Thread:Llyssa1020/@comment-35594152-20190730005939/@comment-38558458-20190730050949

Hello Sue! ~  Yes, a little break here to catch up with my Wiki friends is just what I needed. I read and highlighted probably two chapters today in my book. So, to explain in case you don't read other messages on my wall, if you do, this is a rinse and repeat - lol. I actually have a book (who knew in this day and age they would have physical print media - lol). I could have done it through a computer, but my 79 year old neighbor is kind enough to proctor my exam and I thought paper would be much easier for him. I hand him my book - he hands me my exam. After I'm done, he signs off on it, I seal it up and we mail it from his mailbox. Besides, he's a retired 4th grade teacher and I think he enjoys doing this. I also like having a book on hand for reference later on, so it all works out. I also took the test at the end of each Chapter today and didn't do to bad, so I feel pretty good about this one.

Old friends coming to visit is much more important than a full Gift Box from virtual ones. I know for a fact that my GB will be overflowing each time I take a break and visit these next few weeks. I just can't worry about that right now. I'm hoping that my friends will understand given the message in my Avatar. I would also like to stop by during breaks and visit a few friends who are keeping me in their thoughts. There is no way I can visit everyone right now while I am studying.

Speaking of clean house, mine definitely needs cleaning. So nice for you that you have a hubby that will help. It will have to wait until after this exam and the next event. The event will take priority though - lol. So glad you have lost more weight - sounds like you have a lot of determination and willpower. Slow and steady and it will come off.

I tried the Rabbit Stroll thing and only got to either Level 6 or 7. It was a hard one. I think I enjoyed Opal's posts better "OpalVsRabbit"  "OpalRabbitStew" "OpalBadHareDay" - lol. Opal is the queen of Treasure Box and Candy World, so if she had trouble I didn't feel too bad then.

Taxes - ugh! You must have a business if you are submitting quarterly taxes. I worked from home for two years during my last job. The company I worked for was based out of Montreal and only had 2 US employees, so we were responsible for filing our own taxes (along with that Social Security match that normally the employer does - that's 15% total!). Anyway, I was glad when I didn't have to do that anymore. I thought it was more painful to pay it than actually file the return - lol. Although that income and a job like that would be perfect again - we'll see. I might not even need this license renewal, but it's best to always have that in your back pocket. I studied for it when I worked for them (and they reimbursed me, which was very nice). The only thing that wasn't nice was the fact that I could not file for unemployment once they decided to take a different strategy in their business operations. So, I learned a lot about self-employment and I am now much more grateful to a local or US based employer that offers those benefits.

I'm so very sorry about your other chicken. Do you live in town or in the country? I think you need to bring your last one into the house and set up a little pen for it - maybe in the basement, garage or somewhere. The poor thing must be lost without it's other hens. My handman said that where there is one, there are others - they typically travel in a little clan. When we never caught anything in the trap he set for me, he thought maybe it had been caught by someone else or ended up being hit or something that would have killed it. He put catfish bait in there to lure the racoon. He said he saw something under my back porch that had fur. There was also a mound of dirt, so we thought it could be a ground hog - if that's the case, there's no way I can keep them from tunneling under my back porch. I told him there are bunnies around. So, I even put a sliced apple in the trap along with some garden greens and some cat food trying to lure what ever was under there out. Nothing step foot in the trap. So when he came by to pick up his trap, I told him to put that swatch of coyote urine behind the back of the step. I'm not sure if helped - I obviously had activity there last week late at night with the mouse trap. I still need to contact him. I need to close for now and call it a night. Maybe I'll go out and check my GB and visit a few friends....just don't want to fall asleep in anyone's room - the bed's much more comfortable - lol. Take care! ~  Llyssa