DON'T F*#K WITH THE IRS......

LESSON. LEARNED. Holy crap! Ok a little detail on my run in with the IRS. Back in 2003 I took a job cleaning the office building I worked in at night for some extra cash. I made a mere $500 a month to clean the building twice a week. Not bad for me since I'm a single mom, and I just took my son with me while I cleaned, which worked out since I didn't have to pay extra daycare. Sweet deal so I thought. Well turns out I was being paid as being self employed and no taxes were taken out, meaning I was supossed to make some tax payments. I was 23 then and didn't think it would make a difference if I paid them through out the year or just waited until the end of the year when I got my tax refund, since I don't make much money I usually get a good size refund and I thought they would just even out the taxes I owed, with what I would get back anyway. BIG MISTAKE!! I ended up having to file these extra forms, and pay self employement taxes, and late fees and penalties out. the. ass!!!!! So I do this and think they will take the $1500 I owe them out of my refund, nope they sent me the WHOLE check. Damn. Now you would think I would have immidately sent them back the portion that I owed them, right? WRONG! I was young, broke, and trying to move so I sent them a little and made a payment plan arragement. Things go ok then I start falling behind on bills and stop paying that bill. Yes, of all the bills I decide to stop paying the IRS. I think again, foolishly that they will just take the balance out of my refund for this year and give me the rest. Which is what they are doing except it's taking forever, plus I added up more late fees and penalties so I again owed almost $1500. No big deal I thought, then I get to work today and my HR department tells me they have received a "Notice of Levy on Wages" from the IRS. Crap! So I call the IRS. Wait on hold for 30 minuets, then I talk to the lady about what is happening, this takes anothr 30 minuets, I was on the phone for a full hour. But things are cleared up, they are faxing a release on the levy to my HR department, my taxes have been processed, they took their money and I still get a little back. Bad part it won't be release until Feb 13 so I have to wait a few more weeks. Oh well I am so gald this whole thing is over. I have learned my lesson, the hard way unfortunately, I was trying to make some extra cash and it ended up costing me more than it was worth! But now taxes are paid, I owe nothing else and next year I will get my entire refund! Moral of this story boys and girls is DON'T FUCK WITH THE IRS, because they will fuck you harder and they won't use lube! Good Day!

TGI Freaking F!!!

Not that I have had an unusally hard week but hell, who doesn't look forward to the weekend!?! Anytime off work it's wonderful to me. Not too much going on this week. No weekend plans as of yet but that is subject to change.....hopefully it will. :-) So what to chat about, hmmmm. Well nothing comes to mind so have a great weekend everyone!!!

Whoever said.....

Money can't buy happiness sure as hell must not have ever been broke!! This whole house/apartment/shack hunting experience has not been good. I can not find anything that I can afford by myself anyway, in the city I need to stay in right now. It is just amazing how much they want for rent! I only get paid twice a month, and for what most of these places it would cost me about 1 whole check per month. Leaving me with just one check to pay my car payment, daycare, utilites, buy food, and whatever else we need. It just won't work. So looks like I'm going to end up in a cramped 1 bedroom apartment. I will be on the couch so my son can have a bedroom. This is a really whiney post, I'm just feeling so sorry for myself right now. I need a roommate, but I sooooo don't want a roommate!!! I want to live alone! Ok, I'm done yelling at the computer screen now! Hopefully something perfect will come along......trying to think positive here.

Emotional Rollercoaster

I love that song, but it also describes my mood lately. I will be happy go lucky one day, and the next, BAM, for no reason I can think of I am on the verge of tears. Such is the case today. I feel sad. I don't know why, I just feel like any minute I could just start crying. Who knows why....

Anyway the birthday celebration was good. We went out to a few clubs. I had a good time, drank WAY too much but appricated all the "birthday shots" everyone bought me!I have never done so many Jager-Bombs in my life! Not to mention the tequilla shot, the hot sex shot, and whatever else was handed to me with a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"!!!! I really had a good time. I slept all day yesterday and am still not feeling my best, probably another reason for the low mood.

