is one of the greatest joys of life. We will have our first Great-Grandbaby in two weeks or less. This is even worse than the first round. Our Granddaughter is so happy and healthy. This is why we live. This is why we work! Congratulations!

Wonderful news, CONGRATULATIONS. Grandkids are a true joy.

Congratulations Jack. Once it sinks in, your life will be changed in numerous ways. Our kids cause us to think "next generation", but grandkids cause us to begin thinking several generations out..

Yup, good work! The CP2000 includes any of the items that were reported to the IRS, but not on the tax return (or in the case of mortgage interest, a deduction shown but no 1098 received). Fixing the CP2000 issue doesn't mean the return wont be selected for a full audit of say a Sch. C, but all of the AUR items should have been fixed and no more notices will be issued.

That's why I didn't vote for Woodrow Wilson. I knew he was one of those left-wing pinkos.

Thanks so much, nice feature Now where is the option to ignore my pia clients?

My son and I visited MIT a number of years ago when he was in the process of choosing a college. He refused to even apply for two reasons. One is that he read on one of those college ranking places that 50% of accepted students scored a perfect 800 on their math SATs. (That was perfect before they inflated the scores in more recent years.) He only scored 793 and thought he would be inferior! (Driving back from the exam site he actually had an "aha" moment and realized that one problem he got wrong and wondered if he could go back and change it!) The other reason he didn't apply is that when we went for a site visit we sat in a huge rotunda waiting for the tour to begin. It was like a crossroads where students coming to and from lunch and to and from classes passed through. He noticed that except for a few girls, most of the students walked alone. He put that observation together with the many presentations we heard that day stressing the point that students are not competitors. They're a team, they're the best, they all got into MIT, and they share that special status and love and cooperate with one another. He just couldn't match the words with what he saw. And the words were almost overemphasized, like the lady doth protest too much. He just couldn't buy it. He ended up at Carnegie Mellon, which is ranked right up there with MIT. He excelled, graduated with multiple honors, immediately got a high-paying job, and now just a few years later makes more than his parents put together ever made. And he loves his work as an engineer. What more could anyone ask for their child? And we're sure he'll be able to support us in our old age. When you visit the campus, just be sure your son is comfortable there. Prestige means nothing if it's not the right match for him.

The cutest thing I've seen all day! Thanks, KC, for another smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ltKjuP0Yn-I

A dark day in the history of this country.

Sure, send it along. It can't hurt. Patrick is currently waiting for his interview to be scheduled. He is on pins and needles because the interviewer has not gotten back to him yet. Still keeping our fingers crossed. Step one, get him accepted. Step two, find the money. Not sure which one will be harder to accomplish. Thanks for the kind words.

Tom -- this is absolutely FABULOUS. Were I the alum interviewing him, and he came to me with an recommendation like the one you posted, I would recommend him in the strongest terms available. If you would like another take (as if you need it -- you should be busting your buttons with pride over this!) I would be happy to pass this along to a couple of classmates of mine who DO interview potential students for MIT (those who can't make it to Cambridge in person for interviews). Catherine

I am having them send the supporting doc's from school. I just want to know going forward how to avoid this. The 1040 only shows how to report if not used for qualified expenses but nowhere does it allow you to report the use of the gains were for qualified purposes. Of course the gov't will assume its not for educational/qualified purposes just like they do when a stock sale is not reported.