Up until Wednesday I was expecting a decision from NYSE that would indicate which employees were staying and which would go. The complexion of all this changed on Tuesday when we were told that we'd been slotted into retention tiers. The tiers indicate what percent of your salary you'd receive if you were severed anytime before June 2009.
I found out yesterday that my tier was 50% meaning that if I were cut before June 2009 that I would receive 50% of my salary as a lump sum payout. This certainly makes it worth while to stick around through uncertain times.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Probate
Monday afternoon I went to the Surrogate's Court to probate Mom's will. I had brought her will and death certificate but found out that I also needed Dad's death certificate as he was named primary executor. The will was also missing a notation that certified the witnesses.
It didn't take long to find Dad's death certificate but I also had to call the lawyer in SC who had prepared the will. He was one of the witnesses and will need to sign a "Proof of Witness Form." I went back today with the additional info and was told that my part of the process was complete.
The Surrogate Court clerks encouraged me to sign an affidavit stating that I was there when the will was signed. I probably should have but had already answered "No" to the "Were you present" question several times and would have felt like a schnook reversing myself for the sake of expediency. The down side is that they'll have to go through the exercise of sending the form down to SC and getting it signed.
When I started to look into it I was quite intimidated by the probate process but it was really easy. I encourage anyone who has to go through this to seek out advice from the Surrogate's Court and go it alone. A lawyer would have been a waste of money.
It didn't take long to find Dad's death certificate but I also had to call the lawyer in SC who had prepared the will. He was one of the witnesses and will need to sign a "Proof of Witness Form." I went back today with the additional info and was told that my part of the process was complete.
The Surrogate Court clerks encouraged me to sign an affidavit stating that I was there when the will was signed. I probably should have but had already answered "No" to the "Were you present" question several times and would have felt like a schnook reversing myself for the sake of expediency. The down side is that they'll have to go through the exercise of sending the form down to SC and getting it signed.
When I started to look into it I was quite intimidated by the probate process but it was really easy. I encourage anyone who has to go through this to seek out advice from the Surrogate's Court and go it alone. A lawyer would have been a waste of money.
Easter Weekend
Vic and Nadeem came to the house in Millville Friday night with plans to do some S Jersey bar crawling and Saturday C, K, and I went to Nadeem and Roula's to meet their new daughter Carlie. Then, on Sunday, we met Gary and Jody at Cape May.
All the events went really well except that I might have poisoned the guys with Guinness Stout that has been "aging" in the fridge for years. How nice it was to hold little Carlie in my arms. As my son grows up I forget the earlier times.
All the events went really well except that I might have poisoned the guys with Guinness Stout that has been "aging" in the fridge for years. How nice it was to hold little Carlie in my arms. As my son grows up I forget the earlier times.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Blinkers Opens!
Blinkers ice cream stand has opened every March 1 ever since we've lived in Millville. It is our family's spring herald and always causes a stir whether or not we run to get in line.
K and C had cleaned his room and came up with a box of books as a by product. They went to freecycle Saturday as well as my blueberry iMac from 1990 something. A lot of memories attached to that computer :(
I bought a wi-fi adapter at Circuit City and brought it home in the late afternoon. It took no time at all to get connected but my follow on problem was to get the video card to produce a signal on the s-video output. To get it to work I had to reinstall the video drivers but nothing is ever easy. The config program that comes with the new drivers needs the latest version of .Net runtime which I had to download and install. And of course it needs to be installed before the video drivers so... This turned into a 4 hour project.
K and C had cleaned his room and came up with a box of books as a by product. They went to freecycle Saturday as well as my blueberry iMac from 1990 something. A lot of memories attached to that computer :(
I bought a wi-fi adapter at Circuit City and brought it home in the late afternoon. It took no time at all to get connected but my follow on problem was to get the video card to produce a signal on the s-video output. To get it to work I had to reinstall the video drivers but nothing is ever easy. The config program that comes with the new drivers needs the latest version of .Net runtime which I had to download and install. And of course it needs to be installed before the video drivers so... This turned into a 4 hour project.
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