and now I can relax

This has been me for pretty much the last week.  I always think I've almost got all the paperwork done but, as the tax appointment gets closer, it seems like the tasks just keep multiplying.  When I hit total this year, many of the entries on the spreadsheet duplicated themselves.   I hit "undo" with the Pollyanna hopes that they would unduplicate but no such luck.   I spent hours line deleting expenses....14 pages of them...hope I caught them all.

But now all the returns are done and I'm happy to report that all the family members are receiving money back.  We consider it a success as long as we don't have to write a check.

Good news....our return is larger than last year's.   Bad news...our income was half of last year's.    No wonder it's been hard to make the budget work.

hey! you finally filed your tax returns....what are you going to do now?     "I'm going to Disneyland!!!!"

see you later!

finally friday 18 -- the one with spring stuff

It's here!  planting time - lots of lilies this year and veggies galore!  love spring time!

I cheated this year and bought a couple large plants....fresh tomatoes in less than a month!

so done with store bought...ugh....  

Spent the morning weeding and prepping the beds.  I would have planted but my arms and back protested.

Tomorrow is suppose to be a glorious day in the southland, so I'll finish then.

Next week, I have to finish up the tax stuff...this is the time of year when I don't like being self-employed.  So many things to keep track of.

family update:  boy1 just got accepted for an internship at a large church in Florida.  he'll be working with the worship team.   girl1 is busy with wedding stuff and has decided to improve her cooking skills.  she's in charge of one dinner a week.   boy2 is loving Alaska....a week on the job and he's already been given a raise.   hubby1 is spending the weekend hooping for lobsters.  It's the last weekend of the season and our supply is very low. 

That's about it....family is coming in on Monday and want us to join them at Disneyland.  It's rude to say "no" to family, so we'll probably have to force ourselves to go.   =D

have a wonderful weekend!!!!