Paper Work

In this digital age, having everything sent to you digitally is great! Until you're trying to gather info for taxes.  I printed as much as I needed ..... I think.

Mom was never part of the digital age, so her paperwork has been piling up on my desk.  It took me HOURS to go through it all, but I finally see the light! 

If things are going as expected, neither mom nor I have to pay taxes this year.  

Hooray!!!

Now I have to create a "system" for dealing with her paperwork without letting it build up all year!! 

Antiques

I'm a fan of Antiques Roadshow,  I have always liked old things, especially those with a known history.  But I keep wondering if I'll ever run across something might turn out to have significant value?  Probably not. 

I have plenty of things that supposedly have "value".  The antique vase that family lore says is from Sweden.  The Jessica signed art print I found in a thrift store. Boyds Bears. Vernonware. Depression glass. The list goes on, but so far, nothing worth much.  

But somehow it doesn't stop me from looking, and wishing!!

And while I'm doing my wishing, I have become an antique myself!!  Hahaha

And in the end, it just might be the wooden bankers chairs from the 40s or 50s I was given from an employer while I was helping clear out a space for files..... before stuff went digital!