Oh my goodness, I am so tired lately! Maybe it's because I am spending so much time figuring out this new job while trying to find time for my family and church calling. I know it will get easier as I go along, but WOW! So much to learn in such a short amount of time. I get discouraged at times, but then David reminds me that I have never done this before and everyone else there has. 'Look how far you've come! You know more than you think!' are some of the things he tells me. I did get a pretty big compliment today. There's a gal at the 'office' that -in my opinion- seems to know the most and be the most confident (we all go to her with questions), she said tonight that she thinks I know more than the 2 guys that are working there. This is a huge compliment because the guys she is referring to have been preparing taxes for others for a few years! WOW! That's huge! I still haven't done an actual 'live' return, as I am still plugging along on my practice ones. But I am on number 15 -out of 18. The only other person who has completed more than me is the one that paid me the compliment today. Everyone else has had an extra week or more to be doing them, and the one closest to me is one behind. So I guess I am learning a lot! It's just soooo much to learn in such a short amount of time. I am enjoying the challenge and can't wait to feel a lit more comfortable! I will be doing live returns next week! Wish me luck!
On another note... We found out today that we didn't get the house. But I kinda knew that already. Turns out the thing sold for almost $20,000 over asking and it was a cash deal! Count me out of that one! lol... I liked the house, but I don't have that much cash. We were short by oh... a couple thousand or so! lol... Oh well, we are bound to find the house that is meant for us. It will happen, someday...
Tyler stayed home all week from school. He ended up having a bad fever Mon-Wed. He was on the couch almost all day, all 3 days. Then a horrible cough set in with just a small fever at night. He seems to be doing much better, but I didn't want to rush him back to school today. He got to stay home and play with Ryan. They play really well together -most of the time! It's so fun to watch and listen to them play. So I was happy to have them both home today.
It has been raining so much here. Had tornado warnings yesterday, but nothing came of it. I am loving the rain, we really need it! Love curling up with a cup of hot cocoa and a big warm blanket to read my tax books... Wait, no... Watch TV with my hunny! That's better. (Unfortunately, I was reading my tax books.) :(
Prepared my sharing time tonight, now I need to get some sleep!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
An amblulance, a job and a house-maybe
Last night was a long night! I kissed David goodbye as he left for work and finished watching a show online. Checked all the kids -like I always do. Everyone is fine. Go to my room and just as I am about to turn off the light Tyler wakes up. He is gasping for air. That's the only way I know how to describe it. He is trying to take a breath, but it just isn't happening. I try to calm him, thinking he is just having a bad dream. He starts to get a terrified look in his eyes and the breathing gets worse. I try not to freak out. Called David, who had only been at work for maybe 25 minutes. I just keep saying "Do you hear him?" I'm not sure if he swallowed something and it's stuck in his throat or what is going on. I just knew his airway was constricted somehow. David tells me to take him to Urgent Care. No way! I called 911. 
I didn't want to strap him into a car seat and not be able to hold him if he was not able to breathe. They responded very quickly and before I knew it we had 2 police cars, a fire engine and an ambulance at my house. Ryan had waken up and was very excited to see all the guys here at the house. I'm answering a million questions, while trying to get Tyler to take a breathing treatment. He wanted NO PART of any of this, by the way. He was screaming while trying to take breaths. He was hooked up to machines, and Ryan was just having great conversations with any of them that would listen to him. They gave him a steroid shot and that seemed to help. That and the breathing treatment. He finally settled down and started breathing better. They still wanted to take him in and make sure there wasn't anything stuck in his throat. 
David called and I told him we were going to the hospital. So he had to come home. I asked Ryan to go wake up Michael. He couldn't get him to wake up so one of the fire fighters had to go in and wake him up. Apparently Michael was not happy about being woken up as he informed me today that he yelled at the guy! Anyway, off we go to the hospital. We had to stay for at least 2 hours after the breathing treatment to make sure he didn't start breathing wierd again. The doctor finally came in after 2 1/2 hours and said he has croupe. What? But he hasn't shown any signs of sickness at all! He was just fine all day, playing outside, no coughing, no fever, no symptoms of him feeling the least bit under the weather. The Dr. said it is normal for this to happen and they get a lot of kids brought to the ER by ambulance for this. That made me feel a little better... But I am still amazed at how it just happened so quickly! 5 kids and none of them have ever had croupe! It was so scarey!! We finally got home and fell into bed at 5am. David went back to work. So, I guess I feel better knowing I wasn't crazy for calling 911. It was reassuring to know that they see it alot. I am the type of person that doesn't take my kids to the doctor unless it is bad!! Or I know they have an ear infection and they just need the meds. I almost felt bad for wasting the time of so many people, but knowing that it was normal and I wasn't the only mother out there that didn't know what was happening made me feel better. Tyler is doing much better. You wouldn't even think he was sick. They gave him an oral steroid that they said should last 2-3 days. Long enough to get him past it. It's working like a charm!
