Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Somewhat Busy Day

Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - Somewhat Busy Day

I went to bed early last night and slept in until 5:15.  That doesn't happen often but when it does, I guess I need that extra hour or so.

Our first quarter of the year has already passed.  April 1 - who was tricked with an April Fool's joke; or, who did the tricking?  

We walked early this morning, shortly after 7 since we need to have my car in for repairs at 8 this morning.  

Taken from our front door step.

As we drove into the park.

 We've had beautiful walking weather, and today was no different.  It was in the low 50's this morning, with only a light breeze.  We were so busy talking I'm not sure if we got exactly 2 miles in, but it was at least close.  We needed to get back home so Dean could follow me to Robison's Automotive, so they can work on my car.  I used sanitizer to clean the steering wheel, door handles inside and out, the "joystick" that serves as the gear shift, plus anything else I thought they might need to touch in the vehicle.  They hopefully will go over it too, but I just want to know I did my part.

First thing we noticed was the caution tape around the playground equipment.  Under the circumstances I believe its a wise decision.

Just a pretty shot with the pink clouds in the background.

 We had a busy day.  Dean worked on the RV.  He took the hood off our fantastic fan, cleaned it, then checked all the caulking; replacing any that looked like it was needed on the roof, then cleaned out the air conditioners with some air pressure.  Overall, everything looked pretty good.

They called about my car; it is definitely the strut.  The part will be in tomorrow so hopefully I'll be back on the road by Thursday afternoon.  Not that we really have anywhere to go, right?

I spent almost the entire morning and early afternoon working on our 2019 taxes.  I took a plunge and decided to prepare and file them myself this year.  It's wasn't that difficult, it just took time to read through and make sure I understood and did it the right way.  I was almost done, when Dean asked me about one of the companies he received funds from.  He told me they had sent two 1099 forms this year.  I didn't remember seeing two, but I went back through the papers and yes, there were two.  I wasn't sure why that would happen, so as I was comparing the two, and then compared it to the ONE we received last year, I realized what caused it.  

When we changed our mailing address from the UPS in Pittsburg, to Escapees in Texas, they quit withholding state tax from Kansas.  Since Texas has no state income tax, they sent two separate forms, one for Kansas and one for Texas, and there was no state withholding tax withheld.  That is not what was supposed to happen.  We do not claim Texas as our state of residence.  It is still Kansas.   

This is not the first time where a company has changed our residence from KS to TX, but we caught the others before the end of the year.  I'm not sure why this one was missed, but it was.  It is often difficult for companies to understand that just because you have a mailing address in another state, it does not mean you live in that state full-time.  We travel 5-7 months out of the year but we always return to Oswego, Kansas where we spend the most days in a year.  Even though we stress the TX address is only a mailing address several do not understand that it is different than a physical address.

I called the company to explain our situation. A nice lady who answered the phone listened, then put me on hold a couple of times.  Apparently, at this time they do not have the ability to have a physical address and a mailing address.  She said someone would contact me within 48 hours.  

I need to submit a letter explaining our mailing and physical address situation in detail, so tomorrow that will be a priority.  

We went to one of our local restaurants offering meals for pickup.   We stopped at Big Chief's drive-in for a cheeseburger casserole.  It was very good.    

We usually watch Mountain Men and Cowboy Way on Wednesday evenings.  Dean's the TV fan, and I enjoy parts of both shows. 


The sunset is still pretty but more clouds this evening, than last night.

This old building is on the adjacent property, to the south.  I'm not sure what it was used for so I a going to have ask around and see what I can find out.



Goodnight from Oswego!