12 days to go! It will be here in a New York moment! I think I am ready!
Did taxes this afternoon. Only competed two returns but reviewed four others. I attempted two others but one was out of scope and the other needed more information. I left early as we ran out of clients again.
I fixed a pot roast for dinner. We finally texted our expected guest when he was over 30 minutes late. He forgot about it! He is going to come Thursday night instead. He missed out on a great dinner. I tried a new recipe for the pot roast and it was the best pot roast I have had for a long time.
The recipe was a 3 -4 pound chuck roast put in the crock pot. Sprinkle on a package of dry Ranch dressing, a package of dry Au Jus mix, and 5 pepperoncini peppers, and 1 stick of butter. Cook over low heat for 8 hours. I served it over mashed potatoes and made gravy out of the juices in the crock pot.
We had to take a one-mile walk after dinner as we both ate too much. It was so good! I had also roasted some carrots in the oven. Jim has a whole pan of brownies to eat. I’ll probably take some to the tax site tomorrow to help him get rid of them. They sure smell good!
Tomorrow I do taxes again all day. Hopefully we are busy all day. I haven’t worked all day for several times. Time goes much faster when we have clients stacked up.
Thursday we meet with the musician for the wedding to pick out the music we want. We will also go to the University HR Department to check out what we need to do for Jim’s benefits since we are getting married.
We are free all weekend and hope to get the kitchen floor laid. The guest that was to have come to dinner was going to advise Jim on some techniques for laying the floor. Hopefully he will come Thursday night so we can get to work on the floor Friday.
Since I was focused on getting dinner ready tonight I didn’t get any painting done tonight. Hopefully tomorrow night I will get the rest of the cabinet doors painted.
In my free time I need to start deep cleaning the house. I have a lot of dusting that needs done. Thank heavens the house is small so it won’t take a long time to deep clean.
I told one of my clients today that I am getting married in less than two weeks. He told me he is 80 years old, a widower and still believes in love! He gave me a big hug when he left and wished me well. He was so cute!
Grateful for all the spring flowers that are blooming in Stillwater, grateful to have found a new pot roast recipe that is delicious, and grateful for the wonderful people I am getting to meet while doing taxes.