I’ve conquored the quarterly tax filing for our business. Not only that, but I conquored it so handily that I don’t need to dread it next quarter. That’s very relieving.
While I was hitting my head against bookkeeping, I did a thorough analysis of our current financial state. That was both frightening and reassuring depending on which angle I looked at it.
I’ve come away from all this number crunching with a calm assurance that somehow or other we’re going to make this cartooning thing work for us. I can’t explain how it will work, but it will. It seems fitting that since we began this endeavor with faith we should continue in the same way. I’ve also regained a clear vision of our need to economize. Halloween needs to cost us $10 or less. Thanksgiving comes out of the food budget, but needs to be planned for. Christmas cannot come to more than $200 and I’d like to be able to do it for half of that.
Not so long ago those numbers would have looked impossible to meet, but now I’m pretty sure I can do it. We have been greatly blessed to be able to accomplish so much with so little. We have been even more greatly blessed to be able to have Howard working as a cartoonist full time.
You Are My Hero!
I enjoy reading your live journal everyday because it gives me hope and makes me not want to complain tooo much.
During a year that included our first house buying, a basement flood, uneven cement floor, and now needing a new car… I still feel hope. Because if you can do it, I can do it too. I’m not alone in juggling money and trying to keep it from leaving me so fast. Not alone in planning budgets and worrying about things. AND Hoping for the biggest tax return ever!
Thanks for being there and sharing these mundane daily things (to you)that are so interesting and helpful to me, (and anyone else who reads).
Thank you Sandra. Good job!
Re: You Are My Hero!
I’m glad my blogging helps you. You’ve had quite the year and I feel bad that I haven’t kept in better touch with you. A 40 minute drive shouldn’t be an insurmountable obstacle. I’ll send you happy big tax return thoughts, I doubt it will affect the outcome much, but I’ll send them anyway.