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How long should I keep financial documents?
It varies from less than a year to indefinitely, depending on the type.
This post comes from Jim Wang at partner blog Bargaineering.
We recently purchased a sheet-fed scanner, a Fujitsu ScanSnap S300, to help organize our financial records. This purchase is easily one of the top 10 I've made in my adult life. We went from having a few banker's boxes of documents down to just a few documents in about a week.
Using a sheet-fed scanner, versus a flat-bed scanner like a copier, saves you a ridiculous amount of time, and the ScanSnap will save your document into a .pdf file. It's a bit pricey but definitely worth it if you're looking to save things electronically.
One of the benefits of storing documents electronically is that it makes the "how long should I keep financial documents?" question a bit obsolete. Data storage is cheap so you can save documents forever, but I think it's still important to know how long to keep documents because it gives you a better understanding of finances. For instance, knowing why you should keep tax records for seven years gives you a better understanding of the tax process.
So, how long should you keep financial documents? It depends.
The following documents are separated by the time you need to keep them, excluding obvious "keep forever" documents like life insurance policies (shred when they expire) and estate planning records (I suppose someone can shred these when you expire).
Keep for a year or less:
- Bank statements. Review when you receive them for unauthorized purchases, and keep the most recent one.
- Retirement/401k plan statements. Keep the most recent annual summary and most recent quarterly summary. Make sure they match what's in your account and dispose of old statements.
- Monthly bills. Review for accuracy, but there's no need to keep them (you might want to keep them for other reasons, like comparing year-over-year usage if your utility doesn't provide that information).
- Credit card bills. Review for any billing errors, then shred them (or opt for electronic delivery and save them to a directory forever). Credit card companies have all of your statements online anyway.
- Paycheck stubs. One year. Keep them and compare them against your W-2. If it doesn't match, go to your employer and request a change to your W-2. Otherwise, you can shred the paystubs (your W-2 is good enough).
- Insurance policies. Keep the most recent one. The older policies no longer apply so you won't need them.
Keep for seven years:
- You'll want to keep taxes for seven years. You have three years to file an amended return if you think you're due a larger refund, and the IRS has three years to audit you if they think you made a mistake. The IRS has six years to audit you if they think you under-reported income, and there is no time limit if they think you filed a fraudulent return.
If you've lost old tax returns and would feel better if you had a copy, you can request a copy of past tax returns from the IRS. You can get a tax return transcript for free in about two weeks by calling (800) 829-1040 or order it by mail using Form 4506T (.pdf file). The transcript contains almost everything from your Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ.
Keep forever or indefinitely:
- IRA contributions. Indefinitely. If you made a nondeductible contribution to a traditional IRA, keep documentation forever because it's your proof that you made a contribution and already paid taxes on it.
- Brokerage statements. Keep statements that record purchases until you sell the security, to document any gains or losses.
- Loan documents. Keep these for the life of the loan and destroy once you've paid it off and have title in possession.
- Home records. Keep all bills for improvements until you sell (and then for seven years after, since they become tax documents) because improvements increase the cost basis of your home. You'll also want to keep all the other expenses related to a sale (agent fees, lawyer, etc.).
- Receipts. Keep anything documenting a major purchase or improvements for insurance purposes (including 90-day purchase protection from credit cards). Otherwise discard.
- Savings bonds. Do yourself a favor and convert any paper bonds you have into electronic bonds at TreasuryDirect.gov. Otherwise, keep these for the life of the bond.
Always opt for electronic statements
If given a choice, always opt for electronic or paperless statements. This helps the environment (no mailing, no paper) and it saves you a lot of time. You don't need to scan a statement if it already comes in .pdf form, so save the Earth, save yourself some time, and opt for electronic statements. You can keep these statements around forever, because you actually never know when you might need the information.
If you do opt for electronic statements, download them. If you have a copy, you never need to rely on the data storage practices (or lack thereof) of the bank, credit card, lender, broker, whatever. If you close your account, they won't keep your records. If a bank fails, they will have records but you won't have access to them (see this harrowing tale from FatWallet), making everything just a little bit harder. So if you do opt for electronic statements, remember to download them.
Did I miss an important document? I'm not yet 30 so there may be documents I'm simply not aware of.
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During the late 1930s Byas played in several swing bands, including those of Don Redman and Andy Kirk, and in 1941 he became a tenor saxophone soloist (as in Harvard Blues) with Count Basie. He also became associated with bebop innovators such as Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillsepie. In small groups (194346) led by himself and others, Byas experimented with the new concepts of bop harmony and rhythm. His 1945 duets with bassist Slam Stewart, Indiana and I Got Rhythm, show his fluent style with long lines founded in Coleman Hawkins's rich tone and phrasing but including modern bop harmonic elements.
In 1946, with a Redman band, Byas went to Europe, and he remained there, living in France, the Netherlands, and Denmark for the rest of his life. He continued to pursue a freelance career, touring and recording often, but he revisited the United States only once, for a tour in 1970. Performances such as A Tribute to Cannonball (1961) reveal continuing swing and creative vigour in his later years.

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MSS 00093 Guide to the Ralph L. Biggerstaff Papers, 1921-1933
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Included in the collection are final drafts of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers' "Code of Fair Competition for the Cotton Textile Industry", conditions of approval, and a newsletter presenting arguments concerning the code. There is information on the costs of operation for liquidated textile mills and those still in operation as of 1921 and 1932 in Fall River, Massachusetts, including number of employees, wage rates of various mill positions, spindle and loom counts, and total capital stock and bonds. There is also information on the costs of textile mill operation in various cities in North Carolina, including employee wages, power costs, and taxes. Several newspaper clippings and articles are included, which help explain the implications of the statistics to the textile industry. Dates for the statistical figures range from 1921 to 1933.
