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Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and has become a moveable feast of word or picture or music prompts to encourage us to write stories, poems, or whatever strikes our fancy.
Elephant's Child is supplying the words this month.
This week's prompts are:
- gentle
- organic
- standards
- odour
- moisture
And/or
- 20 years
- noses
- pregnant
- gloves
- high
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has selected Missing Green as the colour of the month.
Our house was PREGNANT with HIGH expectations yesterday morning.
For over 20 YEARS we've sat on tenterhooks on Tax Day, waiting for the packet to arrive from the accountant.
We'd been told the packet was scheduled by the delivery company to be dropped off between 9-11am, and my Sweetie sat on the front porch to make sure we wouldn't miss it, or worse, have it stolen.
While he did that, i was caring for the baby.
She inhaled most of a banana and then an ORGANIC strawberry, the first one grown by her mama in the fledgling garden outside. My daughter-in-law is doing it right, monitoring the MOISTURE and soil conditions very closely, her grandmother taught her gardening and had very high STANDARDS.
The ODOUR of the strawberry was delightful, the berry itself a beautiful red and the leaves very close to Missing Green. Little Annie seemed to like strawberry, and will probably be getting most of the first crop as they come in.
Around 2pm we called the accountant's office and the assistant was apparently working hard to figure out what was up. The delivery company told her they reserved the right to "file an exemption" and deliver any time they wanted, even on guaranteed packages, and they'd claimed it on all of our accountant's packets. It might arrive that day, might not, sorry, you get it when you get it.
To say my Sweetie was angry was putting it mildly. He could have put on boxing GLOVES and punched a few NOSES. The Internal Revenue Service is not a GENTLE organization known for its understanding in situations like this. The accountant was going to file an automatic extension for all clients who didn't get the packets and if you didn't owe any money that day, it would be just fine.
We didn't owe, and they probably did file the extension even though the packet arrived around 5:30pm. We signed the paper and took a picture of it with our signatures on it, then emailed it back. All they have to have is the picture to prove we authorized filing, so all is well. It will get filed and the 2024 tax year is in the books for us.
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Today is:
Dronningens Fodselsdag -- Denmark (Birthday of Queen Margrethe II)
Emancipation Day -- Washington, D.C., US
Holiday of Ra -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (date approximate)
Jim Thorpe Day -- US (by Presidential Proclamation in 1973)
National CPA's Goof Off Day -- US, the day after tax day because they deserve it!
National Eggs Benedict Day
National Healthcare Decision Week begins -- US (to inspire, educate & inform the public & providers about the importance of advance care planning; "It always seems to early, until it's too late.")
National Stress Awareness Day -- sponsored by the Health Resource Network (always on the first workday after paying taxes)
Offering to Demeter Khloe -- Ancient Greek Calendar (honoring Demeter as goddess of green shoots; date approximate)
St. Bernadette of Lourdes' Day (Patron of people ridiculed for their piety, poor people, shepherdesses, shepherds, sick people; Lourdes, France; against bodily ills, poverty, sickness)
St. Padarn's Day (Celtic peoples traditionally begin weeding crops on this saint's day)
Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day -- US (the day after you pay your taxes, bring the comforts of home to the office; sponsored by PajamaGram)
World Elephant Day/Save the Elephant Day -- created by the Elephant Reintroduction Foundation of Thailand
World Entrepreneurship Day
World Voice Day -- if you've ever had laryngitis, you know how important it is to protect your voice
Anniversaries Today:
Harry Connick, Jr. marries Jill Goodare, 1994
Founding of the University of Queensland, 1910
Birthdays Today:
Lilliana Mumy, 1994
Lucas Haas, 1976
Selena Quintanilla, 1971
Martin Lawrence, 1965
Jon Cryer, 1965
Ellen Barkin, 1955
Jay O. Sanders, 1953
Kareem Adbud-Jabbar, 1947
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 1940
Dusty Springfield, 1939
Bobby Vinton, 1935
Herbie Mann, 1930
Edie Adams, 1929
Pope Benedict XVI, 1927
Henry Mancini, 1924
Kingsley Amis, 1922
Peter Ustinov, 1921
Barry Nelson, 1920
Merce Cunningham, 1919
Charlie Chaplin, 1889
John Millington Synge, 1871
Wilbur Wright, 1867
Jose De Diego, 1866
Anatole France, 1844
John Franklin, 1786
Hans Sloane, 1660
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Brown Sugar"(Rolling Stones single release), 1971
