Archives for 2012

Spent the morning finishing up and double checking everything on my taxes, then filed it electronically, first time I’ve done that (there was always something that stopped me before, some particular that needed to be done by printing it, but not this time!) Spent the rest of the day on chores and more spring cleaning. This WILL GET DONE before we leave!

Slept fairly late, but couldn’t get it off my mind that today was Tax Day, so before long I was up and gathering all the stuff I needed to complete the task. In previous years, I just printed up a report with all the expenses and income and filled in the blanks with Turbo Tax, but last year I finally upgraded my antique bookkeeping program (it wasn’t even Y2K ready, would you believe!) with Quicken, so I had high hopes that it would be easier. Turned out it did a pretty good job, I just had to make some corrections to input that I had entered (particularly from the beginning of the year when I was first getting used to the program), and before long I was importing the info to Turbo Tax. One thing I have to say about Quicken that I love, it downloads most of my accounts directly so I don’t have to input everything by hand, which used to take me HOURS AND HOURS with my previous program. Now I just review and correct anything, and that takes almost no time at all. It only took all day because I was being extra cautious about being as accurate as before when I did it by hand, which ended up taking more time to double and triple check. Happy with the outcome though!

Early morning, as we had scheduled another individual coaching session with a client, worked until almost 3:00, then headed out to the airport for our flight home. No first class this time, but we weren’t too far back from the front, which helps. We were out and headed back home again in no time, arriving in the dark again. Again greeted the kids who were jumping for joy, with promises that this will be the last time they’ll be left for a while (well, as much as possible, but we’ve been so busy with work these days!) Really cutting into our riding time : -) Too tired to even bring the bags in, a quick show then off to bed.

Day One of our workshop, eight hours on my feet talking, late dinner, crash.

Day Two of our workshop, not so much time on our feet, Hubby doing most of the work today. Good group, all seemed to be happy with the outcome. Had dinner with our friend Steve (who lives and works at Andrews AFB), who drove over and joined us at the hotel. A pleasant evening as always, broke up around 9:00, off to bed!

Had a room service breakfast and lazed in for most of the day, went down to check out the room late in the day to make sure everything was ready. A nice room to work in, got everything set up and on the tables as needed. Called for a Thai delivery for dinner, very nice! Despite all this down time, it seems like we’re still on the edge of recovering from all our recent adventures and activities, just barely enough to have a fantastic Workshop tomorrow!

Spent part of the day packing, but managed to squeeze in a ride with my brother. We’ve all been so busy, we haven’t had much time to go riding, and since we’re leaving tomorrow for a job in DC, today was our only chance. We took a relatively short ride along the back of the canal, along the old Indiantown Road over to Cypress Creek WMA. He’s never been through back there before, so he enjoyed it thoroughly. I was a bit frustrated, as I really wanted to do more trotting and cantering, especially after all I had done in CR, but he was satisfied to mostly walk and sight-see, so I had to be satisfied I was at least back on my horse. One thing I know for sure, I’m going to expect a lot more from Apollo once Hubby and I start riding together again! Got back late in the afternoon (well, we started late : -), finished packing, then called it a night. Early start tomorrow!

Stained and polyurethaned all of the extra bits and pieces while Hubby installed what he could that was prefinished. Everything dry and installed by the end of the day, now it looks even MORE fabulous! Also put new trip around the back door, it had rotted at some point, not sure how or when, but I did discover water gets trapped in the back door, but drains when you hold the door open for a few minutes, not sure where it’s coming from but glad to know how to avoid it doing any more damage. This was a job LONG waiting to be done, and we’re thrilled it finally is finished, and delighted with how it looks. Whew!