Only 10 more days to go. I am so tired...did I mention cranky? I am stating to the reading public that if I ever have a tax season like the one I'm almost going to survive, its gonna get ugly.
I am also stating to anyone who knows me or may be related to me that I will be unavailable next January through April for any event. Doesn't matter what it is...I will be unavailable. Fair warning.
That being said, I would like to write something witty, but the wit is gone. I hope to recover after 4/15/09 but it will take time. Its tough to be a smart alect who's lost her smarts. I've discovered that age affects stamina. In my mind, I keep thinking I should be doing and going as I've always done. There seems to be a disconnect and I don't like it. Short of getting huffy, however, there doesn't seem to be much I can do about it. Huffy can be enjoyable for a period of time, but it usually fades...takes too much energy to maintain it....going round robin again to the energy and stamina issue.
I thought about playing the glad game from Pollyana, but just not feelin' it right now....eventually will recover. Its time for a vacation, but I don't see one until Memorial day...can't wait.
Hope you all have a good week and please think kind thoughts about your friendly (?) tax professional.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Updates...
Its been awhile since I had time to write anything. A lot of events have taken place and I am so overloaded, I can't seem to keep up. If you were making a life plan, you would not want to copycat mine. Just trust me on that.
Where to start....where to start....GOOD news first: Angie and Doug had Braelyn Baili Gunter on 2/23/09 and she is just beautiful. Now I know I'm the Grandma and I'm supposed to say that, but this time it happens to be true. I can't believe I have turned into a marshmallow softie where my grandchildren are concerned. ( I like that term, grandchildren!) Anyway this new phase of my life is welcome and I am so excited to watch Madi and Braelyn grow! We had some other family problems hit on the same day Braelyn was born that scared the crap out of me, but the situation is much improved and I am pleased about that. Additional good new was Allyson's birthday on the 13th...If I had know I was going to be working a bazillion hours every tax season, I would have had Allyson at a different time during the year...oh well, Che sera, sera. So with missing a few days of dedicated tax work, I really got behind and have been trying to meet the corporate tax deadline which was today..3/16/09. WHEW! I completed the returns...they were pretty involved this year and I think I can actually breathe now...until the next round which has already hit. This is in addition to my regular full time job. Lastly, Doug Sr. did have his second total knee replacement on 3/11/09 and came home from the hospital yesterday. I find I have run out of gas and am now sick. Well, as they say, "When it rains, it pours". I thought last tax season with a wedding was a little over the top for me...this year makes last year look like a walk in the park. One must remember the saying, "That which does not kill you makes you stronger". The jury is out on this one.
I've learned that when times are tough, its good to count your blessings. I do have blessings in my life, so I'm going to count them:
My family...all three Kazillion of them....but especially my immediate family...Doug Sr, Allyson, Doug Jr, Angie, Madi and Braelyn and Jeff and Morgan.
My membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
My friends...especially Linda, Janet and Barb
My health...except for the cold I currently have.
A job
My church calling...it keeps me humble.
Where I landed....oh how do people survive who don't live in the NW? That's how I know God loves me...he gave me Oregon and Washington. I must have done something right in the pre-existence.
The gym....If you had told me six months ago I would think the gym was a blessing I would have called you a crazy bad liar.
CHOCOLATE...in any form.
Sense of humor...sometimes you just have to laugh and then you can deal with all the crap.
Disneyland...don't need to say anymore. Wish I was there.
52" TV...lets face it ...as you age, the eyesight goes so a bigger tube keeps you in the loop..
Books
Well, that's all I have time for tonight. I just remind myself that we all have ups and downs in our lives..it helps refine us from lumps of coal to diamonds. I wonder if you ever get to know when you're a diamond or if you croak before you find out? Fortunately, we don't all have trials at the same time or no one would ever get a meal from the Relief Society! Have a good week everyone! We're doing okay ...just have a gripe a little sometimes.
Elaine
Where to start....where to start....GOOD news first: Angie and Doug had Braelyn Baili Gunter on 2/23/09 and she is just beautiful. Now I know I'm the Grandma and I'm supposed to say that, but this time it happens to be true. I can't believe I have turned into a marshmallow softie where my grandchildren are concerned. ( I like that term, grandchildren!) Anyway this new phase of my life is welcome and I am so excited to watch Madi and Braelyn grow! We had some other family problems hit on the same day Braelyn was born that scared the crap out of me, but the situation is much improved and I am pleased about that. Additional good new was Allyson's birthday on the 13th...If I had know I was going to be working a bazillion hours every tax season, I would have had Allyson at a different time during the year...oh well, Che sera, sera. So with missing a few days of dedicated tax work, I really got behind and have been trying to meet the corporate tax deadline which was today..3/16/09. WHEW! I completed the returns...they were pretty involved this year and I think I can actually breathe now...until the next round which has already hit. This is in addition to my regular full time job. Lastly, Doug Sr. did have his second total knee replacement on 3/11/09 and came home from the hospital yesterday. I find I have run out of gas and am now sick. Well, as they say, "When it rains, it pours". I thought last tax season with a wedding was a little over the top for me...this year makes last year look like a walk in the park. One must remember the saying, "That which does not kill you makes you stronger". The jury is out on this one.
