Ahh.. today I received my federal refund - $1936. That plus the state refund plus what was already in there ... wish I could just leave it all in there and keep seeing those numbers. 
But, alas, I'd rather pay as little interest on my car loan as possible, so a payment of $2300 will be heading off to the CU as soon as it's March. (I'm holding part of it back to put into my Vanguard Traditional IRA to bring it up to $3k.)
Speaking of the CU and the car loan. I received a statement from them with my latest numbers. It said I have a balance of ~$4200 (don't have paper in front of me) and that I don't have a payment due until July. 
Wonder what they're going to think when they get my next check?
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I'm at close to 4,600 Swagbucks now. Today when I saw the daily goal, I almost said forget about it! But I'm glad I didn't. Somehow I've now managed to get 9 of the codes, even though I didn't start trying til after 4:30 p.m. MST. I think there is one or maybe two codes still left. I need 4,750 to be able to get my March 5 $5 AGCs AND a $25 AGC (or maybe Paypal cash). I'll more than likely be able to do that by Wednesday. Nice.
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Work was pretty busy today. I found out some sad news. Like Monkey Mama says, cancer s*cks!! My friend and co-worker who is the IT person at our school has stage 1 lung cancer. 
She's taking chemo pills right now, and is scheduled for surgery the last week of March. I asked her if she wanted others to know - so they wouldn't nag her/complain about how much work she's getting/not getting done - but she didn't want anyone's pity. I understood, I just hope that people don't go hard on her.
She's had lots of offers already of people willing to help her out, and stay with her when she has to do the regular intravenous chemo. Right now she thinks she wants to do it alone ...
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Friday is Dr. Suesss' birthday, so I'm celebrating it with my K - 3rd students this week. Today I read Green Eggs and Ham to both K and 3rd. My K's repeated every line after I read it, and my 3rd's read every line with me. Both groups loved the book. I also read part of Cat in the Hat to my K's - I hadn't read it in a long time, and didn't realize how LONG it really is. Wow.
Federal Refund and Car Loan
February 26th, 2013 at 03:05 am
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I now have over 2500 Swagbucks. I'm debating weather to just get the $25 Paypal, or save for March AGC. I think I just might want the cash!
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I did a kind of large offer a few weeks ago (`1100 sbs) which is rare for me to do ... so I'm happy to be so far ahead in ensuring a $25 AGC payout, but I'm not holding my breath that the trend will continue. Although the SBTV Mobile app sure has helped to up my chances!
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In regards to my car loan. If I'm reading the statment corectly, they are putting the extra amounts towards the balance. For example, the $850 payment, $836 went to the balance, and the remainder went to interest. However, on the same statement they said my next payment wasn't due til June (I think.) So it might be a good idea for me to call and double check.