cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Generated PDF statements for all HTIRE customers and mailed to responsive payables departments
Received word from CRMLY that a prior payment check was mailed on 03/25/26 which we have never seen; followed up with primary payables rep at CRMLY explaining the situation around the missing check and also filling them in that we did indeed receive the latest payment check today (same day).
Assisted TOMMY with logging into his brokerage to view various new instruments which he has recently implemented
Showed TOMMY where his latest brokerage instrument documentation was filed in his personal filing cabinet for his subsequent review
Received notice of JOEL spare computer part having sold on EBAY; packaged item in question, printed eBay shipping label and delivered item for shipping to USPS office obtaining receipt of delivery and tracking information
JOEL away from home office and to friends in SW Houston to stay for evening
Received several AMZ orders related to HTIRE office supplies; informed TOMMY of the item he had requested (12 pack sharpies) and shelved the remaining items
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
MON 05/04/26: ACTIVITY LOG
SUN 05/03/26: ACTIVITY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Received current statement from NTW for HTIRE and noted a -$107 balance
FRI 05/01/26: ACTIVITY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Emailed thank you letter to Greg C re: TOMMY trust referral
Several emai exchanges with TOMMY trust ATTY regarding possible tweaks to the ongoing trust structure already in motion
Friday, May 1, 2026
THUR 04/30/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Did cursory research into FORD+Bergner
Revisited minutes from the previous days meeting with TOMMY trust ATTY, considering special handling of liquid assets at TOD and how to disperse among siblings. Main qualifier being the single sibling who has been “in the wind” for 30 years and whether the wiser course would be to have all four siblings financial assets immediately funneled into a trust with explicit conditions set around the single, life long addict sibling in regards to how said sibling can access funds at any given time and for any given purpose.
Created google contacts on JOEL/TOMMY google contacts for the two primary ATTY’s working on his TRUST. Also created contacts in JOEL/TOMMY contacts for the ATTY’s respective assistants so that TOMMY can find them easily in his phone contacts moving forward
Received Kingdom storage invoice
Received JOEL/HTIRE workstation replacement cable which had failed; treated contacts and routed new cable connections
Follow up with TOMMY trust ATTY thanking them for time and adding a few procedural notes that TOMMY is still considering among the two primary options put forth at the discovery meeting
Thursday, April 30, 2026
WED 04/29/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
TOMMY verbal request for DYN PRDCT invoice for pricing information; scanned and messaged requested invoice to TOMMY for pricing
Printed all previously forwarded documents that were sent to TOMMY trust ATTY for hard copy reference if necessary during trust ATTY meeting
Created folders for each DEED/WILL document sent to TRUST ATTY
2 hour meeting with TOMMY trust ATTY at ATTY office downtown; took notes recorded approved audio of entire meeting
TUE 04/28/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Received two forwarded McGee invoices via JADA; sent confirmation of receiving to JADA and printed invoices for paying in Quickbooks
Email conversation with TOMMY trust attorney confirming Wednesday 2:30 pm discovery meeting at ATTY office downtown houston
Scanned and sent two new PDF invoices to CLYLE at TGS (new work w/ PO applied)
Received TOMMY, mother’s Last Will/Testament from ACCT who purchased a copy from the Harris County Clerks office. Sent PDF copies of document to trust attorney in advance of TOMMY wed 2:30pm meeting with ATTY.
MON 04/27/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
At shop from 9am to 1030am covering for TOMMY out on appointment
Emailed single new work invoice to CLYLE at TGS
Emailed TOMMY ACCT re: search for any existing legal estate work TOMMY has done in past
Hand off of new TOMMY safe deposit box keys from TOMMY to JOEL at shop with TOMMY request to “leave on his desk.”
Phone call from TOMMY saying he needed more of the yellow sticky notes; left three stacks of notes out on his desk along with dated/signed note alongside his new safe deposit box key
Verbal confirm with TOMMY that attorney meeting for wednesday is on AFAIK
WED 04/22/26
At JOEL office by 930am
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Received email from Jacintoport for latest statement. Generated pdf statement and sent to accounts payable department at Jacintoport
Photographed and listed JOEL spare laptop motherboard for sale on eBay
Tue 04/21/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Receieved CHAPARRL payment from CORPAY and paid two open invoices.
