Almost there!/Pics

This last week has been soooo busy! 1099's are due Monday and the final rush for all my clients to get done by then is on. I'm actually getting decently close though so that's a relief! And I'm more stressed then I realized if my lack of appetite yesterday and today is anything to go off of! 2 days.... Today and Monday.... Then hopefully more back to normal! Now I need to be somewhere between what it was the last 6 weeks and what it'll be next month work wise. I need to make up that once a week job that I no longer have! So off to networking I'll go! :)

Christina and I babysat the girls yesterday. They are growing up so quick! Teagan is mimicking Erika. :) Apparently Erika says sweetheart a lot and Teagan was doing something and Scarlet was right there trying to get it. Teagan kept saying "just a minute sweetheart." So cute!! It's hard to believe that Teagan will be three in April! Scarlet is now 17 months! Where oh where does the time go? Scarlet's sugars are starting to even out again after the last round of teething. I didn't have to give her any insulin yesterday. Yea!!  The house is once again cleaned up! Boy do they have fun and make a mess!! :) Thank you, Thank you Christina!

Cuddling with Auntie Chrisitna

Scarlet loved playing with this paperbag!

Please ignore the finger! :) This was the best one! 

I found this a thrift store... best find ever! There's a wipe board on the back but that's for later! :)

Teagan is trying to put sissy on her shoulder. :) "On my shoulder sissy"

We're all having fun! :)

Yuck!

Stomach flu... Not what I need at this time of year but there you go! We'll see if I can keep at the level Christina has managed to so far! This Reliv stuff is really amazing! As is the Bio Vegetarian pills. Doesn't take it all away but does managed to make what can be a really bad flu at least manageable. I just hope I didn't expose too many people today since I was running every where! It sounds like Scarlet has it as well. :(

I did get 'laid off' from one client today. A fairly major one unfortunately. I'm wondering if the owner is going to retire and close the company down. It's construction and he's made noises about being ready to retire. I was aware it might be a month or two but was given the heads up to not get too hopeful about going back. I guess I'll take back doing payroll rather then Erika doing it! :) Things seem to be constantly in flux! Although now that Erika can do payroll I can ask her to fill in whenever I go on vacation. Not any time soon though since it's tax season!

Sunday thoughts and pics!

Another wonderful Sunday! The rain was  pretty bad going down to Salem but coming back it was beautiful. We even saw a couple of rainbows! That just capped the day! 

My take away today was, can someone look at me and see that I am my Father's child at any point and time? I've most likely said this before and will again! I need to stop putting my two cents into what my Father lays on my heart. If it's been laid on my heart it needs to be done! To not do it is telling him that I don't trust Him to know what's best. Also being thankful. A thankful heart makes for easy repairs. Have the will to fight to get the victory over my human nature. It's one thing to give a testimony, it's another to LIVE a testimony. A lot of helpful thoughts, now to put them into action! 

I get to babysit Scarlet a couple of days this week! She's starting to get quite the attitude in a sometimes cute but bad way if you know what I mean! Her sugars are still up and down and all around. It sure makes it tough to know just what to do sometimes!

Hey Grandma, do you like my glasses? :)

Recycling bag looks quite interesting!

Auntie Christina and Teagan

Wonderful Wednesday... Busy Thursday!

I left a job early yesterday so Christina and I could go down to Tillamook to a special meeting gathering. Wow! So glad we went! It was beyond wonderful! So much was said about just continuing on. Not getting entangled in everyday life. Yes, there's things we have to do everyday but we don't have to let it become the first thing that is thought of in the morning or the last thing that's thought of at night. Those times need to be reserved for my Father! Life's a struggle, why not struggle for the best? Another thing that was said that I really like was- Mountains test our strength, Valley's test our faith and Plain's test our Patience. So very true! Another thought... There's a lot of wait in patience.

So now I've been back at the grind and so excited tonight! :) Year-end payrolls are DONE! Yea!!!! Now to spend the next two weeks getting year-end bookkeeping done! I tell you, it's a struggle sometimes to make sure that this business doesn't entangle me! Much, much too easy to do!

A couple of people asked last night if we've heard anything from Dave. Nope, we haven't. I would imagine at this point that it'll be very hard for Dave to come back. However, as I mentioned before, I do believe that it will happen sometime along the way. Do we care for him? Absolutely, but it needs to be in his time when he comes back. I don't believe in forcing people because then everybody is miserable! Another question I've gotten is would I take him back? I really have no clue! We're both completely different people now and I'm content to leave it in my Father's hands and not worry about it! There have been many blessings come our way that would never have been experienced, except for this experience, and for that I'm very, very thankful!

Wonderful Sunday

A wonderful, wonderful day yesterday! We had our special meeting gathering and heard so many wonderful things. It's been made real to me once again that I need to get rid of the things that I'm holding onto. There's just too much struggle within myself and I would have to say that it stems from that issue. Most, if not all, aren't necessarily 'bad' things, they're just taking my inner peace away because my Father has asked that I give them up since they're preventing him from doing a full work. There's a verse that says 'for the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it'. That really spoke to me this last week. Only those that give their complete will to the Father can be perfect (or complete). And only those will be the ones to remain in the land when time is no more.

I wrote that this morning. And boy did I need that reminder today! There's one accountant I struggle with. I have a long time client that uses this accountant and sometimes I just need to stand my ground because I need a clear conscience!! It makes for a rough couple of hours as I explain to my client why I'm doing what I'm doing. I get what and why the accountant is saying what they are but, really, it just goes way to close to that grey line for my comfort!! The fix cost me unpaid time but it's worth it in the end!!

Definitely back to being really busy! Year-end payrolls are almost done! This week they will all go out. Then to work on December books for everybody!

I haven't said a whole lot about my parents but it appears my dad is starting to suffer from TIA's a bit more. Memory is gradually being effected because of them, diagnosis is vascular dementia. My mom is at the beginning stages of dementia as well. Right now both of them are back at my brother's. It's a rough go for all in that household at times as everybody learns to deal with limitations.

General life

So many things are going on. It's hard to know where to start! I picked up my first pair of progressive lens glasses today. First time to not have single vision lenses in my life. It's quite the change! Luckily my eyes adapt quite easily! It sure did make it easier to do my work tonight! :) I've now pretty much got all clients done through November and now to finish all of them through December and do year-end payrolls! This will be a successful year if I stay up to date on all my clients each month and pick up a couple of more clients!

I found out about a nifty little reset button on the hot water heater that gives you extra time this last week! And about a 3 in one oil that gives locks extra use time! Not complete solutions in either case since there's obviously issues but it doesn't leave me with last second scrambling to fix something! Then there's the gutters to unplug. My neighbors tree was quite generous with it's leaves. That gutter was already cleared once early on! 

It's become real to me that my Father lays things on people's hearts that I have no clue about. It's easy to tell someone what I believe they should do but is it what my Father has asked them to do? I need to remember that! It's much too easy to give what I believe to be perfectly sound advice when I should be leaving it in my Father's hands. He doesn't lay anything on someones heart unless they are able to do/live it. For that matter he doesn't put me or anyone else through anything that they can't handle. I might need to be asking for help from my Father in handling it and because of that help it can be handled.

The grandbabies and their parents are doing good! The strep is long gone and for now everything seems to be back to normal. It's hard to believe that Teagan is going to be 3 in April! This grandma thinks she is a very smart little girl! ;)  Scarlet is now 15 months. She's getting quite the mouth full of teeth. Her sugars are up and down because of that. I babysat her yesterday and will see her again tomorrow. I'll have to post some more pictures next time. :)