It's Tax Time

Every year we promise ourselves that we will get this done early in the year. End of January - mid February lastest!

It's mid-March and we are just now getting to it. Actually, not really getting to it, but thinking of getting to it. We just opened our CPA's tax packet (sent in December) and have to find all the paperwork, all the numbers, receipts, bills, blah, blah, blah.

I HATE TAXES. Made all the more insulting that we are paying taxes for stuff that isn't really a benefit to us. Schools are in worse shape, our roads and transportation are crappy, gas prices sky-rocketing ... it just makes my blood boil. That doesn't even cover the price of this crazy war in Iraq and Middle East. But then again, our kids are going to have to pay for that!

So I'm choosing to blog instead. A worthy alternative, I'd say. I'd ask the question - have you done your taxes yet, but I don't really want to know. I'd rather ask - do you plan to have to pay or get a refund? We always have to pay (two years ago it was almost $12000!!! Talk about having a heart attack!) so we never have a refund splurge. This year, if we get that stimulus check Bush talks about, we're likely going to have to send it right back to pay our stupid taxes.

On the bright side, we got a used headboard for $75 this weekend that I only need to put foam and fabric on to make it look good. Happy about that!