Friday wins — catch up

I haven’t participated as much. Partially Hoarse and Mary aren’t asking as often and I’m not on as often so don’t see them. This is a win!

But here are three recent gratitude posts:

Friday Wins

 Apple Pie

Went to CR Chicks with stepmom. Got their fantastic apple pie. Brought it home. It is so huge, I can not eat it in one sitting. It is mostly apples, and a bit of crumble crust. So good.

Taking care of myself

When I ran out of steam or just didn't have the spoons to tackle anything on the To Do list, I allowed myself to lay down in a dark room with a cat for a couple hours and just be. This week has been hard. We didn't have to be here. I am starting very very very small, and taking care of me. I can't resist if I am not here, so I am keeping myself safe for now.

Got a tax return done

By some miracle I got the papers I needed at 4:40 on a Friday afternoon before a 2-week vacation, and I finished a return and turned it in. Feels good.

Bluesky -- and sabbatical

Trying to greatly reduce my social media presence. Deactivated all extraneous Twitter accounts -- found two more old ones from projects from ten years ago, so was glad to add to the numbers deactivating. My main account, I have put private, deleted personal stuff, and am letting it go dark. Deleted the Twitter app from my phone. And as always, Facebook is just remains fucking annoying.

But meanwhile, Bluesky is taking off. I am happy to be connecting with cool people. Enjoying the joy and fun again. I signed up back in August 2023, hopeful to leave Twitter even then, but not enough people did. I kept dabbling, but until this week, Bluesky hadn't truly taken off. It is glorious.

And now I take the weekend off social media. I have plans with friends. Books to read. Walks to take. Drinks to drink. And a blog I can go to if I absolutely need to natter away into the ether. Bluesky will still be there, and I will rejoin the fray on Monday.

Friday wins

I’ve learned a bunch of Xero (bookkeeping software) this week and gotten two months of huge checking account reconciled. I think. 😆 Ready to start July now.

I found gift cards from past christmases we haven’t used and I’m taking my honey out for a hot FREE date!

Friday Wins

Just a perfect day of e-bikes, drinks and chilling with my hubby today

and

Work-wise: I got a job offer… no detail, just a “we’d love to have you” I made schedule for current job of when I’ll be in office and when I won’t since no one there seems to be in charge of keeping track of me

Personal-wise: This morning I went for a 15 mile bike ride, saw fun public art, pretty birds, preparation for Pride parade, and a fantastic cheese shop.

Friday Wins -- Catch Up

 On Twitter, there are two people that ask you to post your Friday Wins, no matter how small. I decided recently to start keeping a record of them from the past few months. And I will continue to track them here. So for now, here is a catch up of Friday Wins from the past year. A nice review of some small highlights to remember.

10/4/24

• Loved ones in storm-hit areas all checked in.
• I firmed up travel plans in Oct, Nov, & Jan, and I started sketching out plans for July-August (coming to see you @keithkenez!)
• Finally replaced cracked phone screen cover after 3? 4? months.
• Oh, and finished 5 returns.

9/27/24

• Oh my god! I got two personal projects done this week that are MONTHS overdue and tomorrow they both go in mail. And so much guilt and headspace will be freed.

9/20/24

• Turning in massive 1041 for 2nd review. Had great conversation with new partner in charge of 1041, who is in another office in another town, so never met. But I like her and trust her. 

In other news:

• Got my hair colored. 
• Got my nails painted. 
• Going to an art museum tonight.

9/7/24

• I did not quit my job this week. But I also did make decisions about the future.
• I went to therapy AND the chiropractor.
• I built my cat a rocket ship.

8/30/24

• After a devastating disappointment,  my depressed adult son got out of bed 4 mornings in a row to walk the dog with me, getting exercise and sunlight. Starting over again again is hard, but he’s doing it and it gives me a small joy (and relief).

8/23/24

• Moving son back to college. I’m reminding myself that if I want him to be independent, I need to treat him as independent. *deep breaths*

7/12/24

• -My best friend gave me a German chocolate cupcake that she made 
• -I found a package my grandmother gave me years ago that contains all the letters i wrote to her while in college and in my 20s. I finally re-read them. Amazing.
• -Good hair day

6/21/24

• I survived leg day at the gym, and I’m heading to lunch with a TaxTwitter friend soon!

6/14/24

• Had day off so didn’t have to attend the company-wide zoom call about how we’re not being bought by PE… yet. Relatedly, got personal business cards for Chicago. 
• Oh and also managed yet another successful annual event for the non-profit I founded.
• Won Wyrmspan last night.

