Post by erinshelley21 on Apr 14, 2017 13:57:27 GMT -5
I'm self-employed, don't pay quarterly, and getting refund with money applied to 2017's bill if there is one. Hopefully 2016 was the last shitty year. I don't want to pay a ton but the Indiana and the US are probably tired of pitying me
DH is gone tonight and most of tomorrow helping our friends move home from OH. Tomorrow I need to pick up groceries and then my mom is watching the kids while I go shopping by myself!!! I need some shirts. Bad.
Sunday we will go to church, lunch at FIL's, then dinner with my family.
Post by billybumbler on Apr 14, 2017 14:45:03 GMT -5
Yesterday wasn't a holiday but DD didn't have school so I had both kids all day. Thankfully the baby cooperated and me and DD baked bunny shaped cookies, painted eggs and watched Moana.
Today we went to lunch with DH's giant family, it was exhausting but fun. Now I'm waiting for my mom to tell me when I can visit my grandma in the hospital (she had surgery but all is well). Baby is napping and DD is playing by herself so life is good.
Sunday we're doing lunch and egg hunt at my sister's. I need to make something for dessert to take there, thoughts?
Post by CoverGirl82 on Apr 14, 2017 14:50:39 GMT -5
DH and I both had the day off today (his office was closed, it is my flex Friday), so we dropped the kids off at school, then went to breakfast, then to Lowe's. When we got home, I planted tomato seeds in seed starting trays. Crossing my fingers they grow!
Tonight we're going to dye eggs. Tomorrow we have an egg hunt at our church, then the kids are going to a cousin's birthday party (DH is taking them; I'm not going as there will be a clown there and I just can't do it, plus it's a good excuse to get some "me" time), then DS has baseball practice. I need to do some painting and cleaning. Sunday we're going to church, then to my parent's house for Easter dinner.
billybumbler , how fancy do you like to go for dessert? I have a super easy but amazing and impressive chocolate cheesecake recipe: allrecipes.com/recipe/15917/fudge-truffle-cheesecake/ (I've NEVER had it fail to turn out. But to make it even easier, skip the first 4 ingredients and buy a premade oreo crust, then dump that out of the pan it comes in and into your sprinform. I do this when I'm too lazy to pull out the food processor for a legit oreo cookie crust) You can dress it up with chocolate curls or whipped cream.
But Ramen noodles + butterscotch chips + jelly beans to make birds nests is an Easter classic.
Post by vavavictoria on Apr 14, 2017 15:01:57 GMT -5
H and I are both off today. We made it 2.5 hours out of town to the inlaws and will be here until Sunday afternoon. BIL and SIL are here as well with their two kids so my toddler is entertained. The baby is her usual happy chill self.
Tax wise - I don't know what we will owe yet. We left it close to the wire to send everything to our accountant so haven't received the bad news yet. H is self employed and had a slow year in 2016. I was on maternity leave for 6 weeks and unpaid for another 6 weeks so I'm hoping our overall income was low enough to prevent a big check this year. We are both set to the max deductions, H also contributes another $250 a paycheck. We'd rather do it that way than pay the quarterly checks.
I need opinions. A friend is hosting an egg hunt tomorrow. Everyone is asked to bring something to share to eat.
The host is providing: a savory breakfast casserole, a french toast casserole, blueberry muffins, pina coladas, and mimosas. People are signed up to bring juice pouches, fresh fruit, and yogurt parfaits.
Am I cool to just bring donuts? I feel like anything I bring is (a) going to overlap on items that are already there and/or (b) going to be a lot of effort with minimal appreciation based on how much food is already being provided. (This is for 4 families - 8 adults, 4.5 kids that are actively eating real food.)
For taxes we started doing a dependent care account - I am hoping that offsets how much we have to pay. No bonus for DH this year, and that's what we usually pay for taxes with...
I love pavlovas in Spring, billybumbler. Easier but same idea is a trifle - I enjoy heavy cream whipped with fruit and cake very much and it always presents well but is super easy.
I need opinions. A friend is hosting an egg hunt tomorrow. Everyone is asked to bring something to share to eat.
The host is providing: a savory breakfast casserole, a french toast casserole, blueberry muffins, pina coladas, and mimosas. People are signed up to bring juice pouches, fresh fruit, and yogurt parfaits.
Am I cool to just bring donuts? I feel like anything I bring is (a) going to overlap on items that are already there and/or (b) going to be a lot of effort with minimal appreciation based on how much food is already being provided. (This is for 4 families - 8 adults, 4.5 kids that are actively eating real food.)
Thoughts?
No one is sad about donuts. Ever.
If you think your kid won't eat whatever fruit is being provided (mine avoids melon like it's poison), I'd bring fruit I know she'd eat, too.
liziz, DD avoid all food (that's not PBJ, Mac n Cheese, Nuggets, yogurt, or cheerios) to an extent that I will now do absolutely nothing to cater to her. We hit a breaking point couple months.
She doesn't eat, but she doesn't get anything special. Eventually, I'll win. Hopefully.
Personally tax wise we got small refunds but I tax planned like crazy back in December. I would say 75% of our clients ended up owing this year which isn't normal. It just seemed like a lot of major life changes happened to a lot of people that bumped them into the next tax bracket. All I know is 2017 tax season is going to be very interesting but I don't want to think about it until November.
I need opinions. A friend is hosting an egg hunt tomorrow. Everyone is asked to bring something to share to eat.
The host is providing: a savory breakfast casserole, a french toast casserole, blueberry muffins, pina coladas, and mimosas. People are signed up to bring juice pouches, fresh fruit, and yogurt parfaits.
Am I cool to just bring donuts? I feel like anything I bring is (a) going to overlap on items that are already there and/or (b) going to be a lot of effort with minimal appreciation based on how much food is already being provided. (This is for 4 families - 8 adults, 4.5 kids that are actively eating real food.)
Thoughts?
What about muffins. Somehow they make me feel better about my choices. I have no idea why, especially when I get the chocolate, chocolate chip ones.
My only thing that I'd have time/willingness/desire to make is monkey bread. Which is basically the equivalent of french toast casserole which already being served. My other go-to brunch item is a breakfast strata, but there's a savory casserole being provided already as well. And booze is obviously already well covered.
I need opinions. A friend is hosting an egg hunt tomorrow. Everyone is asked to bring something to share to eat.
The host is providing: a savory breakfast casserole, a french toast casserole, blueberry muffins, pina coladas, and mimosas. People are signed up to bring juice pouches, fresh fruit, and yogurt parfaits.
Am I cool to just bring donuts? I feel like anything I bring is (a) going to overlap on items that are already there and/or (b) going to be a lot of effort with minimal appreciation based on how much food is already being provided. (This is for 4 families - 8 adults, 4.5 kids that are actively eating real food.)
Update: Indeed, REFUND. AND thank you to our tax preparer who pointed out that I upped my withholding to ensure we didn't pay out the ass while DH was underwithholding, which I kept trying to explain to him. Not that it matters now since he's staying at home, but dayum dude. Listen to your wife. Who used to do our taxes before kids.
Another nice update: we are getting $1200 back from last year because we didn't take the credit for preschool tuition.
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