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The collection contains correspondence, statistics, tables, and other records regarding wage, tax, energy, and other costs of operation of textile mills in Fall River, Massachusetts and various cities in North Carolina between 1921 and 1933. While it is uncertain why Biggerstaff was collecting the statistics, the collection offers information to provide a representation and comparison of textile mill costs in the locations surveyed.
Biographical Note
Ralph L. Biggerstaff was a native of Rutherford County, North Carolina. He graduated from Duke University and Harvard Business School, and moved to Fall River, Massachusetts. Biggerstaff maintained correspondence with industries in North Carolina and gathered information on textile mills. He retired as president of Alamance Builders, Inc., and lived in Mebane, North Carolina until his death in January 1999.
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BEEBE – The Bryant Hornets used a complete team performance to add to their victory total for the season at the Beebe Badger Relays on Thursday. The Hornets scored in every event and totaled 162 points, which was 100 points ahead of runner-up Beebe (62 points).  Twenty-nine teams scored in the meet, with Searcy (47), Batesville (43), and Rivercrest (36) rounding out the top five teams. Â
BAUXITE – For the second consecutive year, the Bauxite Lady Miners are sending another player out with a college basketball scholarship. After all-time leading scorer Mary Crow signed with Arkansas Tech last year, 5-10 small forward Allison Tackett signed to play for the Southern Arkansas University Lady Muleriders on Thursday morning at Fred Dawson Gym in Bauxite.
HASKELL — The Harmony Grove Cardinals' pitching has been really good and then not so much throughout the 2014 season. Winners of 10 games coming into Monday's damp tilt with Fountain Lake, the Cardinals strolled away with their chins high and much-needed momentum, winning on a walk-off RBI single from Logan Clay to win 1-0.
HASKELL — After a year under Dwaine Fishburn as interim head coach, the Benton High School senior boys basketball team now has a full-time leader.
Following a 6-0 vote at Monday's Benton School Board meeting, 2006 Benton graduate and current Harmony Grove senior boys head coach Dexter Hendrix was named to the helm of one of the most coveted coaching positions in the state—Benton Panther basketball.
"I am very excited to go back to Benton and coach a great basketball program and help it continue to grow and take it to the next level," Hendrix said.
BENTON – After losing half its team and majority of its contributors to graduation a season after making it to the 6A state semifinals, the Benton Panthers mirrored last season with another semifinals trip, only to lose to the 2014 6A State Champion Jonesboro Hurricane (Jonesboro lost 34-33 to Bobby Portis' Hall team in finals last season) for the second consecutive season. But after being picked to finish in the middle of the pack in the 7A/6A South Conference this past season, the Panthers exceeded all expectations to win the conference with a 12-2 record.
HASKELL — The Harmony Grove Lady Cardinals finally got back on the diamond in 5-3A action Monday, playing host to a much-improved eStem squad. After Thursday's rainout, the Lady Cardinals were forced to reschedule and wait until Monday to get back in the swing of things.
With LJ Helmich in the circle and bats finally waking up, Harmony Grove strolled away with a 10-1 win, thanks to a big 8-run third inning paced by five walks and a Mets' error.
RUSSELLVILLE – The Bryant Hornets track team competed in the Russellville Cyclone Invitational Friday night, earning a second-place finish in what is regarded as the biggest and most competitive regular season meet of the season in the state of Arkansas. Â
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BENTON – Former Benton Lady Panthers senior forward Allison Reynolds was named to the 6A All-State Tournament Team, but the fact that Benton finished runner-up in the 6A South Conference to El Dorado, only two, not three, Lady Panthers were recognized as all state.
Voted by the 6A South coaches, junior guard Braxton Chumley and junior forward Braylee Landreth got the two spots for Benton, but Reynolds was voted by the conference coaches as a top player in the state.
BENTON – The Benton Panthers were down early, but came back to defeat rival Sheridan Yellowjackets 6-2 in 7A/6A South Conference action on Friday at Panthers Field. Sophomore lefty Chase Nix threw five shutout innings of hitless relief to earn the win.
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Novelists whose works are evocative of a polite and kindly society. Literate and often humorous, these books contain little explicit sex or violence.
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Berg, Elizabeth
Tapestry of Fortunes
"Cecilia Ross is looking for a change. She has decided to take time off from her job as a successful motivational speaker and sell her home. She moves in to a beautiful old house in St. Paul, Minnesota, complete with a big front porch, a wild garden, a chef's kitchen--and three roommates. The four women are different ages, but all are feeling restless, and want to take a roadtrip to find again the people and things they miss." --Provided by publisher.
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Binchy, Maeve
A Week in Winter
Follows the efforts of Chicky who, with the help of Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business), turns a coastal Ireland mansion into a holiday resort and receives an assortment of first guests who throughout the course of a week share laughter and the heartache of respective challenges. John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife , both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his father's business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone's relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda , the psychic who is afraid of her own visions.
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Brown, Eleanor
The Weird Sisters
Unwillingly brought together to care for their ailing mother, three sisters who were named after famous Shakespearean characters discover that everything they have been avoiding may prove more worthwhile than expected.
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Drayson, Nicholas.
