Taxes, Snow and Gall Bladders

I finally filed our taxes this week. I did as Becky advised and used Turbo Tax free file. It took about an hour and a half, which was longer than I thought it would since I'd already filled out the paper form. Turbo Tax came up with the same refund as I did - which makes me happy. I helped Meagan get most of her taxes done this morning, so she's just about set as well.

All in all, it was easier using Turbo Tax because I didn't have to find and fill out all the worksheets, sort through the tax tables or try to guess what did or didn't apply to me. Next year, I guess I'll just start out doing Turbo Tax. Especially since the IRS isn't sending out booklets anymore.

Sadly, we didn't go to Holi Fest with Becky this morning. But who wants to throw colored chalk to celebrate the beginning of Spring in snow and rain? Cameron was going to go on a bus with his Humanities class, but he couldn't remember when they were leaving. And he overslept, so he didn't go either.

This morning Joe called and wanted to know if David would come pick a padlock for him. It's the same padlock David picked for him a couple of months ago. Joe lost the keys again. He'd sold his scooter to a couple from Bountiful and the title was locked in a cupboard in the office. So, David and I went over.

Oddly enough, the couple who bought the scooter graduated from the same high school I did. And they know alot of the the same people I do. She was even a dental hygienist for Dr. Olson and worked (works?) with Lynnette. She's only 1 year older than me. How weird is that?

After that, David and I travelled all over the valley collecting stuff for my gall bladder/liver cleanse. I'm glad I'm doing the non-starving version of the cleanse. I don't think I could live on apple juice and water for 3 days - especially while I have to work. I convinced I'm going to feel way better after this cleanse. Otherwise I wouldn't bother with it!

Oh, I got an e-mail response from the AppleSeeds editor. She said she liked my Viking article idea and they would let me know in about a month if they can use it or not. So, we'll see. It will be several months before I know anything about the Kindergarten stories.

Well, I guess I'd better go. Meagan is waiting for me to help her finish her taxes. Woo hoo! Should be fun!

This is going to be fast...

Famous last words.

Work is stressing me out. Medicare is changing the Part A rules on April 1 and I'm WAY stressed about it. It's going to make more work for me and I already have too much work to do. Ack!

Well, Jetta is standing by my side huffing and puffing and even growling because she needs to go outside, like NOW. So I guess this really IS going to be short!