Car Repairs, Taxes, & Spring Break

This week the kids and Jonathan have been home from school/work because of spring break. So we have been working on a variety of projects that have been needing a block of time to get done.

Denise ended up working 5 days this week though, so it's a good thing we hadn't planned on going somewhere. She was expecting to only work about 20 hours a week. She's getting about 24-28 hours. She seems to enjoy it- especially the bakery over the deli. She gets along well with the department manager.

On Tuesday, Jonathan and I taught a class to some of the recruiter spouses on surviving military life. On the way home, the PT Cruiser's check engine light came on. So it went into the shop- with 675 miles over the warranty limit. (of course it had to wait until it was expired!) Basically it needed a new sensor and a tune-up. It's running great now.

I managed to mostly get the federal taxes done. All I have to do is wait for 2 pieces of information which I just now realized I did not have. But I'll go ahead and file by Tuesday (tax deadline day) and then do an amended return if needed.

Naomi has taken the time off to repaint her bedroom furniture. She is trying to get things color coordinated in purples and green (to match all of her stuffed frogs). It's not quite done, but hopefully soon.

Jon Paul has been working on his proposal for his Eagle project. I think it is near completion (the proposal, not the project.)

I am working on several embroidery orders. One is on-going of lab coats for our dentist. I have done 9 so far and am expecting more next week. (They were out of the office this week.) I also am expecting an order of about 15 shirts from the teachers of the high schoo science department. JonPaul's teacher is working with me on this. She will get the orders next week once school is back in session.

Yesterday, my friend Christine and I went to several of the bookstores/gift shops that carry a lot of items with the Georgia Tech logo. Christine's husband Jim and Jonathan started discussing joining forces to make some shirts for the football parents support club at the college. We've been slowly working thru the details and licensing process. I think we are within several months of actually being able to sell some items with a college logo. This has some great potential if we can work out all of the details.

I am still trying to decide if I want to rent a space for the Memorial Day celebration/festival in Senoia. The hard part is deciding what would sell. We have not had good luck at craft shows before, so it's hard to get excited about it. Although, some of the other special events have pulled in a lot of people- even though the town is really small. I have until May 19th to decide- any suggestions or comments??????

I guess that about covers this week- nothing exciting, but rather productive overall.