A Guide to the Birds of East Africa
For the past three years, the widower Mr. Malik has been secretly in love with Rose Mbikwa, a woman who leads the weekly bird walks sponsored by the East African Ornithological Society. Reserved and honorable, Malik wouldn't be noticed by a bystander in a Nairobi street-except perhaps to comment on his carefully sculpted combover. But beneath that unprepossessing exterior lies a warm heart and a secret passion. But just as Malik is getting up the nerve to invite Rose to the Nairobi Hunt Club Ball (the premier social occasion of the Kenyan calendar), who should pop up but his nemesis from his school days, the good-looking jokester Harry Khan.
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Edgerton, Clyde
Walking Across Egypt
She has as much business keeping a stray dog as she would walking across Egypt-which not so incidentally is the title of her favorite hymn. She's Mattie Rigsbee, an independent, strong-minded senior citizen who, at seventy-eight, might be slowing down just a bit. When teenage delinquent Wesley Benfield drops in on her life, he is even less likely a companion than the stray dog. But, of course, the dog never tasted her mouth-watering pound cake.
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Fitzgerald, Penelope
The Bookshop
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this comic story follows a kindhearted English widow's struggle to open a bookshop in a seaside town against the polite but uncompromising opposition of the town's arbiters of culture.
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Frank, Dorothea Benton
The Last Original Wife
"Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the last original wife among her husband's group of cronies. They've all traded in for younger... blonder... more enhanced models. But she is proud of her status and the longevity of her marriage. Sure the spark isn't quite there the way it once was. And it would be nicer if her husband paid a bit more attention to her desires but there's something to be said for a comfortable relationship. Or at least she thinks so until one day, out golfing with her husband and his friends, she falls into a manhole. And nobody realizes that she's gone. With her eyes finally open to what her perfect life has truly become, Leslie must trust in the healing powers of South Carolina's lush beaches, beautiful sunsets, and feisty residents. The Last Original Wife is a classic tale of friendship and love dipped in the salty waters of a South Carolina summer"--Provided by publisher.
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Gibbons, Kaye
Charms for the Easy Life
Margaret struggles toward adulthood in a world torn apart by the Second World War and complicated by her strong-willed mother, Sophia, and grandmother, Charlie Kate, in a story about three generations of passionate, willful Southern women.
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Glass, Julia
The Widower's Tale
Enjoying an active but solitary rural life, seventy-year-old Percy allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn and transform his quiet home into a lively, youthful community that compels him to reexamine the choices he made after his wife's death.
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Gulley, Philip
Home to Harmony
The inaugural volume of the "Harmony series" introduces readers to this beloved fictional small town in America's heartland as the new pastor in a small Indiana town experiences one humorous adventure after another as he acclimates to his new congregation and lifestyle.
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Hannah, Kristin
Firefly Lane
Their friendship begins when both girls are fourteen in the 1970s, with a confidence. This novel covers over thirty years of friendship between Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey -- its joys, pains, and ultimately a betrayal.
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Hassler, Jon
A Green Journey
Agatha McGee, a retiring Catholic school teacher, has not masked her disapproval of Bishop Dick Baker's diocesan reforms, but when she plans to visit her long-standing Irish pen pal, James O'Hannon, Bishop Baker heads her tour group.
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Kuhn, William M.
Mrs Queen Takes the Train
After decades of service and years of watching her family's troubles splashed across the tabloids, Britain's Queen is beginning to feel her age. An unexpected opportunity offers her relief: an impromptu visit to a place that holds happy memories-- the former royal yacht, Britannia, now moored near Edinburgh. When her royal attendants discovers she is missing, they set out to find her and bring her back before her absence becomes a national scandal.
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Lipman, Elinor.
The View from Penthouse B
Two newly-single sisters, one a divorce´e, the other a widow, become roommates with a handsome, gay cupcake-baker as they try to return to the dating world of lower Manhattan.
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Livesey, Margot
Eva Moves the Furniture
Raised by her aunt and her grieving father, motherless Eva McEwen grows up accompanied by two otherworldly companions--a woman and a girl--whom only she can see and finds herself torn between real life, including her career as a nurse and her love for a young plastic surgeon, and the meddling of her enigmatic companions.
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McCall Smith, Alexander
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
On sabbatical at Cambridge, Professor Dr. von Igelfeld becomes embroiled in a nasty case of academic intrigue and becomes caught up in skullduggery during his visit to Colombia, in a zany novel by the author of "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency."
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Pilcher, Rosamunde
The Shell Seekers
Set in England between World War II and the present, this epic novel details the connections that bind the Keeling family together over three generations. Their family's frailties, strengths, passions and joys are explored over two generations.
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Ray, Jeanne.
Calling Invisible Women
Feeling unattractive and unappreciated as she enters her fifties, wife and mother Clover wakes up one morning and discovers that she has actually become invisible, a condition that goes unnoticed by her family.
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Rice, Luanne.
The Silver Boat
Three far-flung sisters come home to Martha's Vineyard one last time. Their mother's beach house is the only place any of them ever found true happiness and they need to begin the difficult process of letting go. Memories of their grandmother, mother, and their Irish father, who sailed away the year Dar turned twelve, rise up and expose the fine cracks in their family myth--especially when a cache of old letters reveals enough truth to send them back to their ancestral homeland.
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Ross, Ann B.
