Dedication to My Mom

I wrote this "Dedication to My Mom" a few years ago.


Mom,
I still feel you around the house,
At times, I hear you laughing,

Every time I see a mouse in the house,
I remember the time you threw your books at one. (and killed one!)

I miss watching movies with you,
As you would drive us all nuts by rewinding,
And rewinding your favorite parts. (by the way Mom, Kenny is now doing this!!)

You are a hero to me, the bravery you showed
While fighting a losing battle, I will never forget!!

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On November 11, 2001 my mom passed away after a long hard fight with cancer. I miss her dearly.

Mom
I Love You,
I Miss You
Tina








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My productive day has come to a halt

Usually, when I am sitting here doing taxes I come to a point that I need to talk to the boss about something. Not this morning though. All I had to do was finish up a few partnership returns. Now that I have done that, I can start back in again on a return I have been working on for over a week for a farm/ranch. Problem is I can not remember where I left off..... I did not leave a note like a usually do!! So upset with myself and now I have to look over the papers to see if I can refresh my memory.


On a separate note; still sending lots of positive vibes toward the place I interviewed with on Tuesday. I WANT THAT JOB!!! I could so grow experience-wise with that job! Plus to be able to have medical insurance on myself and my son.... MUCH NEEDED!!! So, lots of positive vibes to the two ladies that interviewed me!!!

Oh, a separate note.... had a hot shower this morning!!! The hot water heater has been out for about a week. I did not want to put another one in until we could see if we could find the leak.. no luck on finding leak... until the old water heater was moved yesterday..... seems when they put the linoleum down they put it down and then cut around the water heater to make a snug fit... so when the water heater (which come to find out was installed in 1996!!!) decided to stop working, it leaked right down that cutup area... *sigh* there are some flooring guys coming this afternoon to look and see how much it will cost to repair....

So you see that I REALLY NEED THAT JOB!! It starts out at $6 more per hour than I am making now!!!

LOTS OF POSITIVE VIBES, THOUGHTS, AND PRAYERS!!!!

Tina

Tornado

This is Tornado. I am not sure what she was doing in the picture, probably meowing to get my attention, and looking at the other cat Crystal up on the desk.  By the way, she got her name because when she was a kitten, she would come tearing down the hallway, curve into the living room and into the bottom shelf of a coffee side table.  The bottom shelf is where my dad kept his magazines; so several times a week we would come home to magazines all over the living room. It was not until I witnessed her do it one day that we figured out what she was doing. Like a tornado she blows in, wrecks the place and goes away....

This girl is a character. She loves to spend time out in the garage, does not matter time or temperate. She wants to be out there.

My only concern with her currently is that she is getting hair clumps, I am not sure if she is too fat to clean her fur properly or what, but we have been having to brush her more often and try to cut out some of the clumps.

Well, my Wednesday is drawing to a close. I need to work on homework as I was too busy with scouting stuff and popcorn ordering, but I also need to go to bed at a decent time. So in 5 minutes when it is the boys bed time it will be mine as well.

Blessed Be
T

P.I.T.A.

This is P.I.T.A. she is about 4-5 months old now. She is a hoot to have around.  She is definitely my other half's dog. When Momma walks into the room the tail on PITA goes crazy and she usually runs up to her Momma.

Oh, she loves to go outside!! And as such I was wondering the other day about what she would do when it snowed. Well this morning I find out. The first time I let a few of the dogs out I could not stick around, but the second time (only like 20 minutes later) she took off running from the back room and did a few laps around the yard. The snows was not even 1/4 inch, but she seemed to be loving it.

Blessed Be
T

How to vent so that others can understand me?

Well, I am not asking this for a pity party or anything. But the people close to me don't understand accounting and taxes, so when I need to vent and rant, they don't understand the language that I am speaking. So needless to say when I am done ranting and venting I do not feel relieved, rather I feel like I am complianing about something that they can not help with. I don't need or want their help, that is just the feeling that I get.

Seriously.....

I worked for hours on coding and entering a balance sheet and income statement for a partnership taxes today... just to find out that the backup quickbooks I was given was not the correct one.  the boss tells from now on to ALWAYS look at the bank registers first! Well, thanks!!! That is what I get for assuming you knew what you were giving me!! Luckily I was able just to quickly code the new bs and p&l to update the entry that I inputted.  So tomorrow maybe I can make headway with getting the taxes done.

Off I go to type up the difference between managerial and financial accounting for an essay for class. What I really want to do is go to bed, my left lef has decided tonight to swell up nicely. It is becoming an aspect of my menstral cycle, I hate it!!

Tax Season

Tax Season, yes capitilized like a title because it is. It is the time of year where bookkeepers, tax professionals, CPA's and many others are kept busy. Sometimes they push themselves to work 12-15 hour days just to get people's taxes complete.  The only other time that I have worked Tax Season in a CPA office was about 9 years ago! I did not like it; let me repeat I DID NOT LIKE IT! And that bugged me! I like working with numbers. Sometimes I even love it. So when I made a choice to go back to college and further my education. I thought really hard and even though TAX SEASON scared me, the rest of working at the CPA's was great!!! I wanted to provide that service to people. So my aim is to become a CPA.  A 'certified public accountant'. 

I have completed just recently my Bachelors of Science in Accounting.  I did really well in school. Graduated with a 3.96 GPA. I was honored to be asked to become a member of my colleges Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society. I want to continue to acheive a Masters degree and then study for the CPA exam.  I am thinking that I should have gone for the CPA exam first. But I know that with the Masters I will have more knowledge under my belt (along with my loans! augh).  What brought this on was that there is only one CPA at the firm (always has been just one!!) that can sign off on everything!! He is one the pushed to have me part-time when he found out I was going to school. I digress.... I was thinking that if I can get my CPA license than I can help the flow move better. But I did some reaserch and found out that I am on the best road that I can be. Get the Masters in Business Admin concentration in Accounting first. That would guarentee enough college hours to sit the exam. So I had better study hard, learn lots, and keep a positive outlook!

Speaking of positive outlook~  I am working part time at the same CPA firm that I did back 9 years ago. I am surviving so far this Tax Season.  I am learning a lot. It is a rush when you can input a corporations nubmers in the tax program and have the balance sheet match and have the income be the same as the financials!! RUSH I tell ya!! What really happens is there are several different programs that the office uses. But the accounting one is supposed "to flow" into the tax program.  There are some things that don't and you have to input them, such as depreciation  and owners disbursements and draws.
YES nice feeling to be able to complete a tax return and KNOW it is correct to the best of the data provided!!

Well, gonna pay a few bills online as well as truck registration then turn in.  9 more days till Tax Season is over! This week is going to be hell!!! No, positive outlook!!! Not hell, just Tax Season! hahahahahahaha I have my hay co-op job which has a deadline the same day as tax day; I have a college class that just started. So essays due Wednesday, Monday, and then Wednesday. Busy, busy, busy week!!!

Signing off now... Merry Meet, Merry Part, until we Meet Again.

Blessed Be.
Tina