I had started a blog post about all that has been keeping me busy, when it occurred to me this morning that it must be (or close to) Poppy's homecoming anniversary. So I looked back at posts from three years ago (one of the biggest benefits of blogging), and found that I'd missed it by a day – I brought our adorable Decker pup home on February 2, 2020. (To see an absolute avalanche of adorableness, click here.) Today she is the mature and generous 'big sister,' budding agility star, and ever the avid hunter (as I type this she's running from door to window to door, bark-screaming at squirrels):
The end of January through yesterday I was wading through the weeds of corporate taxes. I thought I had them done and dusted last Sunday; then on Monday morning our CPA notified me of needed changes. Sigh; it's all so out of my wheelhouse. Yesterday when I met with her, I asked the CPA to give us an estimate on doing the quarterly and year-end tax reports as well as our annual corporate and personal filing. Rick may squawk, but if she ends up with "clean-up in Aisle 3" anyway, she might as well do it once and done. Now to gather up the materials for our personal taxes....
In more pleasant pursuits, I have been spinning, plying, and prepping yarn for knitting projects, thanks to the inspiration of the Jenkins spindle group on Ravelry. I also did the join on a headband I knit from leftover luxury yarn spun by a blogpal and used to make two gift hats. I thought the headband might be a lambing contest prize (yes, one is still going to be announced), but I wear headbands much more often than hats so just might just keep it for myself.
The hens continue to bump up production, giving me seven eggs a day twice so far, with five/day being common:
I just found out that the coworker who has been buying all my extra eggs is going to start traveling at the end of this month – basically for the rest of this year! I bought the four hens from the moving neighbors specifically to keep up with her desires; guess I'd better spread the word in the neighborhood to see if I can find some new customers.
That's it for now from . . .