Miss Julia Speaks her Mind
Shortly after the death of her husband, a wealthy Southern widow is visited by an impoverished young woman with a small boy. A mistress? A son? Julia Springer can't believe it, only to discover that the whole town has known for years. But she will rise to the occasion when the boy is kidnapped.
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Summary: "Matchless storyteller"(Romantic Times) Mary Balogh is at her spellbinding best in a new novel that features Lauren Edgeworth from One Night for Love as her heroine. The nationally bestselling author of More than a Mistress and No Man's Mistress weaves a tantalizing web of seduction, wit, and intrigue sure to delight her legions of devoted fans. Here she brings together an unlikely duo--a notorious rake and a very proper lady--who plot to scandalize society and win freedom from matrimony for them both. It was merely a partnership. Love had nothing to do with it. But then again, nothing is ever as it seems in the irresistible novels of Mary Balogh. He may be a lord, but he is no gentleman. Kit Butler, Viscount Ravensberg, is cool and dangerous--one of London's most infamous bachelors. Marriage is the last thing on his mind. But Kit's family has other plans. Desperate to thwart his father's matchmaking, Kit needs a bride...fast. Enter Miss Lauren Edgeworth. A year after being abandoned at the altar, Lauren has determined that marriage is not for her. When these two fiercely independent souls meet, sparks fly--and a deal is hatched. Lauren will masquerade as Kit's intended if he agrees to provide a passionate, adventurous, unforgettable summer. When summer ends, she will break off the engagement, rendering herself unmarriageable and leaving them both free. Everything is going perfectly--until Kit does the unthinkable: He begins to fall in love. A Summer to Remember is not enough for him. But how can he convince Lauren to be his...for better, for worse, for the rest of their lives? Not even the most devoted gambler would take odds on this match as Mary Balogh surprises and delights yet again in an unexpected love story that will hold you in thrall until the last glorious page is turned.
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Kansas City has lots of different ethnic festivals, e.g., Latino, Irish, and Greek for starters. But have you ever heard of an Italian one called a St. Joseph's Table? I hadn't either. Then a friend invited me to attend one in the northeast area of Kansas City. According to legend, many years ago, there was a famine in Italy. The people prayed to St. Joseph and promised to do something special if the famine ended. It did.
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Roadway Access Design for McNeely Lake Park: Input Sought at May 8 Public Meeting
Friday April 27, 2012
Louisville Metro Parks is hosting a public meeting to gather input on the creation of a connector road and transportation facilities within McNeely Lake Park. The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 8, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Wilt Elementary School, 6700 Price Lane, Louisville KY.
The objective of a roadway would be to connect Mt. Washington Road to the south and Cedar Creek Road to the east. The focus of the meeting is how best to provide that roadway access, as well as bicycle/pedestrian facilities to the various sections of McNeely Lake Park. Public input is sought in determining where these connections should be located and what types of architectural elements should be used for bridges, etc.
The public meeting will include several information 'stations', staffed by project planners and engineers, where citizens can offer input and ask questions.
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McNeely Lake Park, a 746 acre park located at 10500 Cedar Creek Road, is one of the largest in the Metro Parks system, and features a scenic 46-acre fishing lake with an accessible pier and boat ramp which is owned by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife. The Korean War Memorial is also located in the park.
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Fisherman's memorial proposed
"They might have split up or they might have capsized, or they might have broke deep and took water. And all that remains is the faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters." – Gordon Lightfoot, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," 1976.
Blaine sculptor Bob McDermott, best known locally for his bronze statue of "Dirty Dan" Harris in Fairhaven, hopes soon to erect a larger than life sculpture here in Blaine, hopefully on the boardwalk, and thereby realize a dream he's had for many years.
Last week he presented a scale model - technically called a "maquette" - of his idea, a larger than life-sized bronze statue he calls "Vigil," to the Blaine city council. The statue is of three people, a young woman, an older woman who might be her mother and a young boy who could be her son, looking as if they're waiting for someone to return from having been at sea.
"I've thought about this for years," McDermott said of the origin of his idea, "especially when I've seen things like fishermen's memorials, that it's only half the story, and not even the most important part." With dangerous occupations like fishing, McDermott explained, the ones who often get little if any recognition are those left behind.
Now, if all goes as a group of Blaine residents has planned, fundraising will begin in the hope that someday the statue will grace the boardwalk or some other salt water viewpoint just as Dirty Dan is rapidly becoming the symbol of old Fairhaven.
McDermott said that even though his life-size version is considerably bigger than the ma-quette he brought to the council meeting, constructing the model is the real work.
"Making it larger isn't hard," he said, "because most of the artistic decisions are made at this stage. It's also a handy way to show it to people before they decide if they want to buy it or raise funds for it." The small version is constructed of a plasticine oil-based clay that doesn't dry out, much like Silly Putty.
Like many sculptors, McDermott builds a body the way nature does, from the inside out, beginning with a stick figure and working through a skeletal phase before he puts muscle on the bone. "When I know what the body is and what the gesture is going to be, then I can proceed with clothes and so on," McDermott said.
As it happened, his maquette, or scale model, was just at the point where it's ready for clothes but doesn't yet have them when he brought it to show to the city council.
Asked if he really plans to put a statue of three naked people on Blaine's new boardwalk, McDermott laughs. "No, of course not. It's just where I am in the sculpting process," McDermott explained, "because I make them nude before I put clothes on them. If the body's right without clothes then it will be right with clothes, but if it's wrong without clothes then no amount of patching and filling will correct that."
