Sigh. Well Amigos, The Red Man is in a funk today. The old woman Slow and Pretty left Casa de Canterbury early this a.m. to make a long trek to see Barbara the Tax Preparer. Yuck. The Tax Man Cometh every year, and there is always much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth throughout the casa by Pretty whose filing system leaves much to be desired due to lack of interest and who prefers waiting until the last minute to unravel the mysteries of her financial activities.
Thank goodness for Barbara the Tax Preparer who has a magical machine that brings order to the chaos that is the 21st century reality for Casa de Canterbury.
Of course Slow has been prepared for weeks. Who’s surprised. What else does she have to do. She certainly doesn’t spend much time with her “work.” Whatever.
Pretty, on the other hand, has managed to leave a trail of paper in the kitchen and living room and is downstairs now trying to determine what she can do with yet another year of piles of little receipts and notes that she used for compiling her 2015 important numbers.
OMG, QUICK! I can’t see Pretty anywhere!!
Get me outta here, Percy…I believe Pretty has been swallowed up by paperwork and The Red Man must rush to her rescue…catch ya later, Sports Fans.
The Red Man and I are in agreement about taxes. Think we should just estimate what we owe and send that in. That would be good. And enough.
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Yes, send in a reasonable amount as determined by persons of reason – and call it a day. Bah humbug.
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Hmm… Cassie Potatoes and I discussed and determined Ma and Pretty are sisters of the soul, or however the peeps say it. 😀 This little disclosure about Pretty’s filing system sews it up for us. Ma is making tax noises and it’s not pretty. Hee, hee!
Quick, CP! Let’s hide the little Christmas gift bags Ma uses as a “filing cabinet.” 🙂
Love from the Frozen North!
Pops, CP, the Doctor and Ma
Oh yeah! And Frannie Pants 😀
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This is hilarious – Pretty and Ma are soul sisters, for sure. We will mention the Christmas gift bag filing system – Pretty would so totally approve!! 🙂
We love that your family is growing by leaps and bounds, or at least by trots and gallops – we would love to see you all!!
Frannie Pants is the perfect name, btw. We love that.
Huddle up and stay warm.
Much love from the less than sunny South!
The Red Man
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The tax man can readeth your story and maketh determinations about the accuracy of your taxes! Lol
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Yikes! I forgot the tax man can readeth, too!! Oh well, luckily the tax man already knoweth Pretty so he wasn’t too surprised, either. 🙂
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Hope you find Pretty, Red Man but probably not a good idea to eat her homework this time 😉
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Yes, Pretty has been found among the piles of paper in the living room crawling her way to the top! That’s the good news.
The bad news is The Red Man actually does go through anything Pretty makes the mistake of leaving on the floor – he assumes it will have candy somewhere – and he’s usually right!! 🙂
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Best of luck with the Tax Man (yikes – not on my ‘favorite-people-for-dinner list) 😉
The book arrived yesterday!!! Thank you. I’m SO excited (don’t worry about the name, can’t be helped) 😀 😀 😀
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So glad the book traveled all the way to another continent – it must have been a long journey…but a safe one. You are our favorite Australian Author, Dianne Gray. 🙂
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