I can't believe it! It worked!
Flashback to December 2008.
SETTING: Parent's house in Oklahoma for Christmas.
TEMPERATURE: 75 degrees
MY ATTIRE: Winter clothing.
WHY?: It's December.
MY MOOD: Irritable
WHY?: I'm hot!
Flashback to January 22, 2009.
SETTING: My house in Colorado.
TEMPERATURE: 65 degrees
MY ATTIRE: Winter clothing.
WHY?: It's January.
MY MOOD: Irritable
WHY?: I want snow!
Flashback to Groundhog Day (February) 2009.
SETTING: In car on the way to work.
TEMPERATURE: 53 degrees
MY ATTIRE: Winter clothing.
WHY? It's February.
MY MOOD: Looking up
WHY? Phil saw his shadow.
Flashback to March 2, 2009.
SETTING: At work.
TEMPERATURE: 76 degrees
MY ATTIRE: Winter clothing
WHY? No spring clothing.
MY MOOD: You guessed it.
WHY? Need I say more.
Flashback the past two weeks.
SETTING: Work, home, church, in car, etc.
TEMPERATURE: I've quit checking.
MY ATTIRE: Winter/Spring clothing
WHY? "If I buy spring clothes, maybe I'll embrace spring rather than dreaming about snow."
MY MOOD: Hopeful.
WHY? I have a plan.
WHAT? A Snow Dance. Who knows, the rain dance worked for the Natives.
Today.
SETTING: Home
TEMPERATURE: 15 degrees
MY ATTIRE: fuzzy sweater, sweats, fuzzy socks
WHY? It's snowing!!!!!!!!!
MY MOOD: NEVER BETTER!!!!
WHY? SNOW DAY!!!!
I feel so good, I might even show you the Snow Dance if you ask!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Really?!?!
I pick up the vibrating cell phone on my desk and see that it's Troy.
Me: Hi!
Troy: (in sad voice) Hello. Guess what.
Me: (in an equally sad, but worried voice) What?
Troy: (after a short pause) I'm getting another call. I'll have to call you back. Love you, bye.
Me: (holding the phone in front of me looking at the blank screen) Really?!?!
Am I a patient woman or what?
Me: Hi!
Troy: (in sad voice) Hello. Guess what.
Me: (in an equally sad, but worried voice) What?
Troy: (after a short pause) I'm getting another call. I'll have to call you back. Love you, bye.
Me: (holding the phone in front of me looking at the blank screen) Really?!?!
Am I a patient woman or what?
Friday, February 27, 2009
I Love Tax Season!!!!
I'm not being sarcastic.
Tax season means I put all of our records together, take them to our local tax preparer, and wait with baited breath to see how much we are going to be able to spend on "fun stuff".
I know, I know. We should not use the IRS as our savings account. We should be putting our money into other more profitable areas throughout the year so that it can earn interest and work for us. The IRS gets to use our money all year long and then give us back a portion of what it took from us throughout the year.
I know this stuff.
But let me just say, the money I have "working for me" right now is suffering quite a blow in the work ethic department. In fact, it seems to be on a diet right now. It just keeps wasting away.
This being said, I love tax season.
Troy decided last spring to move our office from the basement/dungeon to one of the guest rooms upstairs. I was more than happy to follow this plan because it meant a chance to decorate with his cooperation. I bought paint the same green as the summer aspen leaves outside the new office window. We painted in August 2008. And there it sat. A big green room full of mismatched Target/IKEA furniture. Until tax season!!!!!
We used our much loved tax return to buy office furniture. Not just any office furniture but a nice golden oak wall unit with a dual desk that Troy and I share and a bookcase and file cabinet against the other wall.
Troy loves maps and has several framed. These maps plus the globe I bought him for Christmas will be the decor. It looks very rich. Not in a money way, but in a deep, solid kind of way. As soon as we finish the final touches of decor, I'll post pics.
I love Tax Season!!!!!
Tax season means I put all of our records together, take them to our local tax preparer, and wait with baited breath to see how much we are going to be able to spend on "fun stuff".
I know, I know. We should not use the IRS as our savings account. We should be putting our money into other more profitable areas throughout the year so that it can earn interest and work for us. The IRS gets to use our money all year long and then give us back a portion of what it took from us throughout the year.
I know this stuff.
But let me just say, the money I have "working for me" right now is suffering quite a blow in the work ethic department. In fact, it seems to be on a diet right now. It just keeps wasting away.
This being said, I love tax season.
Troy decided last spring to move our office from the basement/dungeon to one of the guest rooms upstairs. I was more than happy to follow this plan because it meant a chance to decorate with his cooperation. I bought paint the same green as the summer aspen leaves outside the new office window. We painted in August 2008. And there it sat. A big green room full of mismatched Target/IKEA furniture. Until tax season!!!!!
We used our much loved tax return to buy office furniture. Not just any office furniture but a nice golden oak wall unit with a dual desk that Troy and I share and a bookcase and file cabinet against the other wall.
Troy loves maps and has several framed. These maps plus the globe I bought him for Christmas will be the decor. It looks very rich. Not in a money way, but in a deep, solid kind of way. As soon as we finish the final touches of decor, I'll post pics.
I love Tax Season!!!!!
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