On another note. I got a job this past week. Kinda crazy... I walked into a Liberty Tax office and asked if they were hiring. I thought "How hard could it be to prepare someone's taxes? I had a business for almost 12 years, can't be that hard. Doesn't the software just show you how to do it?" Well, they basically hired me on the spot and told me I needed to pass 3 test before I could be a preparer. They already had their classes, so I missed that opportunity to learn about tax laws and other 'boring' stuff. (lol...) I called our friend (and accountant) Jason and asked if he thought I could do it. He said yes, and then followed it up with 'You may wonder how I do it every year after you see what it is I do.' Again, my overconfidence kicked in 'Can't be that hard!' I took the first test on the banking procedures and passed on my first attempt! Oh yeah, feeling really confident now! I didn't have any study materials, I just logged onto the IRS website and pulled up a publication on tax filing. That is all I had. I logged on to take the Level One Certification Test. I knew it was timed, but when I logged in I didn't hit the 'I agree' or 'I disagree' button, so I didn't think the time had started. I got busy talking to David, doing other stuff on the internet and when I clicked back on it, the time was ticking down. Oops! I only had about an hour left. I went ahead and opened it and when I read the first question... all that confidence flew out the window! I read a few questions and decided I should probably read a bit of the publication first before attempting the test. So I logged out. The publication is almost 300 pages long. Ugh! Anyway, I took the 2nd test and passed it. Then I went back to the Certification test. It was so long!!! It took me 3 1/2 hours to take the test! David had to calm me down a few times. I was so frustrated! I would start saying I couldn't do it and he would come over and have me read him the question and help me stay calm while I found the answer. I so appreciated him that night! And... I passed!!! Woo Hoo!!! So, the owner called me the next morning and congratulated me and asked me to start that day. So, I started last Friday. During Saturday's mtg the owner asked if I was comfortable being there alone yet. Ummm... NO!!!! I had only been there 4 hours and only done 3 of the 18 practice returns I'm suppose to do. I have to say, I am scared! My confidence does increase with each practice one I do, but I just don't want to freak out in front of a client! That would be BAD! So, wish me luck on my new job!
We also put an offer on a house yesterday. I'm pretty sure we won't get it. It just went on the market Thursday, we looked at it that evening. Our realtor went out of town and got back Saturday morning. We went and looked at it again and by the time we submitted our offer -that morning- there were already 3 offers on it! We knew it would go fast! But we went ahead and submitteed one anyway. You never know. Hopefully we get it, but I am not planning on it. Can't get my hopes up. But I REALLY REALLY want it!!!!!
I didn't want to strap him into a car seat and not be able to hold him if he was not able to breathe. They responded very quickly and before I knew it we had 2 police cars, a fire engine and an ambulance at my house. Ryan had waken up and was very excited to see all the guys here at the house. I'm answering a million questions, while trying to get Tyler to take a breathing treatment. He wanted NO PART of any of this, by the way. He was screaming while trying to take breaths. He was hooked up to machines, and Ryan was just having great conversations with any of them that would listen to him. They gave him a steroid shot and that seemed to help. That and the breathing treatment. He finally settled down and started breathing better. They still wanted to take him in and make sure there wasn't anything stuck in his throat. 
David called and I told him we were going to the hospital. So he had to come home. I asked Ryan to go wake up Michael. He couldn't get him to wake up so one of the fire fighters had to go in and wake him up. Apparently Michael was not happy about being woken up as he informed me today that he yelled at the guy! Anyway, off we go to the hospital. We had to stay for at least 2 hours after the breathing treatment to make sure he didn't start breathing wierd again. The doctor finally came in after 2 1/2 hours and said he has croupe. What? But he hasn't shown any signs of sickness at all! He was just fine all day, playing outside, no coughing, no fever, no symptoms of him feeling the least bit under the weather. The Dr. said it is normal for this to happen and they get a lot of kids brought to the ER by ambulance for this. That made me feel a little better... But I am still amazed at how it just happened so quickly! 5 kids and none of them have ever had croupe! It was so scarey!! We finally got home and fell into bed at 5am. David went back to work. So, I guess I feel better knowing I wasn't crazy for calling 911. It was reassuring to know that they see it alot. I am the type of person that doesn't take my kids to the doctor unless it is bad!! Or I know they have an ear infection and they just need the meds. I almost felt bad for wasting the time of so many people, but knowing that it was normal and I wasn't the only mother out there that didn't know what was happening made me feel better. Tyler is doing much better. You wouldn't even think he was sick. They gave him an oral steroid that they said should last 2-3 days. Long enough to get him past it. It's working like a charm!On another note. I got a job this past week. Kinda crazy... I walked into a Liberty Tax office and asked if