Tax Season is Upon us!

Yikes, and ouch! The CRA wants it’s portion and they are going to get by hell or high water. So best be prepared.

In other news today is Wednesday. I had more errands to run this morning. A very errands running heavy week so far. I went out to do a bunch of things every morning this week, and I still have a wood pile to drop off at the farm burn barrel. So not entirely done yet either. Fun.

I did set up my two new shop upgrades earlier in the week, so that has been sorted out at least. Yippee! Glad to have that done, and wrapped up. Now if only it would get a little warmer. I have two small projects I would like to start sooner rather than later. One for my office APC unit, and the other to organize kitchen utensils. Neither of which are particularly glamorous but would help out immensely.

I suppose I could load up the wood, and take my taxes over to the accountant, and swing by the farm on my way back to unload it, and get one outside chore completely entirely. Maybe I’ll go do that. Use my time more wisely. Yes. Yes I think I will.

**And… Now that’s done. Taxes dropped off to the accountant ‘s assistant and the cedar wood pile from my old potato box is resting in the burn barrel awaiting a warmer, and less windy day to taste the fresh kiss from flames lips. Burn baby burn. Once it dries out a little more those rails will go up fast, bright, and very, very hot. If only briefly.

It looks as though I will need to power wash the back deck before I can put any patio furniture out in it. So I need the general temperature to be above zero or else I run the risk of that outdoor tape and pipe rupturing with the fluctuations. That’s no good. Also the back hedge will require a pretty serious hair cut along the sides, front & back, as well as a long the top once more. Two or so summers ago I knocked between 6 – 8 ft off the top to make the hedge less unruly, but it has taken off once again. That’s a good solid days worth of arm, and shoulder punishing work. I think I nearly tore a bicep last time wrenching on my loppers to cut the top of the trees off. Good Lord that hurt, and then ached for weeks afterward. I couldn’t even lift my kids during that period. Wowsers, don’t want to be doing that again. Does tidy the space up a lot though. Makes it easier to sit around the table when the hedge isn’t pushing itself over the patio stones quite so far. Down-boy!

Nothing to do now but wait for questions from the accountant, and see how much I owe compared to my best guesstimate. How close did I get? Will have to wait and see.