I've learned that when times are tough, its good to count your blessings. I do have blessings in my life, so I'm going to count them:
My family...all three Kazillion of them....but especially my immediate family...Doug Sr, Allyson, Doug Jr, Angie, Madi and Braelyn and Jeff and Morgan.
My membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
My friends...especially Linda, Janet and Barb
My health...except for the cold I currently have.
A job
My church calling...it keeps me humble.
Where I landed....oh how do people survive who don't live in the NW? That's how I know God loves me...he gave me Oregon and Washington. I must have done something right in the pre-existence.
The gym....If you had told me six months ago I would think the gym was a blessing I would have called you a crazy bad liar.
CHOCOLATE...in any form.
Sense of humor...sometimes you just have to laugh and then you can deal with all the crap.
Disneyland...don't need to say anymore. Wish I was there.
52" TV...lets face it ...as you age, the eyesight goes so a bigger tube keeps you in the loop..
Books
Well, that's all I have time for tonight. I just remind myself that we all have ups and downs in our lives..it helps refine us from lumps of coal to diamonds. I wonder if you ever get to know when you're a diamond or if you croak before you find out? Fortunately, we don't all have trials at the same time or no one would ever get a meal from the Relief Society! Have a good week everyone! We're doing okay ...just have a gripe a little sometimes.
Elaine
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Big events are just around the corner....
This is the time of year that I go into survival mode. This is not a physical survival, but time and emotional. I do it to myself so I ask for no sympathy (will accept it though, if freely offered!) I enjoy preparing tax returns, but it has become more difficult now that I am working full time. That's one down side of the season. The other down side is I swear every year there are all these events that I am compelled to attend....PEOPLE...quit having events during tax season...try to be considerate of your tax professional!! Everything always seems to hit on Saturdays and just be aware that I can't give up a lot of Saturdays from January through April...so you may or may not see me. If I don't attend, you can at least take comfort that I'm feeling guilty...a true Mormon state of being.
The upside is that time goes by really fast and it will be spring before I know it. That part I like....and a little extra cash never hurts.
Now for the really BIG upside.....Angie and Doug will be having a new baby girl on February 23'rd..that's this Monday. Doug and I are so excited and it seems like we've been waiting forever for this baby to arrive. I'm sure Doug and Angie feel like they've been waiting longer! Poor Madi doesn't really know what is about to hit, but I think she'll do great and be a wonderful big sister...after she gets over the shock.
That's all I can write for now. I think my sense of humor also goes on hiatus during this time of year...Hopefully it will resurface in April after I have survived tax season and Doug Sr's surgery...I am trying not to think about that...again, another major event during tax season. I am sending out notice to the universe that next year I will be unavailable for weddings, baptisms, funerals (except mine), surgeries, etc. etc. There's a reason my blog is "Old Bags Rule"....I am old and I now have a rule.
I end my ramblings by sending warm fuzzies and base 10 numbers to all who read this.
Elaine
The upside is that time goes by really fast and it will be spring before I know it. That part I like....and a little extra cash never hurts.
Now for the really BIG upside.....Angie and Doug will be having a new baby girl on February 23'rd..that's this Monday. Doug and I are so excited and it seems like we've been waiting forever for this baby to arrive. I'm sure Doug and Angie feel like they've been waiting longer! Poor Madi doesn't really know what is about to hit, but I think she'll do great and be a wonderful big sister...after she gets over the shock.
That's all I can write for now. I think my sense of humor also goes on hiatus during this time of year...Hopefully it will resurface in April after I have survived tax season and Doug Sr's surgery...I am trying not to think about that...again, another major event during tax season. I am sending out notice to the universe that next year I will be unavailable for weddings, baptisms, funerals (except mine), surgeries, etc. etc. There's a reason my blog is "Old Bags Rule"....I am old and I now have a rule.
I end my ramblings by sending warm fuzzies and base 10 numbers to all who read this.
Elaine
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
What happened to "Ax-Men?"