5/31/24

• Nearly done with two weeks of touring Italy. The trip had a few hiccups, but mostly fantastic experiences.  A lot of my Italian has come back — I was fluent 30+ years ago. Already making plans to come back.

5/17/24

• Spinach pizza, milk duds, The Big Lebowski, and my family. All is right in the world.

5/10/24

• -cat is healthy
• -strawberry smoothie for breakfast
• -dinner plans with hubby tonight
• -board meeting finally for nonprofit i run this weekend 
• -group bicycle ride on Mothers Day
• -NINE DAYS UNTIL FLY TO ITALY

5/3/24

• Got a good night sleep!
• Solved Connections perfectly!
• Going away with hubby for cocktails & bikes weekend!
• Baked a ham quiche!
• Tracked all my eating for 11 days, and hit my water goal most of those days!
• Have a plan for projects and exercise increase for summer!

4/26/24

• Only working 30 hours this week.
• Manicure (photo later)
• Almost done reading third book this week.
• Lost 5 lbs.
• Excitement is starting to build with family for upcoming trip. 
• Like new cardiologist.

4/12/24

• -leftover pasta bolognese from our fave restaurant form 28 years ago
• -movie night with my boys
• -a reeeeeally good night’s sleep last night
• -new face moisturizer
• -lunchtime massage 
• Today is a good day.

3/29/24

• Chocolate with hazelnuts. 
• Plans for sushi and drinks with friends tonight. 
• Weather is gorgeous and I’m recommitted to getting out for a walk midday. 
• Oh, and today will be my 3rd day in a row of moving 4 returns to review. #pullingmyweight

3/15/24

• I thought I was a dork who waited until last day to file an extension for my husband’s teeny tiny 1120s’s final tax year. But I was gonna get it done today! So I looked at 2022 for info… and LAST year I filed a final. Doh! Yay, a win! And I’m still a dork.

3/8/24

• #taxtwitter has made me laugh this week
• I went to chiropractor and we discussed Buddhism, it was good
• Dinner out with husband
• Got a response to a pesky consumer issue
• Got NYC trip booked partially using old ticket credit 
• New fun shower curtain
• Also! Finally great grandfathers educational comics from 1930 shipped off to the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM. I’m kinda chuffed that something one of my family members did will be in Smithsonian. Probably on some dark shelf forever, but still cool.

2/23/24

• -Reheated pad Thai — better on day two
• -Apparently I’m done with Biz returns (mostly ‘cause bosses don’t want to see me cry… which would be less if they didn’t give me CRAZY MESSY business returns… but I digress)
• -already moved two 1041s to review today
• -hand lotion
• -plans for quiet evening home with hubby 
• -new photos of my “grand dog” (a concept I hated until my daughter got a dog) 
• -getting $32 back from a forgotten account
• -Boston cream donut 
• -glorious Florida winter weather which I’ll get to enjoy this weekend

2/9/24

• —I was able to teach the newbie something with background and context rather than just “click that”.
• —I was able to figure something out new - how to enter prior year adjustment on M2 - all by myself. 
• —I left early for a weekend trip.

2/2/24

• This week, I got up from desk and moved and drank water and ate less sugar and slept enough and spent time with loved ones. 
• season hasn’t hit hard yet. Im totally caught up at work (I think for 1st time since 2022?) … until Monday when I suspect the sluice will open.

1/26/24

• I got a 1120s client to send in his bank statements in January, and not after 400 calls in late August!!!
• Annnnnnnd, it turns out he hasn’t paid us for our work in 2023 and hasn’t filed his company’s annual report in two years. So, good that I have the bank statements, but all work grinds to a halt.
• So i came home early and went for a bike ride.
• I expressed support for retiring partner to work less hours and for non-retiring partner to ALSO work less hours. And let them both know I’ll be working less hours. Way to slide that in… 

1/5/24

• Have Covid, which isn’t a win. Sad to cancel some plans this weekend. However, I am also very very glad to have downtime for reading, journaling, organizing my home office, cuddling with cat.
• Fresh bread from new bread maker! 
• Sending out birthday cards to my January friends.

8/25/23

• Your Friday wins are always a blessing. 
• I won $11 playing cribbage against senior citizens last night (note: I paid $13 to participate )
• I had gotten my work To Do list back under 40 items yesterday (two new ones added this morning — doh!)