Tax Season is coming.....

So Roberts Tax business is really taking off.  He's been hard at work promoting it and putting it together.  Because of his had work and marketing he's had a couple of offers to partner with an Investor or two.  He's decided to go at it alone and see how things go.  He's looking forward to a great year in 2011.  I'm excited for him and also looking forward to working with him.  We have very different style and work ethic's but overall with his enthusiasm and my ability to run a successful business we should be able to accomplish our financial goals.  Our biggest goal is to allow me to stay home and work from home.  This would mean expanding the business quite a bit.  I'm working on his P&L from last year and setting up his accounting systems.  We've just acquired a 800 number today.  My projects today are to order the car magnets and complete the marketing pieces. 

He is expanding to Alaska this year and so we're looking at a mobile office.  My idea :)  I think it makes sense.  Rentals on a large motor home during off season in Alaska are reasonable (no different then a hotel room) and we would be able to relocate as business requires for a week or two at a time.  Currently he is servicing clients in Utah, California and Hawaii.  We will add Alaska this next year. 

We're upgrading our hardware (buying another computer) and just purchased quickbooks so that he will be able to take credit cards and debit cards as well.  Much to do.  Much to do  Oh if you would like to visit his website  http://www.rptaxservice.com/.  Don't forget to referr a friend!

Starting a new business

Well Here you go. As most of you know I've had this idea of owning a florist since I was in grade school. I've always liked flowers and the way they make you feel. They bring a smile to most people and the smell is such a reminder of good things. Often you can smell a flower close your eyes and remember a really great memory. So anyways I've been toying with the idea of flower lei's for quite some time and really kinda had my first order last year thanks to my sister we were able to get an order from the local high school. This year I've decided to kick things up a notch and market in advance to the local schools as a fundraiser. Here is my first flyer. Let me know what you think. I've got a really great source in Hawaii and things kinda just fell into place. I guess you can say it happened from years and I do means years of my sister and I flying back and forth to Hawaii to hand carry lei's back for our kids graduations. Utterly hundreds of leis. Dayna's highschool graduation every single graduating student had a lei. Then there was Rianne's wedding and you might remember every single guest received a lei again all flown in from Hawaii.

I took a flowering arranging class in high school through our ROP department and I guess you can say there began my interest in flowers which then lead to party planning. When I was first married and starting my family money was always tight and I was always looking for ways to make extra money so one year I hit my parents up during the holiday season and somehow was able to score a job making the center pieces for several big events which actually gave me my Christmas money.

OK off I go to my real job :)

Planning another party.....with one week notice

Ok leave it to my sister to throw a party with one week notice. Gotta love her I can do it attitude. But well truth be told I have so many party ideas that what the heck it could be 2 hours notice and we could still do it...LOL

Ok so here goes for ideas. It is a Grandmother Baby Shower - yes you got it right. I actually had to look it up because I had never heard of such a thing but apparently this is a new trend with so many parents returning to work (due to bad economy they state) many grandparents are baby sitting and actually raising their kids kids so there a growing set of grandmothers throwing their own "Grandmother Baby Shower" in order to have all the basics at their house as well. I guess it makes sense?? I'm just going with it as it just another reason to have a party.

So the theme: Its October so why not go with the whole fall look and feel of things. I'm big on using the season as a theme. Decorations are abundant and usually can be found on sale some where. I am thinking for our favors: you guessed it Candy Apples, (for those of you following my blogg you will recall last year we made candly apples for the primary party at church and they were such a hit we made them again for the youth) for the decor, fall leaves and small decorative pumkins. Since this is at a resturant (not my choice) but easy clean up and minimal decorations we don't have to go crazy with everything. For the center of the table along with the fall leaves and think we can use the small pails and fill those with fall candy like candy corn and those cute little pumkin candies.

Along with those pails I thought these litte lanterns would look nice on the table just for a decorative piece to mix things up and add just a bit. I will have to think about what we want the card to say that is attached to the candy apples but I think Jenn is better with that kind of stuff I of course will make the cards but she is good with the wording.


I'm going to run over to the local party store in Newport they always have really nice decorations for more intimate parties. Everything there is so expensive but they have great ideas. Here is a picture of the lantern which is made of the same metal the little buckets. Oh I will have to remember to go to World Market and pickup those cute little scoopers they have for the buckets so people wont have to dig into each bucket for candy.

Oh I should mention that my sister is throwing this party for one of her best friends. That is a good thing to mention since most of you are reading this wondering if my sister is throwing her own Grandmother shower well no she is not it is for Sina.

Robert and I taken last weekend

One event down and one more to go. Roberts mothers memorial party went well. Plenty of food, decorations look great and LOTs and LOTs of people. I think his dad was quite happy that things went well. Robert did a great job MCing he shamelessly plugged his business. LOL

We're going to Utah next weekend for Dicky's sister in laws wedding. Really though its just an excuse for us to go and check on the house and hopefully arrange to get the tree's trimmed there before the winter weather sets in.

I have just about 2 months until Thanksgiving. I think though most of the ground work has been laid so we're in pretty good shape. I'll have to start storing a few things here and there and we'll be good to go. Water, paper products and such. All good.

Alright that's it for now.... :)