I was sitting here waiting for my sister to bring me homemade cookies (haven't seen them yet) when the thought struck me....what happened to the "Ax-Men"? Perhaps when I looked at Doug and his beard it reminded me of that show. Anyway, just wondered when or if it will be on again. Gotta love those Oregon loggers! I just looked it up online and am relieved to find there will be a new season beginning in March. Hooray! Also FYI for those who enjoy the show...they have a facebook page. I mean if I didn't have Ice-Road Truckers (whiners) and Ax-Men what would my life be like? I wouldn't know I had a real life if it wasn't for reality shows.
Oh wait a minute....I don't have a life.
Oh wait a minute....I don't have a life.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Nothing much new....
Morgan tells me I need to update my blog more often. I would if more interesting things happened to me.....but they don't, especially at this time of year.
Here is my life in January - work and taxes...that's almost as bad as death and taxes, but I don't want to experience that just yet. This year I am trying to figure out how I'm going to fit in workouts at the gym besides the work and taxes...haven't ever tried that before. Well, where there's a will, there's a way. I'll have to see what I can do because I do not want to lose all the buffness I have acquired these past 5 months. I know many of you actually don't recognize me, but when I see you, I'll let you know its me. I kind of like travelling incognito! Its the next best thing to an invisibility cloak.
Also at this time of year while I am living the mole life ( or in espanol, that's pronounced "mo-lay") time goes by pretty fast. I don't know if I like that because then I seem to age faster. I mean really, you just can't win! Now, though, I can't say negative things because I'm trying to do positive affirmations. Here are some of my latest affirmations...if you don't know what an affirmation is, read "You can heal your life" by Louise Hay.
Lets see...some good ones are:
--Even though I don't like people in general, I choose to think positive thoughts about them.
--I choose to believe that sitting in a recliner watching tv will assist in my sojourn to lose weight.
--Expressing gratitude daily will assist me in recognizing my good fortune in being married to Doug (wolf hat and all)
--I am willing to accept that good things will come to me.
--I am open to the possibility of achieving spiritual nirvana.
--I am willing to let my desire for chocolate cake go. (Sorry, that's a lie!)
OK. Hope you didn't fall for those affirmations. I do have some, but they are so ridiculous that I wouldn't ever post the details. If I ever find that they work, I'll let you know.
Mostly, I hope all my loved ones know that I am hard at work in my accounting cave, making progress on bank reconciliations, journal entries and printing tax organizers. I just survived sitting through an all day tax seminar last Saturday and let me tell you...that's an achievement! In my mind I do not have a boring life, but from the outside looking in....you might disagree with me. It is my wit and humor that sustain me in these trying times...that and the promise of a vacation after tax season is over. I also dream of raising my rates...that cheers me up on a good day.
Well to my few and loyal blog followers, I sign off now and will post again when I have something interesting to say.
Here is my life in January - work and taxes...that's almost as bad as death and taxes, but I don't want to experience that just yet. This year I am trying to figure out how I'm going to fit in workouts at the gym besides the work and taxes...haven't ever tried that before. Well, where there's a will, there's a way. I'll have to see what I can do because I do not want to lose all the buffness I have acquired these past 5 months. I know many of you actually don't recognize me, but when I see you, I'll let you know its me. I kind of like travelling incognito! Its the next best thing to an invisibility cloak.
Also at this time of year while I am living the mole life ( or in espanol, that's pronounced "mo-lay") time goes by pretty fast. I don't know if I like that because then I seem to age faster. I mean really, you just can't win! Now, though, I can't say negative things because I'm trying to do positive affirmations. Here are some of my latest affirmations...if you don't know what an affirmation is, read "You can heal your life" by Louise Hay.
Lets see...some good ones are:
--Even though I don't like people in general, I choose to think positive thoughts about them.
--I choose to believe that sitting in a recliner watching tv will assist in my sojourn to lose weight.
--Expressing gratitude daily will assist me in recognizing my good fortune in being married to Doug (wolf hat and all)
--I am willing to accept that good things will come to me.
--I am open to the possibility of achieving spiritual nirvana.
--I am willing to let my desire for chocolate cake go. (Sorry, that's a lie!)
OK. Hope you didn't fall for those affirmations. I do have some, but they are so ridiculous that I wouldn't ever post the details. If I ever find that they work, I'll let you know.
Mostly, I hope all my loved ones know that I am hard at work in my accounting cave, making progress on bank reconciliations, journal entries and printing tax organizers. I just survived sitting through an all day tax seminar last Saturday and let me tell you...that's an achievement! In my mind I do not have a boring life, but from the outside looking in....you might disagree with me. It is my wit and humor that sustain me in these trying times...that and the promise of a vacation after tax season is over. I also dream of raising my rates...that cheers me up on a good day.
Well to my few and loyal blog followers, I sign off now and will post again when I have something interesting to say.
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