BNOTB
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Tax Season
...blows!
I am tired of those Jackson Hewitt commercials about people getting
$12,000 tax refunds (mostly because I'm bitter I won't be getting a refund). I owe a large amount due to some errors made last year. So, obviously I am waiting until the last minute to file them. The money I was going to use for a trip to NYC gets to be used to pay the government. Fun! 
Re: Tax Season
Me:32 DH:33
Married Sept 2008
~~TTC Nov 2010~~
Jan 2012 - SA, low numbers and also low T
Mar 2013 - see first Uro - recommends seeing RE
May 2012 - see RE who recommends a new Uro who specializes in MFI
May 2012 - HSG: tubes clear
DH Surgery: 8/30/12- Bi-lateral Varicocele repair
Wait
IUI#1:12/19/12-100mg Clomid(CD3-7)(7M post wash)+ progesterone= BFN
SA:1/11/12- 38%motility, 2% morph
IUI #2: 1/21/13-100mg Clomid(CD3-7)(8M post wash) + progesterone= BFP!! EDD 10/13/13
Beta #1=81.1 Beta #2=134.5 Beta #3=58.1 #4=2369 WTH?!-Not sure if its viable
2/21/13 - Went to RE expecting the worse and saw the flutter of the heart...still measuring small. To God be the Glory!!
2/28/13 - heart rate = 147bpm!! Measuring on target!
3/21 - First OB Appt
~~PAIF/SAIF Welcome~~
Taxes indeed blow, on just about any level.
I used to owe every year, too, because I either earned most of my money in tips or from my work as an independent contractor when I didn't pay taxes at all for a side job. I have so been there and it's not fun to fork over that money.
**kicks dirt for panda and conrad**
Boo taxes!
But I'm glad I'm not alone. All my friends just keep telling me what they are doing with their refund (highlights, new car, trips), and I just felt like whining. I was expecting to have to owe a little, but it's more than I expected. I had my BIL who is an accountant look everything over to make sure I didn't do something wrong. I didn't.
My mom's a CPA, so tax season definitely sucks for her long and ridiculous hours. Plus, this is the time of year where more idiots asks ridiculous questions (i.e. "Do I have to pay that much or is that the suggested amount?" or "If I don't file, I won't owe it, right?")
And I personally don't like because if I didn't file jointly with DH, I would owe.
Last year when we did our taxes, we owed SO MUCH MONEY!!!
( I am starting to believe 2011 was an unlucky year)
Sadly, I was trying to save money to add to our house fund which by this time this year we would have had enough to put a down deposit for a house.
This year? We are doing our taxes through someone else and we should owe nothing since I was in school all last year.