The finished life-sized bronze statue may cost as much as $100,000 and will take "a collaboration of the willing," he said, "people willing to raise money for a piece of public art that will enhance downtown and speak to Blaine's heritage."
Blaine city council member Bob Brunkow said that he felt the council was favorably impressed. "The business plan still seems a little vague to me," he said, "but if that can be worked out, it would be a fine addition."
Like that statue, "Vigil" will be heavily reinforced with a stainless steel core, though unlike Dirty Dan, this statue doesn't exactly invite people to sit on it.
McDermott is a Florida native and his wife Joan is from New York. They raised their children while working in southern California, later moving to eastern Washington for a job at Hanford. "When we retired in 1988, we literally drove all over the country for about six months," he said, "and ended up in Whatcom County." They were in Bellingham until moving to Blaine two years go.
The maquette took about five months to build, "and the life-sized piece will take about 14 months," McDermott said.


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Couples with pets more likely to lastStudy finds getting a pet is a better predictor of staying together than having a baby.
Many people would probably be quick to say that a baby would be the most likely reason for an unmarried couple to stay together. But according to Harry Benson, of the U.K.'s Marriage Foundation, "research on cohabiting couples show conclusively that getting a pet is a better indicator of staying together than having a baby."
As reported in the U.K.'s Telegraph, the Marriage Foundation initiated an extensive poll of 3,500 adults to find out what promotes stability in relationships.
"Although having a baby together is seen as a sign of commitment, many relationships where there are children still break down," Deborah Jeff, head of family law at Seddons, said.
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Do your kids usually get way more Halloween candy than you want them to eat? Did you buy more than you needed for trick-or-treaters who didn't show?
Sell it back to your dentist.
Dentists and orthodontists nationwide are participating in this year's Halloween Candy Buyback, in which dentists will pay people $1 to $2 per pound for their leftover candy. Some dental offices are throwing parties, giving out prizes (including toothbrushes) and donating additional money to local charities as well.
The candy they collect will be sent by Operation Gratitude to troops serving overseas. We hope they send the troops toothbrushes, too, though we must admit the service members in our family love receiving candy.
We've solved this year's problem with leftover Halloween candy (we never have any trouble getting rid of candy, alas) by not buying any and going out instead. In the past, we've taken leftover candy to the office, where it has been greeted with both cheers and jeers.
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3. Room & Board Moda Changing Tray, $199: This detachable changing table is designed for the Moda 40w Six-Drawer Dresser mentioned above. The changing pad included is flat, allowing for a small basket filled with supplies to sit on top.
4. IKEA EKTORP Chair in Blekinge White, $249: Because we already own the EKTORP footstool but barely use it in its current place, it made sense to order its mate. We've love the small EKTORP love seat on our front porch, so we were confident in purchasing this slightly oversized chair that can easily fit an adult and a toddler for story time. It arrived in typical IKEA fashion in lots of pieces that hubby had to assemble. It was just too bulky for this nearly nine month pregnant lady to do herself.
5. IKEA EXPEDIT Shelving Unit in White, $39.99: This incredibly affordable piece solved three design challenges our 100-square-foot space posed: needing a surface for an accent lamp, a shelf for books, and basket storage for toys. We've purchased EXPEDIT Shelving in the past and have found its versatility and functionality of utmost use.
6. IKEA KNIPSA Baskets, $16.99: Designed to fit EXPEDIT Shelving, these easy-to-assemble baskets are perfect for storing all the little softies and toys we've been gifted.
7. IKEA RIBBA Frames in Birch, $17.99 to $19.99: More to come about artwork next week, but since our nursery's design centers on great art, we decided to create a cohesive look by using these affordable frames from IKEA. Customizing the matting will unify the art, allowing it and its powerful colors to be the playful finishing touches the space needs.
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Interesting that you'd spend $1100 on a dresser that you expect to last for many years, but only $250 on an armchair? An armchair is a more versatile piece and is of more complicated construction---wouldn't you want to go for quality there? I'm a fan of IKEA but have never been impressed with their upholstered pieces. They use cheap foam and their fabrics aren't the most durable.
I'm also really surprised you chose the Ektorp chair. That thing is going to look like absolute crap after about 2 months.
I agree with the above posts. If anything, you should go for Ikea on the crib, and splurge on the stuff that will live past the life of the nursery.
Ditto ditto. Ikea for a chair? There's a couch in my apartment that a previous roommate left behind, and I recently realized it was Ikea. This made sense, since there's a giant dent in one of the arms. The frames are basically made of cardboard. You'll definitely need to replace this at some point, which isn't eco- or budget-friendly.
The shelving I'm also not a fan of, but at least you won't be sitting on it. I recently started helping two friends (re)decorate, and the one thing they had in common was one piece of Ikea shelving that was literally falling apart after only a few years of use. The back parts of both were leaning against the wall.
I know you're going for budget friendly there, but you could've found a used, inexpensive piece of shelving that would hold up better.
Agree with the others: I'd get an IKEA crib in the birch finish (I have a gulliver and love it). splurge on an organic mattress if you must because the mattress is what makes the bed comfy, though I have an ikea vyssa mattress (cheap) and my baby sleeps like a dream.
waaaaay more important to splurge on a chair, or it will be squeaky and saggy in no time. I have a $100 ikea crib but a $500 rocker/recliner and this was a good rich/poor compromise for us (now 13 months later).
also, to the commenter above me, I have an expedit in another room and it's held up GREAT. I think those are good baby pieces.
