I always dread this time of year. Mainly because of April 15 which is the day taxes are to be mailed for the previous year. I have really gotten nailed a few times. Most folks don't think much about it because their taxes are taken out of their pay checks every week. They even get happy when they get a refund. That is really silly because it simply means that they took too much out of them during the year! And guess what, they don't get paid any interest for being out of their own money (the refund amount) through the year. Imagine the interest you would have to pay on a credit card balance of $2000.00 over a year! At least once in their lives everyone should have the experience of paying taxes like us self-employed folks do. It would sure open some eyes on how much money gets jerked away from you!
This tax time turned out to be much easier than I expected. A pleasant change indeed!
On a different subject, my favorite shade tree is the "Norway Maple". It provides the most dense shade that a tree can produce. In fact, its often hard to grow grass under them. I planted several around our place in the late 80's and the picture below shows the little brand new leaves coming out on one of them. The leaves will get very large and dark green soon but don't they look cute right now?
I can almost understand how a "tree hugger" might feel. LOL. I hope Rush doesn't see this. He often says "The most beautiful thing about a tree is what you do with it after you cut it down. Such as build a piano, nice cabinetry, baseball bats, houses, etc." He has a great point!
2 comments:
Glad to know about the Norway Maple. We're thinking of planting some more shade trees. You lil' tree hugger...=D Since you're obviously a fellow ditto head, I won't tell Rush. =D
Thanks for helping to keep my little secret from Elrushbo! LOL
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