Yes, I am working hard. I'm not at all sure I'm working hard on the right things, but working hard counts for something, doesn't it?
I now have the previews for the my-all-time-favorite colors kit done. I still have to do alphas, preview them and do details. I started doing the preview for the glitters for next week's kit and then it was time to run out the door......
I have been working on tax stuff. My 2011 started with the death of my husband who insisted on keeping the books for this household. Needless to say, I was in no shape to keep track of that sort of thing for months and months into the year. However, I always thought he complicated things and I thought he classified things terribly and we usually had an exchange of words when I started asking him about his numbers as I was trying to prepare out tax return. So, I decided for 2011's taxes, I am doing an old fashioned spreadsheet of whatever is relevant. I am not going to worry about how many times I went to 7-11 for cigarettes. If it's deductible, I'll put it on my spreadsheet and classify it as it SHOULD be classified. And, I'll reconcile out all the deposits as to source and I'll be done with it. So, I'm working on April at the moment.
I also need to work on my daughter's return. She handed me a fistful of papers today and told me she wants her refund as quickly as possible. However, I'm sure I don't have several important pieces of information so I'll have to get those before the return can be finished.
I did my babysitting thing and got out of there almost on time. I was so grateful for that because I had several stops to make on the way home. First, I stopped at the charity drop off and got rid of all the stuff I've been toting out to the van. The man was nice enough to empty my small boxes into a big bin and return the small boxes to me, at my request. I much prefer carrying those small boxes to the big ones I have lying around by the dozens, particularly when they are loaded with books!!! Then I finally got to the bank and so, tonight, I can get really brave and actually look at my bank balance. I've got to tell you, I would have been really scratching my head, trying to figure out what bills I could possibly pay if I hadn't had that extra money to deposit.
Between Joe and I, we truly had a laughable amount in our IRAs. The word "retirement" just really didn't belong in our vocabularies. In fact, Joe's idea of his retirement was that he'd go down to driving just 3 or 4 shifts a week instead of 5 or 6, our home "economy" buttressed by early retirement Social Security. Of course, that never happened........ But, Thank God for what we had in those IRAs. It is what carried us through 2009 and 2010 and me through 2011 and will certainly help with 2012. God's gonna have to find another source to take me through the rest of 2012 and whatever comes after that.
I've also carried several buckets of dog food in from the van and some trash to the outside bin. I had to quit that nonsense because it got dark outside. I'm also pulling away from the desk stuff every now and then to work around here. I finally have the second shelf of the fridge cleaned. I just need to stuff what's left of what came out of there back in and I can start on the last shelf. I don't think I need to do the little shelves on the door as those were well scrubbed last time I did this and the stuff has barely been disturbed, if at all, since then.
I do have one truly remarkable thing in my purse--a freshly laid egg. My daughter--you know the one with three kids and three jobs? My daughter is keeping some chickens for a friend--like she really needed another responsibility????? They are just starting to lay eggs so my oldest DGS went out and checked the coop right before I left her house and found one egg. And it was given to me!!! Sometime later this evening, I'm going to fry myself a FRESH egg! How's that for a deal?????? And I'm not messing around either--I'm frying it in butter! As far as I know, I've only had fresh eggs one other time in my life. Years ago, I spent a weekend with a friend and her husband in Fresno and they had chickens and ripe tomatoes on the vine. It was a gourmet weekend, let me tell you! I even ate warm tomatoes while standing in the middle of the garden!
Alright, I might be back with a progress report and then again, I might not. Depends on how much of a roll I get on with Jen's return and my tax stuff.
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