mission accomplishments

April may be off to a slow start in terms of blogging frequency, but man! have i gotten a lot done.

my company awards celebration was a major milestone. 5 months of work, while very rewarding, 95% is on my own time. (95% of very little is not very much.)

we finished filing this weekend! i started the filing (piling) process Saturday morning. after an hour and a half it was apparent my belly was in the way and it was about the least comfortable thing i could do. el Jefe' took over. i gave him some space and took Punkin to the grocery store and Borders. he needed the space because we piled receipts and statements in the loft which is very open and airy (visible to all, and no door); when Punkin first saw it he said, "Somebody made a mess" and proceded to try to "help" clean it up.

and, we finished our taxes! normally it is at least a two weekend ordeal, and normally a twelve pack of beer is involved. of course i bitched and moaned (Paperwork Reduction Act my ass) and (boy do i have some suggestions for making the form easier) but i kept it to a minimum. we seriously were considering filing for an extension, especially since the Punkin and i are making our last trip North (for awhile) this coming weekend to look at more houses that we can't buy. i don't believe i've ever filed for an extension. it's not so bad, but really an indication that the first quarter of 2007 flew past without a breather.

we colored eggs on Saturday with a kit that was probably 9 years old. when we first moved into our home, my stepdaughter was supposed to visit for Easter/Spring Break. el Jefe's divorce decree states that he must provide a separate bathroom for his daughter, and that wasn't possible until we moved into this house. her mother fucked up the trip (a pattern we are forever dealing with) and the flights went unused. the excuse was she was going to an Easter egg hunt on the White House lawn, and that would be the last year she would appreciate it, and the fact is they never made the Easter egg hunt on the White House lawn because they couldn't wake up on time to get there. (yes, i am bitter.) so we put the coloring kit to good use with Punkin. it was a tie-dye kit and it rocked! unfortunately, coloring eggs is probably a traumatic experience for Punkin because he fell off a full size kitchen chair twice onto the tiled floor. he shook it off fairly quickly, but it shook me up the whole weekend.

oh, and that tumble down the stairs (ass over tea kettle) when el Jefe' went to grab him, but his shirt got caught on the banister, so it appeared he hesitated and stood there helpless.

did i forget to mention going to the emergency room is not part of the plan?