Monday; April 14
If you would have come by my house about 35 years ago, it would have been a mess – and so would I. Back before we had personal computers, doing taxes involved a lot of papers, math and weeping. I had a card table where I would spread out my documents, forms and an adding machine and go to work. I would figure, refigure, rearrange and refigure again in hopes that I could come up with numbers that both the IRS and I could live with. In addition to the process being time-consuming, we didn’t have a lot of extra money, so I would run the numbers several times making sure they were right. However, that was only half the battle – then we had to try to figure out how to find the money we owed! When I think back on the good old days – these weren't part of them. Now, with more technology and better budgeting, Tax Day is not nearly as stressful for me (or for Jeane). However, in spite of the difficulties, I was blessed to have been raised by parents who ...