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By the way, custom baby fashion courtesy of HB, via: http://diynamite.com/diy-namite-custom-shop/
And to pre-empt the question, that amount is the winnings with CA income tax deducted.
Posted by: Andrea | April 14, 2008 at 02:36 PM
Holy Crap! Jeopardy sent you a baby too??
Congratulations!
Posted by: DB8 MissingLink | April 14, 2008 at 03:32 PM
you may want to blur out your address on the check.
Posted by: | April 14, 2008 at 03:57 PM
This! is a good idea. We'll get on that.
Posted by: Dan | April 14, 2008 at 04:55 PM
Low-tech, but done.
Posted by: Andrea | April 14, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Original photo still showing up when viewed through bloglines feed viewer. Congrats, that must have been one wopping tax bill.
Posted by: L.J.T. | April 14, 2008 at 05:18 PM
awwwwwww. she is seriously so cute in the shirt! congrats on the check coming ;P
Posted by: hb | April 14, 2008 at 07:17 PM
That is a lot of numbers! Go Dan.
(And you'll be getting another one of those huge checks within the next year or so, right? Do you actually have a date for appearing on the show?)
Posted by: CM | April 14, 2008 at 10:05 PM
It's somewhere between January 8th and January 11th of 2009; they haven't given us specific dates, other than that it'll happen at the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. I'm told that the Tournament of Champions checks get sent out quite quickly (possibly before the show airs), so we won't go through all this again even if I win.
Posted by: Dan | April 14, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Wooo!!! That's gotta be a load off!
Posted by: Alan | April 14, 2008 at 10:25 PM
Is all this just too hum drum for Becca? Looks like she's asleep!
Posted by: Directora | April 14, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Yippee!! Congratulations. :)
Posted by: PT-LawMom | April 15, 2008 at 08:55 AM
congrats
Posted by: airassault101 | April 15, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Were you afraid to touch it? I would've been. I'm not sure if it's just me, but holding large sums of money just feels terribly unnatural to me...even if it's in the form of a check or money order.
Posted by: shea | April 15, 2008 at 03:34 PM
Yes! I kept thinking if I blinked it would change to what it must really say, which was $158.86. We usually throw the mail on the kitchen table but I was scared to put it in the pile so it kind of lay in the middle of the living room by itself until it was time to take it to the bank.
Posted by: Andrea | April 15, 2008 at 05:16 PM
Trebek didn't even sign it? Lame.
Posted by: Harms | April 15, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Oh, what a lovely day. Enjoy!
And reading the next post, you're both so sensible and wise. Pay off loans, buy a house--yes.
Posted by: Celia | April 15, 2008 at 11:28 PM
Damn! Is it really going to be that much in taxes, even with having Becca. I don't mind paying taxes either but it's a little mind-boggling when it is owed in such a large chunk. Love, Tia
Posted by: | April 17, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Our trusty tax professional will be working hard on this issue :)
Posted by: Andrea | April 17, 2008 at 08:15 AM
Woo hoo! Make sure you keep a copy of the check and put it in a frame. :) I did.
Posted by: Beanie | April 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Yay! How exciting for all three of you (and the future babies Pawson/Saenz)!
Posted by: LL | April 18, 2008 at 07:42 PM
"so it kind of lay in the middle of the living room by itself until it was time to take it to the bank."
Hahaha, oh that is too funny, but that's probably because it sounds like the very same thing I would do. Slightly irrational but I wouldn't be able to help it. In fact, I might've built a sofa cushion fort around it. You know, just in case.
Posted by: shea | April 22, 2008 at 04:40 PM