I need to sit down and sort out taxes. Fun.

I'm really wondering if my street will be passable in the near future. Like, this week. It's really insane. Maybe we band together and hire a plow or something.

I went to Pilates this morning, then we went out to buy something to try to snake out our clogged up bathroom drain. After a couple of hours of snaking and sweating and swearing, which included removing the trap and trying to go in that way, and going outside to the clean-out and trying to go in THAT way, we gave up. We called the plumber, who will be coming Monday.

We have a friend's birthday dinner tonight and so now I have to shower and try to make myself look presentable.

My mom and all my VA/MD relatives are all enjoying the snowpocalypse. My brother's power and heat went out. By afternoon, he says the family was gathered in front of the fireplace lazily chatting. Just as my SiL was thinking, "This is really a lovely family moment" the power came back on and their two teenage kids jumped up and RAN to their respective computers like escaping prisoners.

I think I have fun out of internets.

Snow photos: [link]

I have snowblower envy. Actually, let me revise that: I have bobcat envy. I'd love to have one to clear the street.

Bobcats are actually tricky to drive and very prone to rollovers.

Still fun though.

I used TurboTax initially and liked it, but I've since switched to H&R Block because I think it handles stock things better. TurboTax was double-taxing me for exercising my stock options or something. In any case, I always plug my info in both programs to make sure there's no difference.

I use an accountant.

Everyone's snow pictures are lovely.

I've done Turbo Tax. It was easy enough. The last couple years I have used the fillable forms on the IRS site. Except for the business corporate return. That one I print out a zillion forms and spread them all out and suffer for days or weeks to try and get it to carry over right. I'm grateful that I have no state or local returns for the personal. The corporation has a Florida return, but it is basically copy from the 1120.

eta: I would use an accountant, but I did get this accounting degree for something. I only use it once a year though and remember why I didn't stay in accounting.

Scrappy, that's really funny.

I honestly don't know what I'd do if I lost power in weather like this. Freak out? Candles and stay in bed I guess. I could cook with the oven, since it is gas and I could light it by hand.