Guest guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Uh oh! It is indeed that day! Shhhh, if we act like we don't know maybe they won't make us pay! HAHAHA! Okay, well that won't happen so off goes the envelope this morning to pay the piper. Our taxes were very strange this year. My daughter and her chidren had been living with us for so long that we used to look forward to one time of the year...no not Christmas, tax time. We always got back a good chunk o change! Now that she is gone, it's a whole different ball game. Of course I am not hinting that I want her to move back at all. She has had her share of problems and always had us to fall back on, but it just got to be too much with 3 children. Don't get me wrong, it gave us the opportunity to build a strong relationship with our grandchildren, but it felt like the house was shrinking. When we bought this house, we looked for small and easy to maintain because the daughter was 18, and we figured she would be moving out soon enough. So, a 2 bedroom, with a family room downstairs felt right.....WRONG! She was very depressed living here and she had a very hard time with school and work, so she quit working! Okay, but she had a very hard time looking for work after this. She isn't finished with school, but she has her own place now(I helped her get a section 8 house) and we can have a " normal " relationship with our grandkids. Just goes to show ya', you never know what life will throw at ya'. She's upset about having to live in section 8 housing, but she is thankful and I tell her it will give her incentive to get through school! Okay, I don't really know how I got into all that, but once I did I couldn't stop and I figured people here don't really know me, so this would kind of start filling in the blanks. I tend to go on a LOT about our g-kids, but they have been such a big part of our lives for so long, it's hard not to. They are 9, 4, and 5, and I adore them My son has 2 and he lives about 3 hrs away from us so we don't see them as often. I guess I should be very thankful that my back didn't go until the moved out. Very weird though. Now I'm in this house all alone most of the time and it feels so big!! I'm sorry guys, I do have this horrible habit of chattering when I am on the computer. I journal too, but it just seems that this is more like someone listening to me. Do you know what I mean? Well, it's supposed to get to almost 60 today, and 70 tomorrow!!!! Wow, sounds like spring is really on the way. The only bad news is that we have to get through the " 40 days and 40 nights " of rain until the end of May!! No rain until Thur, so I will open the windows today and tommorrow to get some badly needed fresh air while I can. Oh yes, I got a hold of my NP and she did increase my meds that I needed increased so I guess that's another milestone. It's also a long story which I believe I discussed in detail the last time I posted! I hope that everyone has a great day and hopefully the pain angels will hover over us all and give us some relief. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Uh oh! It is indeed that day! Shhhh, if we act like we don't know maybe they won't make us pay! HAHAHA! Okay, well that won't happen so off goes the envelope this morning to pay the piper. Our taxes were very strange this year. My daughter and her chidren had been living with us for so long that we used to look forward to one time of the year...no not Christmas, tax time. We always got back a good chunk o change! Now that she is gone, it's a whole different ball game. Of course I am not hinting that I want her to move back at all. She has had her share of problems and always had us to fall back on, but it just got to be too much with 3 children. Don't get me wrong, it gave us the opportunity to build a strong relationship with our grandchildren, but it felt like the house was shrinking. When we bought this house, we looked for small and easy to maintain because the daughter was 18, and we figured she would be moving out soon enough. So, a 2 bedroom, with a family room downstairs felt right.....WRONG! She was very depressed living here and she had a very hard time with school and work, so she quit working! Okay, but she had a very hard time looking for work after this. She isn't finished with school, but she has her own place now(I helped her get a section 8 house) and we can have a " normal " relationship with our grandkids. Just goes to show ya', you never know what life will throw at ya'. She's upset about having to live in section 8 housing, but she is thankful and I tell her it will give her incentive to get through school! Okay, I don't really know how I got into all that, but once I did I couldn't stop and I figured people here don't really know me, so this would kind of start filling in the blanks. I tend to go on a LOT about our g-kids, but they have been such a big part of our lives for so long, it's hard not to. They are 9, 4, and 5, and I adore them My son has 2 and he lives about 3 hrs away from us so we don't see them as often. I guess I should be very thankful that my back didn't go until the moved out. Very weird though. Now I'm in this house all alone most of the time and it feels so big!! I'm sorry guys, I do have this horrible habit of chattering when I am on the computer. I journal too, but it just seems that this is more like someone listening to me. Do you know what I mean? Well, it's supposed to get to almost 60 today, and 70 tomorrow!!!! Wow, sounds like spring is really on the way. The only bad news is that we have to get through the " 40 days and 40 nights " of rain until the end of May!! No rain until Thur, so I will open the windows today and tommorrow to get some badly needed fresh air while I can. Oh yes, I got a hold of my NP and she did increase my meds that I needed increased so I guess that's another milestone. It's also a long story which I believe I discussed in detail the last time I posted! I hope that everyone has a great day and hopefully the pain angels will hover over us all and give us some relief. Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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