Tuesday, April 29, 2008

stoopid mday layouts

For starts I really hope that I was assigned California. If not .... oh well. The big gap on the California page is for the cutout of the state that trish will be doing. There is yellow vellum behind the title and the years on the bottom are written on yellow vellum. The brads are silver even though they look black. It's very very simple and unfortunatly doesn't look that great -- not like it did in my mind ;)
The title page is allright. Sorry about the large flower trish! haha. Oh well. I'm here to motivate everyone else to get theirs done ASAP. Btw. I say we punch holes and hook them together using rings. My cricut was malfunctioning the whole time. BIG PAIN. So the project wasn't that fun ;)




Monday, April 28, 2008

Card Swap

Sooo Trish ... look at your blog: 1 POST IN APRIL. Slackeretta ;) Here are the cards from card swap this month:
(minus Aubrey and Tammy and yours)

These ones are mine. You can't really see the white eyelets on the blue one in the pic, but it's the same as on the pink one. They turned out all right :) I think I was just excited to use my cuttlebug :)

These ones are moms obviously. Last month's Thank You and her boy cards ... I think it is SO funny that almost everyone made boy cards!!!
These are Laura's. She just bought Zooballoo :) So Cute -- I want that cart
These are Delaina's. She had leftover cards from her sister's babyshower (remember i posted it) and she used them for this :)
This is Jen's from last month and then the baby one from this month. She just bought a cricut can you tell?! :) Too bad I can't get commission off of all the people that now have cricuts within my sphere of influence ...

Would you believe that I forgot my cards and moms cards at home?? How annoying!! Sooo next month I should have 3 cards to bring from mom, 3 cards to bring from me (since I made two this month) and 3 cards to bring from you trish. Tammy will prolly have 3 cards and Aubrey will have 2, and we've added a new member. HOLY COW that will be quite the swap ;) hahah. ... Hopefully we'll all be back on schedule after that ;)

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Its The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (AKA Tax Season)

Okay so I am being a little sarcastic. I have just spent the last two hours doing my taxes, keeping in mind that I am paying two different state taxes this year. Well I actually prepare my taxes online and e-file them through TaxAct.com To file the federal is free and to file your state its 13.95 per state. I totally find that reasonable considering I have paid about 100.00 to have someone else do it for me. It totally guides you through process and fills out the appropriate form based on your answers. As someone who has messed up her 1040EZ I will take any help I can get:) Well, anyways on to the reason for my post about tax season. I have always dreaded MO taxes because I have always owed them. Well I have decided I hate Ohio taxes even more. Apparently if you do not pay taxes on what you buy online (or in a state that does not charge taxes) then you have to pay them to the state of Ohio! In the words of Lyssa ARE YOU KDDING ME?! Not only do I have to pay shipping on an item I have to pay city tax as well! Correct me if I am wrong I thought the whole point of buying online was to AVOID paying tax! Well I guess I will be buying mostly locally unless it is a really good deal. Luckily the craft stores have pretty good sales on the carts. (like next weeks 39.99 at Michaels) I really only buy books, and the odd gift or two at fisher price so it won't be terrible but I will definitely think twice before buying something! I have to admit their reasoning is understandable but I am still very irratated! They say that by charging tax locally for something you buy somewhere else you are taking business from the local person and therefore reducing jobs etc. This is going to make me sound rediculous and obsessive but I really would have thought something like this would be illegeal! Mom and Dad were in the room when I was doing my taxes and they too were totally schocked! Okay, I am moving on now:) There are some high points to all of that work. I am completely done and several dates before the due date no less, I am getting a HUGE tax refund. I have never gotten back so much before, not to mention I am going to get a stimulus package refund thanks to my hero Pres Bush which will cover the cost of my new laptop! Saturday I am sending a big box to the Jessee/Rowley families full of cookies, muffins and clothes:) I had better head to bed I still have to get up for work in the morning!