Since the year has started Gary and I have started helping his dad out with his Liberty Tax offices. Gary volunteers his time from 9:00 to 11:00 to run the store that he works at. When there are no customers Gary carries on about his normal day, running his buissness in the back of the office.
I was asked to go to the other office to learn how to process the tax returns. It's been an interesting experience so far. I've learned how to process (double check or audit returns and assemble them) and have that part of the job pretty much mastered. Preparing the taxes is another story. I can do it, but first of all I don't want to and second of all... I don't know as much about taxes as the other preparers so I ask them to take the returns when possible. I have so far, done 1 return myself and started 2 past year returns. So far I've found that I really dislike taxes with a passion. When people come in and say "Yeah I just don't want to deal with taxes so I bring them to someone else" I have to hold back from saying "Oh me too! I don't do my own taxes". Ha ha ha. Sad huh? I can do taxes just fine, I just really don't enjoy it.
I'm happy I can help family though! I sign out when I don't have a task to save Kent money which helps cut costs. I luckly have been able to leave at 3:00 too which has kept my sanity. I need my free time or I go phyco. I found that out last week. Wow, I had a break down! With the holidays and a new schedual and being told what to do left and right I seriously lost it! I thought I was going to have to be put in a padded room! Gary is pretty amazing though and really calmed me down. He's the sweetest husband. It's amazing how he knows whats going on with me so much better than I do! I'm thankful for that. Anyway, I realized I need more time in a day. A life consisting of "working", getting home at 5:45-6:00, cooking, cleaning, getting a little sleep and starting over again was really not ok with me. The house was not clean and that alone makes me upset. Add lack of sleep to that and I'm really ticked. Then! Top it off with no alone time and apparently I go crazy. But hey, at least we figured that out!
Now we either get home at 4:00 or I go shopping and run errands before I get Gary at 5:00.Then I go home cook, Gary helps clean because he's the greatest and we relax for a couple hours and get a full nine hours of sleep. That equation equals happy me. And there you have, my life.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
New Year!
Wow! Want to know what we did to celibrate the new year?! Nothing! We sat at home, alone, and watched the ball drop. It was nice. In the past it's always been a big deal... party at home or somewhere else... a dance... This year, nothing. It was fun though and really, my favorite part is watching the ball drop so it was perfect.
I do have some resalutions though. This is kind of a new thing for me. I don't really make resalutions but I had some goals in mind. Here they are:
I do have some resalutions though. This is kind of a new thing for me. I don't really make resalutions but I had some goals in mind. Here they are:
- Drink 72 oz of water a day! (so far, I have not met that goal but it's a goal... I'm working on it)
- Get down to 135 lbs. and stay there. Not a hard goal, but an important one.
- Get back into school!
There you have my New Year resolutions! They are realistic and should be easy to concor!
Happy New Year!
Christmas!
We had a great Christmas season. We enjoyed time spent with Gary's parents and siblings. I was excited for Rachelle and Ryan to come home from Idaho!!
On Christmas Eve we went to Gary's parents to drive around town to look for Christmas lights, It's pretty much their only tradition to to that while listening to the nativity story on tape. Sadly, all 4 of the kids really strongly dislike this tradition... I thought it was fun.
On Christmas Gary and I woke up and had a yummy breakfast. I cooked eggs with sausage and bell peppers and onion. Gary LOVES this breakfast because he can pile on the salsa! After breakfast we headed over to his parents. When we got their they were just sitting down to their own breakfast! Once they were finished we took the Color Code test to see what color Rachelle was. Mother was sure she was blue and Gary and I thought for sure she was Yellow. Turns out she is Yellow!
Since all the "kids" are older (youngest is 16) opening gifts was not the top priority. Since we just wanted to spend time together we went to the movie theater in our PJ's with the thought that it would be pretty empty on Christmas. WRONG! I've never ever seen so many people at the movie theater. Honestly! The parkinglot was packed, the lines were long. We had to sit in the front of the theater since most of the seats were taken. It was crazy! We watched Avitar in 3D which was amazing. I'm glad we went.
