January's DONE!

Well, all the 1099's are mailed and all the payroll is completed and filed! By Saturday everybody should have their W-2's. There was a last minute change on one so it didn't get to the mail until this afternoon. It sure feels good to have that part done! Next year I'm starting those a lot sooner though! I did end up with 3 new payrolls this last month, so that was pretty awesome! Now to complete year-end for a bunch of people. I took tonight to straighten out everything so I can jump in tomorrow. It's so hard to believe where the business is now compared to a year ago. Love it! Really though I attribute it to my Father. I feel very well cared for!

Christina did awesome on her AP Literature final. Her score of 88 was the second highest in the class. She pulled a 3.6. Very proud of her!

Busy.... Busy....

Lots of work on my desk to do but it's been a while since I blogged so I thought I would take a few minutes. Lots of good connections have been made this year already. We'll see if any of them turn into something but they're exactly the connections I need to make! The awesome news is that my income literally doubled this last year! Hardly seems possible but there you go! The key for me now is getting myself set on a schedule. It's amazing how much time the phone and e-mail can take out of a day! 

I do pretty much credit networking for the growth. Getting out and meeting A LOT of new people. There was probably somewhere between 6 and 10 hours a week doing it. But the REAL credit goes to my Father! I needed to do my part first then the proper connections could be made. They're connections that in some cases make me so thankful for all that I have both naturally and spiritually. Just when you think your life is bad here comes another with an awful awful situation. I, quite honestly, feel pretty sheltered and very well taken care of!

Christina is busy with the end of semester papers but doing pretty good over all. Erika is an awesome mama!

Here's a few pictures of Teagan with Mom and Auntie Nancy and Teagan having LOTS of fun on the fridge!

Long day!

The really good news is Christina is fine and the bad news is my car is not. :(  It looks like someone clipped the back when she was almost done turning and shoved her into a turn lane which turned into a head on since a car was coming into the turn lane. The extra good news is that I got car rental insurance a couple of weeks ago so, no matter what, the insurance will cover the car rental while I wait and find out if they'll total the car or repair it and while they sort out who was really at fault. After seeing it tonight at the I'd guess they'll total it. There was a wonderful good Samaritan that was there and helped Christina through the whole thing and transported her to the hospital in her car. The interesting part is this good Samaritan was supposed to work today but she just felt that God was telling her she had something else to do today so she called in and told them she wouldn't be there. She ended up spending about an hour and half helping Christina.

Luckily I was having lunch with Ed and Mike when I got the news and they were able to run us everywhere to get everything taken care of. It's wonderful how even the worst of things seem to work out fairly smoothly in the end.

As we well know, it's amazing how quickly things can happen that can change the course of a day and cause a domino effect into the following days. And just as days start taking on an even keel!

A short ramble...

I wasn't going to say much anymore but I need to get out in words what's started building thank's to this holiday anxiety. I'm hoping releasing some of it will help! It was going soooo well!

There's been A LOT of strides made in the last year. I've grown a lot spiritually (and still have a long long way to go!) I honestly was clueless how close to the edge I was. That's the biggest reason I'm thankful it all happened. Actually only one at this point but it overrides everything else that's been a struggle!!  I was happy in my little rut thank you very much, but my Father wasn't happy to see me in that rut!

The car that Dave drove and the chair that Dave sat in are gone as of this month so I'm suspecting that didn't help! But it's steps that need to be done. I just don't like the process the mind and body go through while it's happening! I'm also redoing the office, hopefully for the final time for a while. So when all is said and done by the end of the holidays all the change should be taken care of! Then on to a new year.  And to keep myself on track lots of prayer and lots of reading.

We've heard nothing so it's essentially the same as almost two years ago. I'm not quite sure how a person does it. I would guess a false identity would be the most logical. DNA still isn't officially recorded. GRR!! But they do have the samples they need now. Just praying for his soul. At this point that is the most important thing.

Sigh... I'll probably be on again soon. My thoughts are everywhere tonight! Happy Thanksgiving to all who read this!!

Woes of your own home....and a LICENSE!!!

Joys of owning your own home! Had to get one of my gutters replaced as well as the wood around the gutter. Luckily it appears that the roof wasn't affected, which is a really good thing since it's a flat roof! I'm just thankful that someone noticed it and pointed it out to me!! The yard is, at least temporally, cleaned up. The front looks SO much better!  Then on to blinds and next spring, repairing dry rot areas and painting the house. Hopefully that takes care of things for a little while but most likely something else will pop up!

Christina got her license last week!!! Hard to believe that my baby will be 18 this month! I really appreciate the thought that she's putting into her future. It's a struggle to figure out who you are and what to do with your life and decide what is really important. I'm thankful of the respect that she shows me as her mom and adults in general. Thanksgiving day will be the birthday day!

Everybody have an awesome weekend and remember those who have fought to keep our country free!

Tax season ends....

With a Bang!!! Pretty awesome, this is the first year this has happened. I've never been in the loop of the last minute filers because I just had my small set of clients and their stuff was long taken care of by this point. This year, because of my networking, I had a few business contact me to catch last years information up so taxes could be filed. And now that that is done I'll catch them up for this year so that the same thing doesn't happen again!
Honestly, I believe it is my Father's hand guiding this business. Some of the contacts and businesses I've picked up have been pretty spooky the way it's happened. Just pure happenstance that we were where we were at and the business came from it. I just need to keep doing my part because if I do then it will all work in the end, may not be what I envisioned necessarily but none the less it'll work. Just that it becomes pretty overwhelming at times! Networking, final year of raising a daughter, working, taking care of every day stuff, babysitting a absolutely adorable granddaughter. Time is at a premium! :)
Teagan is now pulling herself up to standing position where ever she can. She's a full 6 months now and heading into her 7th! Here's a few picture. :)  She was born April 12th.

8/11/12

9/22/12

 10/6/12

She is progressing so quickly!

Christina is enjoying her horse riding, although it's been a while since the horse is injured right now. :(

Bringing up to date

Tomorrow is my husbands birthday so I thought this would be a good update time! The last three months have been very very busy. Between work, having family visiting, babysitting my granddaughter and just general life the summer just flew by.  There were some awesome spiritual moments thrown in. That's still my main stay. I just love it when the feeling comes over me that it will truly be okay.

So I have to brag about that granddaughter! She's coming on 6 months soon. She's crawling everywhere and  is pulling herself up if you hold out your fingers. She'll hold on to them and stand up by herself, she's also starting to pull herself up onto furniture. She sits quite well by herself now. She can be a stinker though! That sleeping through the night... yep, not yet!!! And far from it! Poor Erika and Blake! (payback can be sweet! :)  )  JK..... maybe :)

Business has been going REALLY well. Especially this month. All that networking I've been doing this last year has really paid off and I'm starting to see the results. 3-5 events a week most weeks. It's tiring but the results are awesome! But on the other hand I really think that my Father has a lot to do with that as well. He's setting the opportunities there, it's up to me to follow through.

Do I miss Dave? You bet, but the sting is gone and life carries on. I often wonder what I'd do if he showed back up. I think that's something I need to leave in my Father's hands and if it ever happens, let Him lead my decision and words. I'm very thankful for what this last year and half plus has taken me through, it's shown me what and who is really important. I really wish it wasn't so hard for my kids or mother-in-law!

I'm thinking it's getting time to change the title of the blog and start posting some of those grandbaby pictures! Speaking of which!! :)  Here's one of my favorites. She was around 3 1/2 months here. Oh and it looks like she'll be a brown eyed red head! Grandpa's eye's and grandma's hair color. :)