Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

ahh, taxes

We finally signed our tax forms yesterday, despite having had an appointment to get our taxes done over a month ago. There was a holdup with one of the businesses due to some tax credits it received. The bad news is that we owe some money this year. After years of getting large refunds, we adjusted our withholding, but we ended up making a little more than expected (I guess this is the good news?), so now we owe. Go figure.

And, speaking of business, we tried putting our rental house on the market again after our renters moved out last year. Our listing was to expire at the end of last month, but there were a couple of latecomers who expressed interest in buying the property so we extended the listing for another month. Of course, we’ve since heard back from none of them, because that’s how that goes. I guess the good news there is that we’ll be renting it out again soon and recognizing some income again. It seems there is always good news. Haha.

bd party

So, we actually got out for a bit Friday night. One of Brian’s high school friends had a birthday party and we went to it. We were not able to stay super long due to the puppy (the party was in Vandergrift, which is a bit of a hoof). But it was a pleasant enough evening.

 

the killing of a sacred deer

This movie was almost good, but left too many questions at the end–and not in the usual way. The story wrapped up, but they did not explain a lot of things. It was quite compelling to watch, so for this I will give it a generous rating. But I do not recommend it.

My rating: 3/5

the silent wife

This was your basic dysfunctional Italian family kind of story. It was a quick read–I read much of it while we were away over the weekend. Not the kind of book I usually read, but I enjoyed it.

My rating: 4/5

it (movie)

Netflix finally shipped me this movie. I couldn’t wait to see it and it did not disappoint. I felt it was pretty true to the book and I like how they just did the kids’ part of the story in this first chapter. I can hardly wait for chapter 2!

My rating: 4/5