Next we went home and cooked dinner. While it was cooking we opened some gifts. I was supprised at how many gifts I got! I knew I was getting a nice camera but I expected that to be it since it's a pricy gift. I was thrilled to also recieve a nice pot set, cookbooks... candy!It was fun to spend the day with the family and just really enjoy time together. It was a wonderful, white Christmas!
On Christmas Eve we went to Gary's parents to drive around town to look for Christmas lights, It's pretty much their only tradition to to that while listening to the nativity story on tape. Sadly, all 4 of the kids really strongly dislike this tradition... I thought it was fun.
On Christmas Gary and I woke up and had a yummy breakfast. I cooked eggs with sausage and bell peppers and onion. Gary LOVES this breakfast because he can pile on the salsa! After breakfast we headed over to his parents. When we got their they were just sitting down to their own breakfast! Once they were finished we took the Color Code test to see what color Rachelle was. Mother was sure she was blue and Gary and I thought for sure she was Yellow. Turns out she is Yellow!
Since all the "kids" are older (youngest is 16) opening gifts was not the top priority. Since we just wanted to spend time together we went to the movie theater in our PJ's with the thought that it would be pretty empty on Christmas. WRONG! I've never ever seen so many people at the movie theater. Honestly! The parkinglot was packed, the lines were long. We had to sit in the front of the theater since most of the seats were taken. It was crazy! We watched Avitar in 3D which was amazing. I'm glad we went.
Next we went home and cooked dinner. While it was cooking we opened some gifts. I was supprised at how many gifts I got! I knew I was getting a nice camera but I expected that to be it since it's a pricy gift. I was thrilled to also recieve a nice pot set, cookbooks... candy!It was fun to spend the day with the family and just really enjoy time together. It was a wonderful, white Christmas!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Thanksgiving
This year we traveled to Idaho Falls to visit Gary's grandparents for Thanksgiving. Along the way we stayed at Jeanette's brother David's house. I met his beautiful family and enjoyed a lovely Papa Murphy's Pizza dinner. We stayed the night and had a fancy breakfast, went to church then headed to Huntsville. There we were served an amazing Thanksgiving dinner at Jeanette's other brother Greg's restaurant, Texas Pride. There I met all her sibblings except for her one sister. It was a great get together!!
We then headed to my grandparent's house and had a fantastic time visiting with some of my favorite people in the whole wide world! We enjoyed a very cozy nights sleep and took off once everyone had eaten breakfast. I was extreemly thankful to get to see them and Tanya!
We then headed to my grandparent's house and had a fantastic time visiting with some of my favorite people in the whole wide world! We enjoyed a very cozy nights sleep and took off once everyone had eaten breakfast. I was extreemly thankful to get to see them and Tanya!
Two hours later we landed ourselves at the Hall grandparent's house. Rachelle and Ryan came up from Rexburg and together we filled the house with loudness and fun! We played games at the church such as ping-pong and human fooseball... we also played games at the house (maffia, uno and more games that I'm not remembering...). We watched movies and even went to see New Moon on Thanksgiving day. We had a really yummmy Thanksgiving dinner and napped the afternoon away. It really was a wonderful trip!
Monday, November 9, 2009
Blogging out my eyeballs
Hey, sorry I have not blogged on my own family blog in about a month! Ouch! That's bad. I have however, posted 40+ blog posts since then... As I mentioned, I'm blogging as a major hobby. When I get a good amount of visitors and/or someone clicks on the adds I get money from Google. How cool is that?! So far, I have made $3.78! Enough about blogging.
Gary and I had a great Halloween! We (Paul, Gary and I) went to Qdoba dressed as burritos (hardly) and received two free steak burritos. As long as you had some tin foil on you got to pick any burrito you wanted with any or all the toppings you want. It was fun! Then we went back home and watched a move and wished there were more trick-or-treators. It was a pretty good night.
Gary is still working away with his business. He's making enough to live off of which is very nice. We are also wrapping up tax school. We're learning how to use the computer software and work problems out as if there was really a customer in front of us. It's much more fun than the class.