I can see the purpose of spending more on a dresser (although I will admit that it is much more than I would spend on one). I tend to agree with the others on the crib vs. chair. We splurged on the mattress for baby much more than the actual crib itself. And if you do have a beaver-child, you'll probably be covering up the railing with some contraption to keep it from looking gnawed on if baby does decide to teeth on it, non-toxic finish or not.
GG_MS: It's possible that the issue was just with the back pieces falling off, which isn't a problem if it's already backless. Although I still think it's not going to make it through the decades, if that's the one relatively disposable piece in the nursery, who am I judge?
a word about the Ribba frames: I just spent HOURS trying to get three frames to hang on an even plane. (I have yet to be successful). the hanging hardware that was included made it difficult to get the wire and the hooks at the same tension and level. and the glass easily chipped putting it into the frame. I will never do this again.
Begelsmom-- I did the same thing.
Then I got a bunch of Command Velcro hanging strips-- it took 10mins to hand a bunch of pictures. I love the frames. . .
I get, I really do, the desire for a beautiful eco-friendly crib. But seriously, it isn't good value relative compared to other eco-friendly choices. A crib contributes *very little* to a baby's sleep experience. If you are on a tight budget, buy the Gulliver and buy a best quality crib matress. THAT is what matters for sleep. And plan on buying a beautiful bed instead.
If you are going to buyng the expensive crib, call it what it is. Eye candy. (And I do love it.) I do think the Moda is a wise investment.
Also, consider using a Billy bookcase in liue of the way-to-common Expedeit. The back is far more convenient than an open space and you can add colorful doors that hide toys and whatever. It is a little more narrow than the Expediet so it takes up less room and you get more storage space per inch of floor space. If you leave the doors off, you can use any standard Expediet storage. If you put them on, plenty of options at container store. Plus, a little less common.
I too would get a better chair then get a cheaper crib. I mean, how long do you plan on using that crib? Most babies outgrow their cribs by around 3...unless you are planning on having 3 or more kids.
A great chair will be a great investment even after your kid grows up. Not only do they look great, they are comfortable and last forever.
Oh, goodness, where to begin. Landis the writer here.
We actually already own two EKTORP couches in our home, in lower traffic areas and we've had them for over two years. They've held up perfectly and we plan on adding this chair to one of those spaces when it no longer needs to be in the nursery. So, that's more about the logic behind that decision.
About the crib. I spoke with several friends who purchased cribs from IKEA and not one of them would ever recommend it, ever. Several are about to replace their cribs and their babies are both just over a year. Not a sound investment. If you wish to call the Oeuf crib eye candy, @JUDIAU, then so be it. It is, but there are also many accounts of this crib lasting through 2 and 3 children, something we hope we're blessed with.
The RIBBA frames...next time you folks need to hang these, head to Home Depot for a picture hanging kit...makes the job MUCH easier!
Other questions...bring 'em on! Thanks for reading :)
Look at me- agreeing with everyone else! Dresser is lovely and versatile and I can see it in a kid's room or even a dining room or entryway later in it's life. Great. But the justifications for the crib above are a bit misplaced. Yes, get spendy on a real bed in 3 years but a crib is just not important. Maybe just say "I got the spendy crib because I wanted it and can afford it." Yay, sure! Go for it!
And the ikea chair, well, I'm okay with it since it's disposable in 3 years...but saying you will repurpose it it is unrealistic. We got an ikea chair for the nursery...and then freecycled it. I'm glad you didn't waste $1000 on a silly glider, mind you, but it's funny that you need to consider the cheapo chair as versatile and yet the crib gets to just be a very expensive crib.
I blame pregnancy hormones. We all act irrationally...it's cool.
snowlet: so you just used the velcro? It's in my daughter's room so i'm afraid to just use the velcro with the glass (not over the crib but still). but i do LOVE command products! thanks for the idea!
Landis-- There is nothing wrong with having lovely furniture in the baby's room. Posters are just trying to make the point that they think you are investing in the wrong pieces. And if you read the archives here, the Ikea Gulliver is almost universally loved. We've had two that are going on strong at at least four years each.
@ Begelsmom - I have the same issue. I don't even bother with the Ikea "hardware" for the Ribba frames. I just screw in two small crown bolts to the edges of the frame and connect them with my own picture wire.
We have had an Oeuf classic crib for over 5 years and it's been used for two kids. In my opinion a crib that will last is a solid investment. Also, Oeuf customer service is brilliant. We've contacted them several times over the last five years for touch up paint, guidance on how to reattach the dresser drawers and most recently to replace our mattress support, which cracked. Each and every time Oeuf has responded within a short amount of time and solved our problem without charging us anything.
I totally agree with @Holiday05 -- just admit you want the spendy crib and leave it at that. No need justify it as an investment for future children. Plenty of people have had multiple children sleep in cribs that cost 1/3 the price of the Ouef that have held up fine. We bought the Leskvik crib (no longer available) for my son who is now 2 and it is still in fine shape. We chose to upgrade the mattress because IMO, that's the important part of the crib.
@JUDIAU, it is the Ikea Gulliver that I've not heard such great things about. The board on the bottom of the crib (that the mattress rests on) is starting to bend/buckle. Has this not happened to yours?
Almost everything in our baby's room is from IKEA. Some of the pieces like the 'change table' and bookshelves are over 10 years old. All in great condition.
