Alaskan's Journal

[Baymule]

That looks like a very happy bird.

 

[Alaskan]

Does the priest live nearby?

Yep.

There is a 4-plex next door to the church... the priest and his wife live there.

We live a tiny walk away, so we just walk over.

I was so happy when this house went on sale...I hated driving to church.

Walking to church is super nice!

As each person gets ready, they go to church! No one slows down anyone else! So my son that is altar server runs over early to help with lighting all the votive lamps...same with the son who is a subdeacon.

The kid that helps with coffee hour food can finish up when he finishes up... then comes over.

Nice and low stress!

 

[Alaskan]

That looks like a very happy bird.

Yep! Spoiled rotten, happy parrot!

 

[Bayleaf Meadows]

A few pictures

Eldest kid playing a video game with his baby brothers... parrot on his arm
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Bunny tracks. There are a bunch of bunny tracks. They are clearly increasing in number. I am not sure if their peak will be in 1 or 2 years... but we are clearly going there...
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And.. the church after service tonight... so maybe 5:45 tonight. Pretty, pretty.

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Do you have photos of the inside?

 

[Alaskan]

Do you have photos of the inside?

I found some antique photos... I have been leading the choir the last couple of years...so I don't have time to take pictures during services any more.

Anyway...this one is a Christmas photo of the priest and my eldest son getting everything lit for the evening service.

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same time, from further back.

Kid #4 reading the epistle

 

[Alaskan]

Turns out eldest no longer qualifies as a dependent... even though he IS a dependent...


And ONLY the youngest doesn't need a seperate return!!!



Taxes.... soooooo many taxes

 

[Baymule]

Boo on taxes!

 

[Alaskan]

Boo on taxes!

So true!!!

Boo on taxes!

AND... here i am doing all the taxes... and i find an EXTRA W2 for eldest!

I ask him to sit with me... and I say, soooooo, have you been working 2 jobs???

Anyway.. yeah... some identity theft thing ....

I looked up the employer id.. it was started the beginning of march.. but kid earned over 9k last year.... but invisibly... someone else got the money...

Crazy... poor kid now has to call the SS people...

 

[Baymule]

And the IRS will expect him to pay the taxes on the money he didn't get. I hate that entity and wish there was another way to pay for our inept gooberment. A sales tax sounds like a good idea to me, no ID, no SS#, no identity theft, no nothing. Just pay up when you buy something.

 

[Bruce]

That really sucks Al!!!!

And kinda weird. Whoever gave the wrong/stolen SSN had income, SS and Medicare taxes taken out of their pay. There is no benefit for them. I wonder if it was a simple "oops" entry of a digit on the SSN.