Logged on to HTIRE SQUARE CC portal. Paid two CHAPARRL invoices and filed payment receipt on Htire cloud server; printed hard copy for TOMMY review/shred
Verbal conv with TOMMY re: incoming new Discover card and THURS meeting with attorney
Discovered missing JOEL DL and applied for replacement via TX.GOV
Emailed J ALT w/ FiDELITY requesting status of TOMMY recent positions investment and whether that instrument would eventually be visible form his main FIDELITY portal page along side other positions?
MON 04/20/26
JOEL still with friend in Bay city. Handled small morning items via laptop and set up at friends house.
Received TOMMY CapONE SPARK card statement
Logged on to SPARK CAPONE and paid outstanding balance via HTIRE WF CHKIHNG.
Back at JOEL office for brief work and document pickup
Returned to BJ’s place by 4pm
FRI 04/16/26
Early commute from B’s to TOMMY’s to catch up on any new/waiting QB work.
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Received Mar sales tax summary from HTIRE ACCT; file digital PDF on cloud server
JOEL travel back to B’s to gather gear in advance of staying in Bay City/Matagorda through Monday morning
In Bay City by 6pm
THUR 04/16/26
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposit
Received Mar sales tax summary from HTIRE ACCT; file digital PDF on cloud server
Received payment check from GRTWSTRN; inputted as paid in Quickbooks and saved digital PDF of check to HTIRE cloud server. Filed hard copy of payment check and invoice in TOMMY office file cabinet.
Received replacent/warranty keyboard for JOEL office and several other JOEL personal bath items via AMZ shipment
Thursday, April 16, 2026
WED 04/15/26: ACTIVITY LOG
Received confirmation email from E.S. at CAP BANK that amended TOMMY stock certificates woud be going in mail today; noted tracking number for monitoring shipmment
Received email from Intuit about broken bank connection; has happened many times in past month; forwarded to ACCT for clarification if there was/is something we could do on our end to stop the constant break/fix routine of past two months
Per ACCT email request, sent TOMMY CORP FIDELITY statements for MAR/FEB 2026 to ACCT
At JOEL BAY CITY friends house and surfing for entire day; back in Houston by 7pm to get new work from JOEL personal residence and otherwise discuss any other personal/professional new matters with TOMMY while spending evening
TUE 04/14/26: ACTIVITY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposits
Emailed new work invoices to CLYLE at TGS
Per TOMMY request, forwarded an email from his personal inbox to his ACCT
Weed eat, cut and blow off front back yards
Forwarded TOMMY VISTA BLANCO documents to ACCT
Email exchange with PAULA at SASOL re: request for replacing rear lawnmower tire; called TOMMY and left PAULA phone number for him to follow up
Received payment/ACH information fo EXTFAB outstanding HTIRE invoice; printed payment information and marked for payment in Quickbooks
MON 04/13/26: ACTIVITY LOG
cleaned bath and vacuumed, mopped housewide floors
Inputted all new Quickbooks invoices/payments/bills/checks/deposits
Logged on to GEXA household account and paid current balance due; noted that this is first month (April) that we have exceeded the 1000kwh mark which is necessary to obtaining $100 credit towards each months bill. I specifically worked over the previous month to ensure we were over 1000kwh and reported usage for past month is at 1130kwh, thus invoking the credit that was part of the package appeal when first signing up. Further research against previous months balances paid and exactly how the > 1000kwh credit assisted with this most recent bill
TOMMY voice call requesting pricing information for two different clients
Forwarded requested pricing information to TOMMY
Did JOEL personal tax return for year 2025
Forward two TOMMY/HTIRE tax related documents as PDF attachments to TOMMY/HTIRE ACCT
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- Joel Harris
- Houston, Texas, United States
- This blog is a supplementary text to my main website at: http://www.jbhfile.com. The purpose of this blog is to form a semi daily dialogue related to personal circumstances as outlined in jbhFILE.com. have fun.