they were hiring. I thought "How hard could it be to prepare someone's taxes? I had a business for almost 12 years, can't be that hard. Doesn't the software just show you how to do it?" Well, they basically hired me on the spot and told me I needed to pass 3 test before I could be a preparer. They already had their classes, so I missed that opportunity to learn about tax laws and other 'boring' stuff. (lol...) I called our friend (and accountant) Jason and asked if he thought I could do it. He said yes, and then followed it up with 'You may wonder how I do it every year after you see what it is I do.' Again, my overconfidence kicked in 'Can't be that hard!' I took the first test on the banking procedures and passed on my first attempt! Oh yeah, feeling really confident now! I didn't have any study materials, I just logged onto the IRS website and pulled up a publication on tax filing. That is all I had. I logged on to take the Level One Certification Test. I knew it was timed, but when I logged in I didn't hit the 'I agree' or 'I disagree' button, so I didn't think the time had started. I got busy talking to David, doing other stuff on the internet and when I clicked back on it, the time was ticking down. Oops! I only had about an hour left. I went ahead and opened it and when I read the first question... all that confidence flew out the window! I read a few questions and decided I should probably read a bit of the publication first before attempting the test. So I logged out. The publication is almost 300 pages long. Ugh! Anyway, I took the 2nd test and passed it. Then I went back to the Certification test. It was so long!!! It took me 3 1/2 hours to take the test! David had to calm me down a few times. I was so frustrated! I would start saying I couldn't do it and he would come over and have me read him the question and help me stay calm while I found the answer. I so appreciated him that night! And... I passed!!! Woo Hoo!!! So, the owner called me the next morning and congratulated me and asked me to start that day. So, I started last Friday. During Saturday's mtg the owner asked if I was comfortable being there alone yet. Ummm... NO!!!! I had only been there 4 hours and only done 3 of the 18 practice returns I'm suppose to do. I have to say, I am scared! My confidence does increase with each practice one I do, but I just don't want to freak out in front of a client! That would be BAD! So, wish me luck on my new job!
We also put an offer on a house yesterday. I'm pretty sure we won't get it. It just went on the market Thursday, we looked at it that evening. Our realtor went out of town and got back Saturday morning. We went and looked at it again and by the time we submitted our offer -that morning- there were already 3 offers on it! We knew it would go fast! But we went ahead and submitteed one anyway. You never know. Hopefully we get it, but I am not planning on it. Can't get my hopes up. But I REALLY REALLY want it!!!!!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Dedication? Passion? Insanity? You decide
Happy New Year!!
It's New Years day, and that can only mean one thing... WAKEBOARDING! Believe it or not, we went out on the boat today! Now, I should probably start off by saying this has become a bit of a tradition. It started years ago in California and has conitinued here in Arizona. It is a bit warmer here than it was in California! David and Michael take anyone that wants to go, anyone crazy enough to go, I should say! But, this year they couldn't find anyone willing to brave the cold, so I agreed to go. I made sure it was understood that I would NOT be getting in the water, I was only there to hold the flag.
It was 63 degrees -according to the thermometer in the car. I was waiting for the temperature to rise as we got closer to the lake, but that didn't happen. We left at 12:30pm. There weren't many boats on the lake, but as we were prepping the boat to put in the water, another family pulled up. The dad made a comment that it was good to know they weren't the only crazy ones out there. He also said he wanted to start the new year off right, that's why they were there. I found it unbelievable that they had a BABY with them!!!! Baby looked to be about 7 months old. Crazy people!!! :)
David got in first.
He lasted longer than I thought he would. He tried out the new wakeboard he just got. Threw a few tricks, fell a few times and eventually was cold enough and tired enough to get out.Michael was up next. He tried putting on two wetsuits, but couldn't quite manage it. Now I think Michael was more brave, he only had a shortie wetsuit! Brrr... He jumped in and I thought he was going to die from the cold.
He didn't look comfortable... He did get up and throw a few tricks. After falling twice he'd had enough. He got out and curled up in a towel followed by dad's big oversized sweatshirt!We were off the lake at 2:30pm. A short trip, but a fun one. It was actually not too cold, especially when we were stopped, the sun shining on us and my 3 layers of long sleeve shirt, sweatshirt and blanket. I think I will go get a Hot Chocolate now!
Michael is getting quite a bit of air these days!
Ryan thinks it's summer! The kid hates long pants and long sleeve shirts!
Tyler has taken over the 'flag holder' job. He won't let go of the flag for anything! He takes his job very seriously!
We kept the front cover on so the kids could lay under it if they got cold.
Tyler spent the first little while under the seat!
The kids spent most of the time huddled under the front cover.It was a fun day! Can't wait for summer to come and the weather to be warmer! Then I will get in!
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