Now for the gifts!!!! Thanks to my sister and cousin for the cash and card!!! Thanks to my momma for towels for my new place I hope to find soon, and my son for the locket necklace! Thank you Laurie for my delicious Lemon cake she made me and for watching my rugrat so I could enjoy the night out! Love ya! And B for the beautiful ring, roses, and panties! :-)

That's all for now......

Go Shorty It's Your BIRTHDAY!!!

YEAH!!! I am in a super hype/good mood today. And it's my birthday! Too bad I'm working but I plan on sneaking out of here early today!! Going to have a few drinks with a girlfriend, and waiting on Saturday to get here! Woooo Whoooo! Also happy birthday to Gigi who is lucky enough to share a birthday with the likes of ME!!!

Birthday Eve....

Today's my birthday eve!!! Yeah! Too bad I have to work tomorrow, on my birthday! Not fair. Buit I plan on celebrating Saturday night, and well into Sunday morning. Cuz hey, you only turn 27 once right? Now, 29, that's a different story, I may turn 29 many, many, times.....

Anndddd.....CUT!

So ends my record lenght run of happiness. Even after I had to get up earlier than usual today to go look at the duplex that turned out to be shit, and go to the doctor, and to the courthouse to finish looking up reoffenders, all before starting my "real" day at work, I was still in a pretty good mood. Strange I know. Then I get the email saying my paystub is ready online. Alright! I think as I knew my pay raise would be on there and I still hadn't been informed of what it would be yet. So I go look at it, and BAM! Smack in the face! After all the hard work and extra shit I have been doing, I thought yea, they will give me a good raise, more than the normal 3%, yeah, I got 3.5%. Whewww fucking Whooo! A whole 36 extra dollars on eaach check. Oh well tis the price of not having a damn degree I guess. It does cover the amount I took out of each check to go into my Healthcare Flex spending account and the extra life insurance I took out on me and my son so it evens out to me bringing home about the same amount. What the hell. I'm not going to let this bring me down either! Who needs savings! Vacations are for suckers! Yea yea yea! Anyone who would like to donate funds or an all expense paid trip to Disney World for my son and I , I am offically accepting! :-) I should start a "help support my broke ass" website. See how many people give me $$, hey it worked for the "pay my credit card debt lady" or whatever right? Ahhh, dreams......

Today's babblings.....

Well I called about a 2 bedroom house yesterday. The guy took my information and said that the house was open and I could go in look around and fill out an application on the counter. So I did and I love this house! It's so cute, perfect for me and Anthony and I can afford it, plus the landlord pays water, sewer, and trash services which will save me almost $100 a month! I am trying not to get so excited incase I don't get it but I can't help it. I really want that house! And it's a HOUSE, not an apartment!!! With a big yard for Ant to play and it's on a dead end street so I don't have to worry about traffic speeding by so much. I already have placed my furniture (in my head) where I want it to go. Me and Ant picked which bedroom would be whos, he's excited too. He liked it. It also has this huge attached patio that is screened in and would be so cool in the warmer months to sit out and not get eaten alive by the bugs! Ok, ok, enough about the house, just hope with me that I get it! Many thanks!!!

In other news, today is my favorite cousin Amy's birthday!!! So HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, I LOVE YOU BUNCHES!!!!

My supervisor called today and told me that she had my raise information and she would go over it with me on Friday. FRIDAY, a whole 3 days away from now!! I'm very impatient, I know so surprising huh?!! But I hope it's good and actually makes a difference on my paycheck! But I'm going to think positive. Since 2 different people today have told me I always think negatively and need to start thinking positive that is going to be one of my goals for the year. To start thinking more positively and maybe things will start turning around for me. Who knows, it's worth a shot. I have actually been in a great mood, pretty much this whole month so far. It probably has to do with the fact that I know I'm 1) moving this month, 2) getting my tax refund and will have some extra cash and 3) IT'S MY BIRTHDAY MONTH!!! 9 days from today to be exact! I'm one of those idiot birthday fanatics that think MY birthday should really be a national holiday! I celebrate and remind EVERYONE, just about the whole month of January. This year I started in late December. I went and got my nails done and told "B" it was an early birthday present to myself, he looked confused and said "but your birthday is a month away", I said "yeah, I start early"....he'll learn.