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March 09, 2006~1:36 p.m.

The only good thing about yesterday was that our federal tax check came in. They were supposed to direct deposit it, but because they were having to send us mega bucks or some other excuse they could come up with, they delayed it and mailed it instead-so it took almost 2 weeks longer to get. DH is supposed to deposit it today. While it would be real fun to take it and have fun with it-this is really about the only year we have gotten anything substantial back from Federal-we have plans for it already. You see, adoption is not cheap. We had to borrow money from the banko to help pay for travel expenses and a few other expenses involved. So we are putting the money from this check all back to that. The reason we are actually getting a refund is because they give you a credit up to $10,000 or so for adoptions. Once an adoption is complete, you have up to 5 years to use the amount you spent, up to the $10,000 limit) to credit back to what you have already paid in on taxes. We were able to claim most of it this year. We have a little bit left for next year. Plus, now that we actually have a legal child of our own, they give you a child tax credit also. All the foster caring and having someone else's child for 9-10 months out of the year and we were never able to claim them, but the parents sure did I'm sure.
I've never been assured that we would get money back from federal, so it is a nice surprise, although, it all goes back to the bank. But at least that is less money we are paying per month on the loan.
Oh, the other good thing is that once my daughter took a power nap, she was in a good mood and ate a nice dinner and drank her bottle. She played nicely and had fun.
DH on the other hand didn't get home until after 9:30 because of some sale at work and I had not been reminded about it and was a little ticked that he had been there for over 12 hours working that day while we were at home missing him. So needless to say we are tired.
Today one st. was suspend@d for a few days and another one has moved. It made a difference in how my class participated and behaved today. A world of difference. have you ever heard that a rotten apple spoils the bunch? How about a couple of rotten apples?

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