A nicer day on the prairie today weather wise. We hit the low 40’s today with bright blue skies and little wind. It was a relief to have the wind quiet down today. The chickens enjoyed being outside today after having to stay inside most of the day yesterday.
I made ham and corn chowder for dinner tonight. I cooked it in the crockpot. It was really good but not much different than the quick cook method. Just easier to fix in the crock pot. I love fixing dinner around noon and putting it in the crock pot and then like magic it is ready at dinner time with no work. Thawing hamburger for dinner tomorrow night – not sure what it will become though.
I knitted on the new blanket I am making. I’m anxious to get the first repeat done to see if I like the color combination. Halfway there. So far – so good.
Took a short nap this afternoon. I went to bed at 8:00 last night and slept until 11:00. Then I was up until 2:00 and slept off and on until 8:00 this morning. Next time I take my shots I will do them at bedtime so the Benadryl doesn’t throw the rest of my day off.
Worked on taxes for a while this afternoon. They are almost ready to take to the accountant. Need to wait on the tax forms to come in from the bank and social security, etc. Good to have that project well on it’s way to being done. I need to file a report with the Secretary of State but that won’t take long. Jim needs to gather some numbers for me too. This will be our first joint return. I’m anxious to see how we come out this year.
I haven’t received my $600 stimulus check yet. They have to mail mine to me so it is a wait. Jim got his deposited in his checking account two weeks ago. I don’t think I am going to use mine to make more masks this time. Masks are easy to get these days so the need isn’t there any more. I’ll probably donate it to a food bank. There are so many in dire need these days.
I’ll probably get on the hot line tonight since I took a nap. I only have 5 more hours to go to reach my goal of putting in 200 hours. It will be nice to cross that line next week. I started my training on April 20 last year and the 200 hours doesn’t include the training time.
I was looking at my calendar for last year and realized now is about the time I started doing taxes for other people through AARP. I will miss doing them this year. The site in Emporia is not going to be open this year. I’m thinking about getting a software package that would allow me to do taxes and advertise to Seniors that I would be happy to help them do their taxes for free. I think we could figure out a way to do it safely for both of us. I’ll think some more on this and then decide what to do.
Grateful for a very quiet day on the prairie, grateful my tax project is almost completed, and grateful the blanket project has been started.