I have an IKEA TASSA crib. It's gone through 2 moves, 2 kids, converted several times from a crib with different levels to a toddler bed and back. It's as great as the day we bought it. I would HIGHLY recommend an IKEA crib. Sorry your friends had a bad experience but mine couldn't be better. And yes I have very active jumping children. We paid just over $100 for it.
I have an IKEA Poang chair as my nursery chair. Really comfortable for nursing. If you bought that Ektorp, buy an extra slip cover. I wash my covers all the bloody time. Crayons. Juice. Doesn't matter. It'll find a way on there.
And a corner computer desk similar to the TOVIK as my change table.
We also have RIBBA frames everywhere in the house. Love the frames, but yes the hanging part sucks. You need to tighten the wires really good before hanging or get an alternate hanging kit.
No problems with either Gulliver and we use heavy natural cotton and wool mattresses. We've had both the old design and the newly redesigned with no issues. But my husband did say that the newer version seeemed sturdier so perhaps your friends had the older model.
I have a gulliver and it has definitely not buckled or warped (and my daughter is big). I bought it based on the vast love for it expressed on this site.
will say that I also have an ikea dresser that is nice-looking, but I don't expect to hold up through moves. I spent all my $ on the chair :)
I love your choices so far (besides maybe the chair, it looks huge!) but I'm wondering if you are planning to incorporate anything vintage/retro/antique? So far it looks very new to me... I think layering in some older pieces (maybe with sentimental value) would be more interesting than just all new high/low stuff. The easiest way to be eco is to recycle.
But maybe this is your plan also…
Excited to see what you come up with next.
Landis, If you can afford it, of course get what you want, but if the point is to compare what is most worth investing in then I'm joining in the praise for the Gulliver. Ours has held up well. Perhaps your friends have the older model with the cheap-o board at the bottom. This was a specific item I checked for when I purchased it because I wanted it to be all solid wood. Luckily, the new models have solid wood slats that the mattress rests on and they are very sturdy. The more important component to invest in is an organic mattress in my opinion. Otherwise you will have to deal with chemical fire retardants and petroleum based foams. Best wishes!
It's all very cute stuff, but how in the world is buying all brand new furniture "eco friendly"?!? Because one of the pieces is low-VOC?
I disagree with the Ektorp comments. I'm a nanny and one of my work families has the Ektorp couches and chairs. They've held up for years in a high-traffic area and still look and feel good. They're also easy to clean, which is a huge bonus with kids. That purchase makes sense to me, particularly if it'll be used in a low-traffic area post-nursery.
I rarely comment but had to chime in on the love for the Gulliver (also, ours has a slatted bottom, not a board--could that be from a much older model??) We purchased it because it got *such* a high safety rating, which I felt was very important, and frankly becasue the design looked so clean and lovely. After more than two years, we're about to purchase another--but only because Kid #1 isn't ready to leave his before Kid #2 arrives! It's been one of our sturdiest, best investments. [*Note, we were also gifted with a high-end mattress that cost more than double the crib, from the grandparentss.]
We just set up a Gulliver as a toddler bed for our 7 month old who bed shares. (We have it pushed up against our bed like a co-sleeper). I lie down in it every night to nurse her to sleep and so far, so good. I figure if it can hold 150 pounds between the two of us, it's pretty darn sturdy. Also, I don't know you or the parenting style you might adopt, but our daughter has never once slept in a crib (even if there were nights or days that I wish she would). It is possible that you'll spend a large chunk of change on an item that may not see as much use as you think. That being said, there are things that make us happy when designing rooms for our children and who is to say what you should and should not do?
if green choices are important to you, and it seems like they are, then you're going to need to add another $400-500 to your budget for a mattress (naturepedic's $249 model seems to be the cheapest "green" mattress if you're buying new and it just goes up from there) along with what goes on the mattress - we may have overdone it since our twins were our first and we didn't really know what to buy, but we have an organic cotton mattress cover and a wool puddle pad on top of that, which both go under the sheets. the puddle pad is a miracle worker - dries super quick, regulates temperature, and protects the mattress pad from needing to be washed every time we have a pee leak over night. the mattress pad and puddle pad combined was another $125 or so. we got a discount and i think we still spent easily $400 on the mattress and bedding. so, we too got ikea cribs, not sure of the model, but they have wood slats and they are wonderful. holding up very well (including against a toddler who JUMPS!), nice looking, and meet european safety standards including for finishes and the standards over there are much more child and earth friendly than the u.s.
oh! and an organic changing pad mattress thingy, whatever that's called. there's another $50 or so, plus another $29 on an organic cotton cover.
Just have to chime in and say that we LOVE our Gulliver crib and chose it because of it's price and it's high safety rating (one of the only A ratings in the Baby Bargains book). It's been assembled, disassembled and re-assembled multiple times throughout moves in the 15 months that we've had it and it still looks as great as it did the day we put it together the first time. It *is* a solid wood crib, after-all.
I've never heard of anyone whose had a Gulliver that they didn't love, I suppose your friend got a lemon, Landis.
Oh, I also have to say that $199 for a changing tray?! I thought your mission was to find useful products designed for longevity? I guarantee you won't use that changing tray a fraction of how much you think that you will. Please do yourself a favor and return it. You **might** get some use out of it the first few months, but as soon as your baby becomes more mobile you will never use it again. Why not spend $20 bucks and get a nice changing pad that can move anywhere with you? At least if you never use that (we didn't), you won't be kicking yourself for wasting $200.
I guarantee you that there are many other experienced moms who will echo my sentiments.
