{"id":9777,"date":"2024-01-01T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=9777"},"modified":"2024-01-01T10:59:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T17:59:08","slug":"happy-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2024\/01\/01\/happy-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240101-happy-new-year.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"989\" height=\"435\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240101-happy-new-year.jpg 989w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240101-happy-new-year-300x132.jpg 300w, http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20240101-happy-new-year-768x338.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ringing in the new and ringing out the old. So long 2023.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to be in good health. We both got annual eye exams in October and new eyeglasses were issued. Our prescriptions haven&#8217;t changed in the last several years but we both needed new eyewear since the old ones were scratched and getting worn out. I have my usual visits with the specialists and there was nothing to worry about save for a few skin lesions (some were cancer) which the dermatologist removed.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few weeks, we did a first cut at the 2023 taxes and no surprises. It looks like we\u2019ll be getting a small refund. We also calculated the 2024 Required Minimum distribution for the IRA, and it will increase a bit since the IRA fund did better these last few months. Damsel also switched her Social Security on for the coming year and we will be getting a modest increase in benefits which is completely offset by the current ruination of the Nation&#8217;s economy. <\/p>\n<p>Over the last several years, we have seen relentless attacks on our God-given rights as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. We continue to monitor our favorite You-Tube&reg; Pro-2A channels and the Pro-2A blogs to stay informed about the state of gun-grabbers efforts.<\/p>\n<p>So that\u2019s it for our New Year\u2019s message. We\u2019re wishing you good health and providence from The Almighty in the coming year. God Bless!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ringing in the new and ringing out the old. So long 2023. We continue to be in good health. We both got annual eye exams in&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,20,83,19,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holidays","category-money","category-notions","category-retirement","category-second-amendment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9779,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9777\/revisions\/9779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}