lunchtime ramblings

Well, here I am taking a break from the grueling task of cleaning up our financial stuff at work, prepping for the end of year tax reporting. I am determined to get this done by no later than January 15. The last two years have been dismal in this area, I get lose-your-mind busy by late February/early March and just don't have time to deal with it. We file for an extension and it just gets put off till (well we JUST filed 2006 last month). So, no more procrastination.

I am working from home today and baking cookies as I work. I got a KitchenAid Artisan Mixer for Christmas (slightly early) and decided to break it in with some Macadamia Nut Shortbread cookies. A ridiculous amount of butter is makes the kitchen smell absolutely decadent.

I just tried one and it's ok, but I think I will keep looking for a recipe more to my liking. This one tastes just slightly ...what's the word when something tastes like it has too much flour?

Anyway, enjoying a cup of java with the splurge of some of the left over cream from last night's seafood au gratin. Listening to tunes and happy to be through April in my tax year.

I am leaving for Kansas on Friday morning and I am just stressed too hell. Normally it wouldn't that big of a deal, however I have so much to do around the house and I will be returning next week to pick up Ryan at the airport. He insists that what the house looks like doesn't matter to him, but 35 years of programming from my OCD grandmother and mother about how the house should look is hard to overcome.

Don't get me wrong, the place is clean, but there is stuff everywhere, because, as much as I hate to admit it, I am still not done moving in. Been here 4 months and the garage is still so full I can't park my Jeep inside. Maybe if we get bored, Ryan will carry boxes inside for me. :)

Well, I should get back to it. I am bringing my laptop with me to Kansas, so contact with the outside world is theoretically possible, but only through dial-up and often that's just not worth the trouble. I should get my mother a cable modem for Christmas.