Some have asked where we got our new inv/char. Well we got it off of Ebay as a package deal. That is the inv/char, new control panal and new wiring to go from the control panal to the inv/char. It cost us around $1200 if I remember right.
We have also been asked about where we stay for the price we get. We pay $520 a month for FHU and wi-fi, that is electric, water, sewer and wi-fi. You can find places that do not charge for the amount of electric, you just have to call around. If you know you are going to be in an area for 6 months or more you could call up some MH parks to see if they will allow an RV to set up for a short time. Some are doing that now. One good thing with a MH park is you should have access to cable connections for TV and/or internet. You will have to pay for it of course but it might be an option. Just remember with an RV if you don't like your neighbors you can pack up fast and move to the next spot. Check out any place first before settling on one long term.
Here's a story about Lisa, our granddaughter. Josh and Erin had a parent/teacher conference yesterday. Appearently all the parents had a meeting setup for yesterday to go over how the kids were doing in their first year in school so far.
Kids start off kindergarten at lvl 1 for reading and should be at lvl 4 by the end of the year, Lisa is already at lvl 8. Because of the what Joshua has her reading it seems she has picked up on the fact that for talking you use quotation marks to tell what the person said. She has no clue why just that cause she sees it all the time she knows thats what you do. It seems that now until 2nd grade the kids can get away with writing phonetically and not correctly but Lisa is writing all words correctly. (ie sign We as adults understand there is a silent g but they don't bother to correct kids until 2nd grade.) Anyway the upstart to the whole thing is they are recommending her for an advanced class now so that she does not get bored with school.
Now I am about to go into infomercial mode here, so you can stop reading now if you don't want to read this part:
Well I broke down and bought the Neat Receipts. I have now scanned all the receipts from last year and so far for this year. It takes most of the info straight from them and puts into a format that you can then run different reports. You can fix the numbers if it doesn't bring them over correctly. Sometimes a 0 or 8 gets mixed up. You can even designate which ones are for tax purposes and which Schedule it should go on so that at the end of the year it goes right into tax software or whatever. It seems that the IRS also accepts the digital copies from Neat so that I wont have to keep all of them in case of an audit.
I am actually impressed with what it can do. If something does not scan right I can fix it right away. Like all the bussiness cards with all the graphics it sometimes does not see things right or if it is real shiny. It scans fine but can't seem to read it very well. I can input the info and the card is still there to see anyway.
I know I sound like an infomercial but I thought it might be something for us or others to keep track of stuff and for household things so that on taxes you can separate the house and stuff into house and work areas and keep track of spending for things for taxes.
As you can tell I am really liking this so far. I have done all of the receipts now and I found that I can "split" something like a Rite Aid receipt into several pieces so that I can classify parts of it into like Medical, Grocery or whatever and then add what part of taxes to classify the Medical for like Medicine and Drugs for the Sch A.
Or say I stop off at Flying J and get fuel and food, I can split it into fuel and food so that in the budget or what ever I can keep track or say we travel for work then for tax purposes I can keep track of what is reimbursed and what I can use for taxes.
I am now about to go thru and scan all the documents into it so that I can get rid of the suitcase of paperwork.
Why did I get the Neat Receipts instead of Neat Desk? Well the desk is bigger and twice as much. It's basically the same software in it so why not go for the one that is under $200 and takes less space?
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