HRB IS OVER

Monday finished this year at HRB. This year seemed to take longer than usual. The eggheads in the main office in KC conspired to increase our workload. You could tell that they never had to do the job. The program to do the taxes is good but it is the extras that drive you batty. You have to go thru 20 screens in order to finish a return. Sometimes, for very trivial reasons you are supposed to have a return reviewed by another preparer. First try to find another available preparer. It becomes so you just put another preparers number in the approval screen.
They gave out coupons for discounts. This is a good idea but then they make you fill out a voucher for each coupon as well as put it into the computer.
The people in the office are great and everyone gets along. The customer are interesting and fun to deal with. But TG it is all over for this year.

Our plans to go north to Christi's Graduation are progressing. We plan to drive and leave here on May 4th. We will arrive at Jean's on Friday the 5th.We will leave Jean's and go up to Eileen's on Monday, May 8th. We will head back home on the 10th
arriving here on the 11th.

We had a great Easter. Marge and Hank and the boys arrived on Saterday. We went to Dan and Dawn's on Staurday night. On Easter we had a great brunch at Joe and Lisa's.
They left here on Tuesday.

CHRISTI'S GRADUATION

We have started making plans to attend the party for Christi's graduation. She will be graduating from James Madison University with a degree in Architechure on May 5th.
We will be heading to Lynchberg. We are planning on leaving Florida on the 4th and arrivng in Lynchberg on the 5th. We will be driving. We are hoping to see as many of you as we can. We then plan on visiting Eileen and Thom in Charlottesville for a couple of days before heading back to Florida. There is a remote possibility that JoAnn and Augie might attend. Bren and Jana are also thinking of flying in from Kansas. Mom and I are looking foward to the trip.
Margie, Hank and the boys will be visiting us in 2 weeks. They will only be here for a few days. Kate and Chad will be visiting us in the last week of June. They will be staying at Joe and Lisa home because they are going to Colorado during tht week.
Mickey is at Kate and Chad's home. He has accepted the position in New Hampshire and will start there next week. He will look for a house and Becky and the boys will move north as soon as possible.