Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for April 03, 2016

For richer or poorer, for better or worse, those two guys sure are lucky.

The sacrifices you make for the people you love.

I think it’s a Joan thing, not a single mom thing.

Love this strip. Wish it was everyday again!

With Direct-Deposit and auto-payments for everything else, I have stopped writing paper checks to anyone. So I have gotten out of the habit of documenting the register and balancing the checkbook every month.

Thats what i need. A wife that can organize me…

I thought it was the other way around.

My wife is sort of like that. I’m always asking her for receipts and filing everything, making sure the check register balances, that we have documentation for our tax deductions, etc. We just got a “Audit by Mail” request from the IRS. I told her that I’ll dig out the files from that year, copy the documentation they’re requesting and mail them a nice FAT envelope. She said “Thank you for being anal”.

Given the number of automatic deposits and withdrawals most people have today, check registers are woefully inadequate. It takes computer software to keep track of all the upcoming automatic transactions.

Between Quicken and Turbo Tax, we (Hubby, that is) had our taxes done by February 15. We still do write some checks – church, etc. – but mostly automatic withdrawals and PayPal.

And the male family bonding continues. Way to go guys!

My brother-in-law did his taxes late February he use to work on his parents. Now he has commercial building for his taxes and home life with work life.My mom only gets homestead I am not smart enough to do them, my brother-in-law promised nothing done yet and not able as too late for United Way for simple taxes.Yes the two brother-in-law’s have it made and happy family men.

Wow….so single moms are bad at finances….nice stereotype there. I’m shocked this was actually considered okay to write and publish!!!!

Good night Stoners.

Need to meet a guy like those two!