Last Sunday, I helped one of my neighbors with his MN state renters return forms that we had originally done back in April. He got a letter from the state telling him that he owed them money rather than getting a refund. It was a very simple solution, resulting from an omission that he made on the forms that I did for him and he ended up getting almost twice as much back as what they were saying that he owed.
He is not the first who came to me for help after not following instructions or not including the correct forms. I thought I was helping people out but have decided that I will not offer my services next year. It has been a bit of a pain.
I met with the Stampin Up group on Monday and that was a pleasant afternoon. We made a couple of pretty complicated cards - one even has a magnetic opening. Diane was hostess and brought a yummy lemon pie. I will have to come up with an idea for next month, as I will be hostess then.
My problem with these crafts these days is the jitteriness that I am having from the meds that I am taking. It is difficult to do intricate and fine movements. I keep trying to write my signature to get it looking more normal, and sometimes it’s not bad but most of the time it’s very difficult to make out.
I bought two new houseplants this week and I think they are so cute - I even drove about 20 miles each to get them. On the left is String of Turtles and the right is String of Pearls. I now need to get some nice pots and keep them alive.
I hadn’t seen the girls for a while, so I went over there yesterday to hang out and took them to Wendy’s for a Frosty. Their idea of hanging out is going to a mall, a pool, or Scheel’s to climb on the climbing wall. And then if you do go to the mall, they want very expensive stuff, so I’m not doing that - especially Mall of America. It’s not my thing. Instead, we did a painting project .
A few hours is enough, as there is a lot of sibling rivalry going on with them, always someone saying something mean or hitting or causing problems of some kind. I never thought I would see that in my little ‘angels’ but like my Mom used to say ‘kids are kids’ or they are ‘angels with black wings’. I feel kind of bad for Ben and he is at home working (or trying to work) and dealing with this too.
