Thursday, February 4, 2016

Money & The I.R.S........

 This picture is out of order. This is at the corner of a road I turn on..no traffic , so I got out of my car to get a shot of the sky. It started getting cloudy while I was in town.,but the sun was out till after noon.
  Now this is how it looked when I left for town.  Went to get my taxes done.  Our H.R. Block is now owned by Blocks, so it was all new people. It used to be ran by a local family. I did get a very good lady to help me. She was precise , good at explaining some questionable things.. like next year we will all have to show a paper proving we have health insurance.  Do not get me started about how the IRS is penalizing those that do not have insurance...usually  the young and the poor. GRR.
  Good news for me...I do not owe and I will even get a few dollars back from the state...oh that tickles me.  So I went to Horton's .LOL...just to look around. They will have spring market in March. The store has new flooring and Mr. Horton told me they are renovating the candy section, the custom blind section and the gardening center.  I just looked into this corner and took some shots of  these bags.
  They are all hand made and the designer is "The Bag Girl" . They are cute and I noticed the straps are old ties. No all of them though.
   This one has a saying "God willing and The Creek Don't Rise" . :):)
  This one has "You Are My Sunshine" on it.  I didn't stay long here. It was very nice talking with Mr. Horton...such a good man , so helpful and kind.
   Hope all of you are having a good day. Smile. XO

22 comments:

  1. good for you that you don't owe! We always seem to darn it.

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    1. Ann, When I worked, I always filed single, no dependents and would take out and extra 4% that way I always got money back. Good ole days. Blessings, hope you are doing well there and not getting the nasty weather. xoxo,Susie

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  2. What great bags, love the Creek Don't Rise one.

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    1. Janet, When I was younger, I changed out my bags more often. Any more I use a pretty small one. I thought all these bags were cute. I'll try to get better pictures when the set up for the spring market. Blessings, hope all is well at your house,xoxo, Susie

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  3. The handmade bags are so pretty and unique! Glad you are getting $$$ back and not having to pay -- I dread doing our taxes - we seem to get squeezed! Too poor to save for taxes, too "rich" to escape them!

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    1. Girl you are saying it for so many of us. It's like the people of power won't let us get too far ahead. LOL. That is exactly why I vote...so I can grouse whenever I want.I wish you luck this year honey. xoxo,Susie

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  4. I can now go to the AARP free tax center and get my taxes done every year for free yeah
    yes I get some money back also so i will pay off my credit card from Christmas where I over spent LOL
    look around maybe there is a free tax place in your area.
    for years i paid to get simple tax forms filled out, and get mad about it when I think of all those years paying $150 - 350 dollars

    we have sunshine today and that makes me happy

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    1. I have never heard of this before. That would really help many of us. The tax lady did make me out a coupon and I saved 20 dollars using it . That was kind.Glad you had sun, ours came out about noon and it ended up being a beautiful, but cold day.Bless you, xoxo,Susie

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  5. The bags are so neat. I love one of a kind, unique items. And I'm always saying, God willing and the creek don't rise! haha! Hugs!

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    1. Diane, There was a paper stating that these bags were wearable art. If things are one of a kind they do seem like art. That God willing bag sounds just right for you. LOL. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  6. Being self employed and having to buy our own health insurance you don't even want to get me started on that subject! All the young people I know who aren't insured through their employer don't have insurance. It's sad. Looks like you are snow free down there. My son may be moving to Indianapolis- is that close to your area? I'm sure he and his wife would love it if there wasn't too much winters weather there. Looks like the Horton store is a fun one!

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    1. Liz, I live 50 miles north of Indianapolis. We have had a mild winter, I feel. Yes, I know the self employed have a heck of a time with insurance. I thought National Health Care was to be reasonable...doesn't look that way to me. It's heart breaking. I have medicare and a second insurance thru my retirement and I still have deductibles and co-pays and still pay 20 % of the remainder. That's why we do our best to stay well here. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  7. My husband is terribly unhandy. I really mean that. When he fixes something it is usually a hazard. But he is an accountant and can do taxes, lol. Beautiful skies. I love the purses. The one about God willing and the creeks don't rise is so funny.

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    1. Debby, This is your husbands busy time then. I hope he does yours for free. :):) Today start out cloudy and turned beautiful the rest of the day.Crazy weather . Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  8. Adorable bags!! Some folks are just so creative!

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    1. I actually love seeing just how creative people can be. It does me good . I would love a nice new tote bag...so I may be looking at some of these later. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  9. We usually do our taxes online. But I think this year will be a little different since Joe started getting his pension. We may have to get an accountant.

    My mom used to make quilted bags and I have so many of them. I switch them out now and then but always have my favorites.

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    1. Kathy, If things didn't change all the time..i think we all could just copy off our last years papers and do them ourselves...but sometimes even the forms have changed.
      If you have bags your mom make, those are your treasures. I have tried to keep a few of my mother's things. Bless you, xoxo,Susie

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  10. Beautiful clouds! I'm so grateful that you don't have to pay ~ that's awesome! I haven't done mine yet...do them online and usually have to pay. Just call me Grumpy about that!

    Cute bags! I used to sew but haven't in a long time.

    xo
    Pat

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  11. You have to grab those sunny shots of the sky can we can here in our area, Susie! Love.

    Taxes....grrrrr...time to dig deep into the pockets. Hortons would definitely cheer me up though!! :)


    Thanks always for your visits and that you call me Blondie. My really true and close friends do so that puts you right up there!

    Jane (B)

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  12. Great find! Love homemade things...:)JP

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  13. The skies were beautiful that day when you stopped on the side of the road to take a picture. What lovely clouds. This looks like a country road to me, my favorite kind. The bags at Horton's are cute. I like the one "you are my sunshine." I used to sing that to my kids when they were little. Such sweet memories, Susie.

    love, ~Sheri

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