New Blogger and This and That

I was probably the last amoung us who had not switched to the new blogger or left for greener pastures. I tried to log in under the old blogger then was told that I needed to switch. Then they just switched me. There was not turning back. I hope this works out.

The tax thing turned out OK. I'm getting a refund. YAY! My tax guy said I needed better bookkeeping. "That's what corporations do." Ha! So throwing all my reciepts in my expandable file each month and not looking at them till tax time isn't good enough? Sigh...

In other news, there's an influx of new students at my Martial Arts school right now. There's a cool energy to the place. I told my kids that when we reach a certain goal of paying students, I'd take them to Disney World next October. Looks like I better start planning for this.

I had laryngitis this week. It's hard for me not to be able to speak/yell loudly especially since I had to run belt test on Wednesday. My daughter tested for her Red/Black Belt; the last one before Black. This was pretty significant for her as she's been at her last belt rank for well over a year. She was looking pretty fierce out there. Her Dad drove for over two hours to watch her test. Em, Eduardo, and their kids came to support her also. My son helped with the test and got to be one of her "attackers."

All eight of us went out afterwards to get dinner/desert to celebrate. This was a first. My ex-husband, my kids and my new extended family all sitting, eating, smiling and laughing together. It felt very nice.