I had a job interview today. It was for a preschool in Arvada. Lucky me! Now I get to go to work from 9:00 to 5:00 and teach 7 little 2 year olds. Your jealous. I know you are. Really, I'm excited to get to work with such little children and teach them the basics. We get to learn about colors, how to count to 10! And our ABC's. I really am looking forward to seeing them progress as I plan, prepare and teach them my lessons.
I talked with my new boss and from the sounds of it, I'll get a good amount of time off (maybe 3 hours a week) because other girls really want extra hours! Thank heaven for them! I'd love to have time off! As I explained to my boss; I am working for fun, not because I need the extra money. If other people need/want the hours by all means... take my hours! I'm not sure how that works exactly though, since I'm "group leader" or their main teacher. I guess the assistants get to watch them for a while without me or something of the sorts. Honestly, I know nothing about the job yet other than my hours and the age and number of children. I don't know where my room is, what their daily schedule is like. I don't know names, what they already know. I don't know what materials I have to work with. To say the least, Wednesday will be interesting.
Gary and I were blessed with callings yesterday at church. First he was called into the office. The counselor asked if we were temple worthy. We replied not only with a yes, but also telling him we just went on Wednesday! He was pleased and then asked Gary if he'd be the Sunday School President. It was a bigger calling than I was expecting as new ward members but I'm excited for him. On our way to Sunday School (our first hour) another counselor asked if he could talk with us. We agreed and he pulled us out into the courtyard (yes, our ward building has a courtyard!). He asked if I'd be willing to work in the nursery! Wow, lucky me! I get to work with 2 year olds 6 days a week! Thank heaven for Saturdays! I'm excited to work with them though and thankful that I have the opportunity to serve.
Well, that about sums it up. If you want more details... just read my other blogs!
Gary and I had a great Halloween! We (Paul, Gary and I) went to Qdoba dressed as burritos (hardly) and received two free steak burritos. As long as you had some tin foil on you got to pick any burrito you wanted with any or all the toppings you want. It was fun! Then we went back home and watched a move and wished there were more trick-or-treators. It was a pretty good night.
Gary is still working away with his business. He's making enough to live off of which is very nice. We are also wrapping up tax school. We're learning how to use the computer software and work problems out as if there was really a customer in front of us. It's much more fun than the class.
I had a job interview today. It was for a preschool in Arvada. Lucky me! Now I get to go to work from 9:00 to 5:00 and teach 7 little 2 year olds. Your jealous. I know you are. Really, I'm excited to get to work with such little children and teach them the basics. We get to learn about colors, how to count to 10! And our ABC's. I really am looking forward to seeing them progress as I plan, prepare and teach them my lessons.
I talked with my new boss and from the sounds of it, I'll get a good amount of time off (maybe 3 hours a week) because other girls really want extra hours! Thank heaven for them! I'd love to have time off! As I explained to my boss; I am working for fun, not because I need the extra money. If other people need/want the hours by all means... take my hours! I'm not sure how that works exactly though, since I'm "group leader" or their main teacher. I guess the assistants get to watch them for a while without me or something of the sorts. Honestly, I know nothing about the job yet other than my hours and the age and number of children. I don't know where my room is, what their daily schedule is like. I don't know names, what they already know. I don't know what materials I have to work with. To say the least, Wednesday will be interesting.
Gary and I were blessed with callings yesterday at church. First he was called into the office. The counselor asked if we were temple worthy. We replied not only with a yes, but also telling him we just went on Wednesday! He was pleased and then asked Gary if he'd be the Sunday School President. It was a bigger calling than I was expecting as new ward members but I'm excited for him. On our way to Sunday School (our first hour) another counselor asked if he could talk with us. We agreed and he pulled us out into the courtyard (yes, our ward building has a courtyard!). He asked if I'd be willing to work in the nursery! Wow, lucky me! I get to work with 2 year olds 6 days a week! Thank heaven for Saturdays! I'm excited to work with them though and thankful that I have the opportunity to serve.
Well, that about sums it up. If you want more details... just read my other blogs!
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