In my continuing avoidance of doing accounting and 2004 taxes, I read the latest Harry Potter book this weekend! We got the book July 16 but I let Tacie read it first. She finished it while in Wisconsin.
I have a problem with reading. When I read a well written book, I become so consumed with it that other responsibilities in my life are completely ignored. I find it difficult to sleep, or even talk to people. Because I know this about myself, I will refrain from starting a book when I have something else that needs to be done.
Well, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince certainly is enthralling! I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to a time when I can read it again. I won't give away the plot but I will say that Tacie and I had some very different opinions about the ending of this book. We'll have to wait until the seventh book to see who is right.
We did spend some time putting reflective film on our palladium window this weekend. We needed to get that done before finishing up the painting. I want to get the ladder out of my foyer before Tacie's birthday party Sunday.
Back to tax form avoidance. It has been suggested that I just hire someone. However, it isn't the taxes that I am so reluctant to do. They're complex but not that difficult since the forms change little from year to year. What is tedious is doing the business accounting for our internet business and rental house. I enter invoices during the year to keep the inventory straight. However, I do not like to enter in all the other receipts during the year. I have a giant pile of receipts that need to be categorized and entered. Then there are all the expenses that don't have receipts. I have to go through Quicken to get the rest. I can't really hire someone to do that. I'd hate to spend all our profit on something I just don't care to do. So I typically file for an extension every April and put it off until August. I do get a lot of unpleasant tasks accomplished in avoiding doing taxes! Then I have a busy week getting it all done on time.
Tonight, my goal is to get the first half of 2004 expenses all entered in the computer.
