Missing: My Life...Reward if Found...
My apologies for once again being MIA. It seems that life is passing me by at
an extreme pace and I can’t get ahead – or keep up for that matter.
Tax season is upon us and that is consuming me at the
moment. I’m not really interested
in solving mathematical problems and it seems that by not keeping on top of my
business bookkeeping, I now have no choice but to deal with the problem at
hand.
That problem is a WAY larger task than I anticipated it to
be. Seems that the idea I had of
stuffing all receipts into Wal-Mart bag “until I got around to entering them”
was not such a great idea. Who
knew I could accumulate so many receipts in a 9 month period?
Then, there is the whole “inventory” calculation thing. Once again, no one told me I should
really be keeping track of every single bead I purchased over the past 9
months, how much it cost and when it was used. Seriously? I
don’t have time for that and am having none of it. Time to get creative with those numbers…
On the upside, I anticipate getting a refund and hence the
reason for wanting to get my shit together and get this thing done – I want to
go on a holiday!
I should mention that I also prepare tax returns for my dad,
J’s parents, my son and my husband.
Thank goodness for Turbo Tax because this lady does not have enough
skill to handle taxes on her own.
Another thing consuming my time is eBay. Our home is full of excess crap –
ranging from excess camera equipment, extra scuba equipment, travel guidebooks
to places I don’t intend to return to, iPods, hand held game systems, games, etc.
etc. It’s time to clear out the
excess and make some cash from those items that are collecting dust. Let me tell you, the life of an eBay
seller is a full-time job. First
there’s getting the items ready to list (aka dusting them), taking photos, researching
prices, writing descriptions, calculating shipping and then finally posting
your ad, all with the hopes it sells and if it does, there’s packing it and
shipping it. Ughhh, I’m tired just
thinking about it.
Have I mentioned that J had a grand idea to clean out our filing cabinet? Problem being...he can't find anything now and I'm spending more time (time I don't have) helping him look for things.
That's all the time I have now. My time is running out and so is my patience.
Comments
I have a side business too. I do my through the year tax stuff but I just turn all my stuff over to My tax lady to close the yr out.
I do all the families personal Tax returnes. I used The HR Block Software.
Good Luck to you.
I have to ask, though: what handheld game system(s) are you getting rid of? Call it professional curiosity.
;^)
And then all that hard work and the darn things don't even sell. Such a let down!!