Tax Season Stats

I got back last night from a short getaway to see the family and there are lots of fun stories from the trip, but I thought I would take a moment and give a short post on the 2010 tax season statistics.

• Between January 1st and April 15th, I worked 882.10 hours.
• There are 106 days between January 1st and April 15th, so I averaged 8.32 hours a day (including Sundays)
• I worked every day between March 1st and April 15th - including Sundays.
• I worked about a ninety more hours than the other staff during the same time period, and for the first time ever, worked more hours than the partners.
• The most I worked in one week (from Monday to Sunday) was 77.70 hours. Just shy of the 80 hour mark, but I decided to go home instead of going big.
• I probably gained 5 pounds from eating breakfast, lunch and dinner at my desk most days.
• I am so glad that we are officially past April 15th!!

Tomorrow, I'll post some thoughts and stories from my trip, but now I'm back to work! PTL it's only 8 hours today :)

Wish List

A couple weeks ago I tweeted that I had a mile long Christmas list that kept growing.  And it really is. In fact there are three things on it that seem so wonderful if I only got these three things I would be pretty happy.

1. The Pioneer Woman cookbook.  (You can pre-order it here.)  I'm sure everyone else knows about her, but I have just recently fallen in love with her blog, pictures, recipes, etc etc.  Unfortunately, since I have three years of catching up to do, it is proving to be a total time-suck.

2. J. Crew has a good thing going - when the President's wife wears your clothes and all everyone can do is talk about them and take pictures of them, you know you have a good thing going.  And boy have they sucked me in.  I was almost exclusively a Limited girl because the clothes fit and with a good sale and a coupon the price is usually alright. But then I bought a pair of shorts off of the J. Crew website for $15 and they fit and made my summer, summer.  And I got their catalog in the mail. And I saw this.  And then Earl (the sweet sweet man that spoils me) took me there to try one on and we saw it in Indigo Blue in a size 4 so I can wear a light sweater under it if need be. And I searched and searched on Ebay and could not find one.  So, now I wait for Christmas. Hopefully the price will drop.

3. And then the next J. Crew catalog came out and I saw this.  And I haven't been able to try it on, but most likely a size 4 as well. (Just in case anyone wanted to know). Hopefully there will be some crazy sale and the price on this will decrease by 70%. That would be nice.

And my list is growing, because after reading The Pioneer Woman's blog, I want a digital SLR camera.  I wonder if Earl knew I had "caviar tastes" when he married me.  I know Katherine is shaking her head at the thought of owning a jacket that costs $200.  That's why I haven't bought it KB.  It's too much even for my caviar tastes.

Now, if you excuse me, I have some stuff to get done since the PW blog has stolen all my time this weekend!  

Ps - I will be packing up our stuff and learning how to run a farm, because after reading said blog all weekend, all I want to do with my life is raise four children on a cattle farm, minus all the laundry. Life in the country sounds so inticing as I realize tax season is merely months away. 

Is That a Light?!?!

We are getting closer to the end - only one month left! Yes, that's right, the light at the end of the tunnel is becoming visible and larger.  Today was particularly hard to get moving and out of the house. I'm certainly glad to be getting closer to the end of tax season. I think I have lived off of Les Miserables and solitaire throughout.  I can listen to those songs over and over again and I have a new found love for solitaire. 

Earl is in Oakhurst for the weekend playing at a camp and no cell phone service. :o(  He'll be home tomorrow night though and then is flying out to Miami at the end of the week for a large outreach called Cross the Bridge (www.crossthebridge.com).  This should be a really neat event. AND Les Miserables is playing in Miami this month - alas! I can't go!!!

Finally, tv shows - now, I don't have a lot of time to actually watch tv shows when they come one, but thankfully there is Hulu and I can catch up on the weeks viewing during the weekend. My go-to's are Lie to Me, The Office, Bones, and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Now, I must qualify this statement with the fact that I make sure I'm home in time to watch L&O on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and Life on Wednesdays too. I can't watch L&O online, so I HAVE to be home :o)  

I've got laundry to do tomorrow, a DSAOC event (St. Patty's day Poker Run), meals to cook for Earl for the week, church and tax stuff to work on.  Whew!! :o)