Archive for February 17th, 2011

Aggressive Peas

February 17, 2011

Up, off to work, work, home, cook dinner, eat, sleep, repeat. Try to find some time to play.

Such is the life of us 40 hour a week sloggers.
The off to work – work – home bit can vary a lot – and the “40-hour” week can become 50, 60, 100 hour weeks.
Then you try to cut out or slim down on the other bits.

The boy was trying to decide how to prepare a dinner dish the other day, and was leaning toward the faster, but possibly less satisfying option one night – because it was late when he got home.

I know many people that have solved this problem by use of a crock pot. One of those that can whip up a tasty day-long cook-fest is my car-pooler. He was telling me about a crock pot cook book that he enjoyed.

The first time he told me I only remembered the  “Slow Cooker” joke that went along with the present to his niece. (Remember, the name is not about you.)

Today I asked him for the title again. I heard “Aggressive Peas for the Slow Cooker.” When I repeated what I heard he busted out laughing. (Correct title = the title Recipes for the Slow Cooker.

So now I have to consider my choices.

Jobs

February 17, 2011

I have a job – for 23 years now.
I really do like my job.
I can’t quite imagine moving to another job, at least not right now.

Jobs that have paychecks result in taxes to be paid.
I have no problem with that particular theory.

I do know that it took me FAR TOO LONG to get our taxes done this year.
Self employment and a car that disappeared from our life halfway through the year. Who would have thought it would be such a problem for me to follow all of those helpful little directions.
I did get through the education deduction bit with little delay. I guess after 6 years of kids in school I figured it out. Of course the last is almost out. (of school that is)

I also know a lot of people that are not working.
I am not complaining. I just spent many more hours staring at a computer screen and papers than I needed to. And what the heck is MACR depreciation?