"Fibber McGee and Molly"(Radio), 1935
"Mazeppa"(Symphonic poem, Liszt' S 100), 1854
"The Contrast"(Comedy), 1787 (First play by an American author, Royall Tyler, to be professionally produced on stage)
Today in History:
Calculated date of the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War, BC1178
The Jewish fortress of Masada falls to the Roman Army, ending the Jewish revolt, 73
Martin Luther is called before the Diet of Worms, 1521
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina, 1582
The United States Senate ratified the Rush-Bagot Treaty, establishing the border with Canada, 1880
The first passenger rail opens in India, 1853
Ebenezer Bassett, the first African-American diplomat, begins his service in Haiti, 1869
US Marshal Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle, in Dodge City, 1881
Harriet Quimby becomes the first female pilot to cross the English Channel, 1912
Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Amritsar Massacre by the British, 1919
Annie Oakley shoots a record 100 clay targets in a row, 1922
Dr. Albert Hofmann first ingests LSD, thus discovering its effects, 1943
Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union, 1947
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation, 1963
The Katina P. runs aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean, 1992
The Queen Mary II embarks on her first transatlantic voyage, 2004
President of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo declares the First Ivorian Civil War to be over, 2007
Elizabeth Holmes, American entrepreneur, inventor, and founder and CEO of Theranos, is named one of TIME's "100 Most Influential People" of 2015, 2015
Kendrick Lamar is the first rapper and non classical or jazz musician to win the Pulitzer Prize for music with his album "Damn", 2018
The journal Science publishes a new study which claims a multi-year megadrought is already underway in the Western US, 2020
Raul Castro confirms he is resigning, ending his family's six decade rule of Cuba, 2021
As part of a social isolation experiment, Spanish extreme athlete Beatriz Flamini exits a deep cave in Granada, Spain, after spending 500 days isolated underground, 2023
For the first time since 2002, Mount Ruang Volcano in North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, erupts. 2024
I am so glad that the long awaited parcel finally reached you. I LOVE that the newest member of your family enjoyed her strawberry.
ReplyDeleteGod bless always.
ReplyDeleteHow aggravating to not have the package at the expected time. I am glad it did eventually arrive the same day.
ReplyDeleteAs if tax season isn't irritating enough. Glad it looks like you've got it as a done deal. Boy that piece of artwork is kind of interesting.
ReplyDeleteGlad I got mom's taxes done and that she got a little back. Of course, she is spending it on me.
ReplyDeleteLove those teeth. Cool.
ReplyDeleteWhat a day Sweetie had. We file our taxes after the first of the month and always have to pay. We don't want them messing with us. They aren't very friendly at all.
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Lulu: "I bet that dog statue has quite the sense of smell!"
ReplyDeleteFun dog sculpture ~ and Sweet grand daughter ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I love the dog sculpture. I don't love tax season.
ReplyDeleteGreat sculpture.
ReplyDeleteThat is incredibly poor service and attitude from the accountant. He/she should be held accountable for any payments due by those who actually owe something. That made for a very stressful day.
ReplyDeleteWe wish we could grow strawberries here. Our Dad loves strawberries and the ones from the store may look good, but they are terrible.
Woos - Misty and Timber
I like that dog sculpture too. That's some delivery service and pretty poor to guarantee any old time instead of on time.
ReplyDeleteGreat story. How sweet that Annie is enjoying her mom's garden already. I am mad at our accountant- we sent our stuff in a month ago and still don't have it back. My hubby called them yesterday to find out what was going on and we owed a little which they weren't going to tell us until it was late. I ended up going online and paying it. XO
ReplyDeleteI am glad the package finally arrived - seems very close to the deadline.
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting anniversaries.
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That sculpture surely was surprising. So glad that package finally did arrive -- I would have been sweating that out!
ReplyDeleteIn that situation I would be ready to punch a few noses too! Bad enough with regular mail, but something as important as taxes should never be held up.
ReplyDeleteAnnie has a good grip on that spoon. Soon she will be saying "I do it!"
That dog sculpture's lovely! Seems you had a taxing time waiting for your package!
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