So, what are you doing RIGHT NOW?

[Denninmi]

Me, I'm looking out my office window at near white out conditions followed by peeks of sun.

And, trying to draft a petition for the United States Tax Court and lay out a logical argument as to how the IRS effed up calculating tax due on a client's return, and then find a polite way to say that the IRS fucked up.

I can't really just come out and say "The IRS fucked up" no matter how much I would like to.

[a la izquierda]

1. I'm reading this post RIGHT NOW!

It's snowing here too.

[HarveyDarkey]

2. I'm also reading your post

[In_The_Wind]

3. Doing what I do most of the time when it's cold:

Reading & posting on DU while consuming vast quantities of coffee.

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Good luck on getting your draft worded correctly.


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[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Denninmi!

Well, I'm reading your post...

And waiting till it's time to leave for my first post-op visit with my doctor.

Your day sounds a lot more fun than mine...

[Denninmi]

5. Hi.

I hope you're feeling much better now, my dear, and your appt goes well.

I've been TOY, even though I don't think I posted any messages to you.

You're an absolute gem.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. You are a sweetheart...

I'm feeling OK. I have questions for my doc.

I might post an update later....

Thank you for TOM...

[harmonicon]

7. No, you can't.

The more professional way to say it is, "done goofed."

[Denninmi]

8. The IRS done goofed.

Works for me. I'll hit the search and replace function on MS Word and make that change.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. I'm at home, sitting in a pile of cats, watching the inauguration.

It's -8 outside, but it's a good day anyhow.

[Tobin S.]

10. Warming up after a long day at work

Getting ready to do a good deed.

[Denninmi]

13. Good for you.

I think you do a lot of good deeds.

[Tobin S.]

15. Thank you.

My wife knows a woman who lives close by who is having a hard time right now. She's pregnant and has one child. We took her some food.

[Denninmi]

17. Everyday heroes are the best kind.

Pretty awesome superpowers there.

[dawg]

11. Use the word "fudged".

I dare you.

[Denninmi]

14. Could be fun.

I would love to see the look on some intake Clark's face when they read that.

[brooklynite]

12. Heading back from the Inauguration...

...but if it makes you feel better, my wife is prepping for a Tax Confence tomorrow.

[Denninmi]

16. Yours is more fun.

Way cool! How was it?

Did you see the First Family from where you were?

[brooklynite]

19. we were 75 ft from the podium...

Great seats, courtesy of Senator Schumer.

[hopemountain]

37. please convey to senator schumer how much i enjoyed

his enjoyment as master of ceremonies during the inauguration. and how much i really appreciated his candid & shaming comments to the gop over the hurricane sandy funding for the west coast.

he seems to have a great sense of humor

[Scruffy Rumbler]

18. Taking a break...

from guardian financial reports for my mother. First time having to do a full years worth of accounting and attempting to figure out what numbers go where!

And btw, Denninmi, I want to say how much I appreciate your open and honest sharing about your mental health. I dance with depression myself and have seen the effects of different mental health issues on 4 generations of my family. I wonder sometimes about how much is nature and how much is nurture.
Peace!

[Denninmi]

20. Ah probate accounting

I hate doing those. People tend to give me very incomplete records and then look puzzled when I tell them it won't balance.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

21. I'm not an accountant and trying to figure it all out! lol

I have kept pretty good records for the past year. All receipts, bank statements, trust reports... Just a matter of figuring out how to put it all together the way the court report wants it! This is my first year. Once I figure it out for this year, next year will be a snap!

My hats off to anyone that has to deal with this on a regular full time basis!

[Denninmi]

23. Here in Michigan, we have a standard form, and it's pretty straight forward.

I don't know if this would help by giving you something to go by, but this is the form the probate courts here use:

http://courts.michigan.gov/Administration/SCAO/Forms/courtforms/probate/pc584.pdf

Basically, it's just a balance sheet -- starting point, add income, subtract distributions, losses, and expenses, and hope it balances with the amount you have left.

[Scruffy Rumbler]

34. Thanks for that! In NY, the form is ten pages long....

thought I had a pretty good handle on it until I ran the final numbers and came out with $900 discrepancy! ugh....My partner spent the day going over it and found a couple fixes..... As Barbi said, "Math is hard!"

[kentauros]

22. Struggling with AutoCAD!

For whatever truly bizarre reasons, it has found a way to measure half a foot as 28.4779 feet! It's screwing up my distance calculations!

And now it's telling me that it's had a fatal error...

[WilliamPitt]

24. Hard to explain while typing one-handed

Kidding. I'm posting to BuzzFlash.

[fizzgig]

25. trying to pry my eyeballs open

only on my first cup of coffee

[kentauros]

27. You're supposed to drink the coffee,

not lubricate your eyes with it!

[fizzgig]

28. that's why my eyes keep twitching

i thought it was just the rage

[datasuspect]

26. touching myself

[frogmarch]

29. wondering if

I should make a terrarium in a lightbulb. Or maybe a cute fairy castle diorama in a teensy box to put in mr. froggy's sock drawer to delight and surprise him.

[siligut]

30. If you do either, please take a picture

I just love that sort of thing.

[frogmarch]

31. Will do. :-)

I do too. I especially like making absurd little things.

[ellenrr]

32. me - I'm waiting for PAAD to pick up the phone (Prescription Assistance to the Elderly)

every minute the voice comes on and says "thank you for calling. we will get back to you in a minute."

so far I've been waiting 20 minutes. Then every so often a voice says, "Do you want to return to the automated system.?"

But I was in the automated system, that led me here.

This is after 10 minutes waiting for Social Security so I could disagree with their action on my "Extra medical help". After 10 minutes, I'm told someone will have to call me back.

it's a wonder more people in this society don't go plum crazy.

[ellenrr]

33. omg, you guys brought me luck!

they just picked up!
I hardly could remember who I was calling.

anyway I learned from Soc Sec that if I retire to Cuba, the US will not send my soc sec. retirement checks there. BAH!

[madinmaryland]

35. CALLING MY CONGRESSMAN!!

[hopemountain]

38. on the west coast

- in the mountains - preparing for another freezing night, cooking up some turkey soup, baking biscuits, and listening to ed while posting on here...and i thought my multi-tasking days were over

[Denninmi]

39. Yum, turkey soup.

I made stuffed peppers tonight for dinner tomorrow night.

[hopemountain]

41. stuffed peppers are one of the cozy foods

(the soup was tasty)

[MissMillie]

40. Listening to my boyfriend snore

after he ignored me all night