We awakened this morning to some dull thud noises coming from our trailer roof. We pulled back the blinds and found that, contrary to all the expert weather forecasts we could get last night, it was all white with snow outside. Everything we could see was covered with a couple inches of snow and the snow kept coming down until about 10:00 AM. After a little lull in the inaction, a bit of rain fell before the skies cleared up at about 2:30 PM.
We enjoyed our forced isolation by texting and calling friends and family before Peggy got down to business and finished the dreaded taxes. The always-benevolent IRS only wanted about $1200 more than we had withheld and the Franchise Tax Board in California only extorted about $237. It is fortunate that we live a frugal lifestyle or paying these bloodsuckers might empty the entire fund of our unearned cash assets.
Once the snow on the roads melts, we will mosey down into Leavenworth and send our tax forms, vouchers and personal checks to the undeserving for their unreasonable uses. At least the IRS and FTB fun for this year is over, thanks to Peggy’s diligent work and my pension fund.
Since the weather has defied the experts and is turning nice, maybe we will go meet Peg’s relatives in Leavenworth for some chow.
There’s a couple pix if you click here