I agree with most ppl here about the crib... do kids really sleep in cribs until they're like 3? o.O Huh... maybe that's why, but I would have assumed crib construction quality does not have to be comparable to a bed's, because the kid doesn't weigh that much and it's not like 2+ ppl will be having vigorous sex on it or anything.
I agree with the sentiments here - a good dresser is a great investment. The crib, not so necessary. I think a budget crib first, and a quality bed later is a better investment. You could've bought a great quality chair that would complement your Ektorp sofas later on.
@kelleyalee is right about the changing tray.
Love that @LandisCarey cites failing mattress support as a purported problem with the Gulliver, even though @Cicely'sMom says that the mattress support on the "high-quality" Oeuf broke.
Also, buying EVERYTHING new does not constitute eco-friendly, sorry.
It is insane to spend that much money on a dresser/ changing table. First of all, the pulls on that piece look like they could cause some serious dents in a toddler's head, and you really want to spend that amount for something your kid is shortly going to be banging on with a toy wooden hammer and coloring all over? It would be much wiser to just buy a quality vintage dresser from Craigslist, and add on one of the generic changing pads that just screw/ snap on the back of any dresser. By the time my kids were 8 months old, they were too wiggly to change on a table anyway, so you end up just changing them on the floor.
What people buy before they have kids is SO different from what you really need once you have them! Oh well, live and learn... Good luck.
I don't understand the logic behind splashing out on a crib. Sure, we spend a lot of time in our beds. But adults are comparatively heavy, plus our bones and joints need more support as we age.
For babies/toddlers? You don't need to spend anywhere near $700+ to get something safe and comfortable.
Glad I could help with the Moda dresser! I think your pieces look great, I also have the expedit, it is a great workhorse. I don't think you will regret any of your decisions, you have beautiful, timeless pieces. My two daughters were just jumping in my younger daughters crib (now a 4 year old piece of furniture that has also been used continuously through two children) this morning, wrestling with more stuffed animals than I knew could fit into a crib and still have room for two kids, so I think having a sturdy well made crib is never a bad decision. While it is true that we are not very good at predicting how we will use things until the children are actually here, I think furniture is an important investment. I would definitely scour craigslist and friend's hand me down's for the items you might use for a few months (boppy's and bumbo's and playmats and bouncy chairs....). But your first child's room is something pretty special. Congratulations!
Our gulliver is holding up fine to a 43lb 2 year old (he's in the 99th percentile for height and weight - most people peg him as a four year old).
He got mobile at about 9 months. After that, I had to move his changing pad to the floor because he was able to move enough that I was terrified he'd fall (even with the safety straps, never leaving the baby unattended, etc).
I'd skip both the expensive crib and the changing module and instead put the money in a college savings account or baby sitter fund.
Favorite source for well made "real organic" crib matresses: http://organicgrace.com/ntb_crib-mattresses
What is with all the Ektorp bashing? I have had Ektorp chairs in my living room for four years now and they have held up well, clean easy and new covers are affordable. I don't have have as many positive things to say about our similar furniture from PB.
We had 2 birch Gullivers for out twins (which we have now converted to toddler beds) and liked them so much we bought another for our new baby... We splurged on the chair and got one we could use in a non baby room later.
Yikes, I think the dresser cost more than our entire nursery which included a large credenza (craiglist and restored), a wall unit (trashed from foreclosed home and cleaned up), crib and changing table from target, and poang chair (ikea).
I replaced the glass with plastic for pictures near the crib (the plastic from some yard sale frames fit perfectly). . . and then used hooks and velcro.
However for smaller frames away from the crib, I used the velco things. And I think I put them on all four corners as paranoid first time mother. They really work great-- I have them all over the house.
You can see how I used them here:
(the crib is pulled away from the wall in real life!)
I have to disagree about the changing tray... I also have had a bit of bashing about getting/having the Oeuf changer from 'experienced' moms and almost didn't because of this but sooooo glad I did - my bubs (I've used it for twins) are now a year old and I still use it and love it... have never used the floor and in fact I find it much more difficult to change bub on the floor than have them sitting on the changer - AND it's great at not taking up more space
Are you familiar with the brand Baby Mod furniture? It's made all ecofriendly and non toxic and a fraction of the price of Oeuf - and designed very similarly. Walmart sells them. I researched a lot and found these are really really good quality and safe. They have different styles but here is a link to it on Walmart if you are interested. They are all made out of solid New Zealand pine. (NZ is great for eco friendly stuff)


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LAWRENCEVILLE -- It won't be quite as hot when the long-awaited HOT lanes open along Interstate 85.
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Construction to create signage and a fiber-optic network to produce the tolling system along the high-occupancy lanes between Chamblee-Tucker Road and Old Peachtree Road will be complete by the end of this month. But people won't have to pay to use the lanes until September, said Malika Wilkins of the State Road and Tollway Authority.
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Phil Krajec, a Lawrenceville man who has been using the HOV lane as he carpools to work in the Buckhead area, said he and his carpool partner have been talking about the change for months. But they haven't decided what to do and he has been disappointed. "I think the state has done a pretty poor job of educating people," Krajec said, asking questions about how carpoolers can get the free ride (they have to have a Peach Pass but can log into their account as a carpooler) and other questions.
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Commuters will have an extra month or so to get answers, many of which can be found at www.peachpass.com. The tollway authority is giving away the first 300,000 Peach Passes for free, although commuters must fork over a $20 fee, which will be used to pre-pay tolls.
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