President Obama Has Filed His Income Taxes!

I really don't fault the fact that the Obamas made over $5 Million dollars last year. Most of their income came from book sales and not the government salary.

I do have to admit though that I am just a tad jealous although I realize that they have worked hard for their money!

I just wish that it was a little bit more easier as far as money is concerned. Sure I know that there are such things as free money and unclaimed money.

I have been fortunate enough to have received government grant money to help me with my utilities and believe that money was very welcomed!

I have also checked to see if my name was on the list of unclaimed money but it wasn't.

So I'd like to say to the President and his family that I applaud the fact that you were able to make so much money last year. President Obama gives a lot of us hope that anything is possible!

I Really Have To Get Over My Loathing Of Doing My Income Taxes!

I should be grateful that I'm getting any income in the first place!

Second of all I think that I am the one who is just making it complicated!

I have 3 tax forms that I have to fill out yearly as far as my income taxes go! I have a local income tax called an Earned Income tax which is having to pay a local tax on one's income. Of course I have the state income tax. And last but not least there is the federal income tax forms that I have to fill out.

Believe it or not I have already completed two of them and I have one more left to go - which is my state income tax. I'm missing one form so I can either call and get the form mailed to me or I can download a copy of their income tax form from their website.

I really should be happy that I'm getting a refund as opposed to having to pay any taxes on my income.

But really I think I'm the one that is making the whole thing complicated!

Accomplishments?

I read a very interesting blog post from a woman who is in her twenties about the things that she wants to accomplish in her life.

That got me to thinking about the things that I want to accomplish in my life. I am very fortunate because I have accomplished the things that I have set out to do in the past. My main goal accomplishments for now include my work! I want to be finacially independent along with having an abundance of money - financial prosperity!

As I look back I realize that slowly I am accomplishing my goal. I have been making money with Google's Adsense program. For the first time I am having to declare this income on my taxes which means that I have earned money being self-employed! This is a very advanced step from where I was last year and it lets me know that I am accomplishing my financial goals - slowly but I am accomplishing them!

I'd also like to get my house more in order too. I live in an older home and there are lots of repairs that have to be done - mainly the pipes in the basement. I would also like to install some fireplaces in my home - for romance, ambience and warmth and coziness! I LOVE fireplaces!

Romance-wise I think that I am just too much under the influence of those romance movies!

My Credit Score

I know that my credit score is quite low and I know that it is something that I have to work on and something that I want to work on.

If you don't even know what your credit score or credit rating is there are supposed to be some ways that you can get a free copy of your credit score or credit rating. I don't know exactly where you can get it from for free but I know if I look online I would be able to find out how to see what my credit score is and how to get a copy of it for free.

I do know that my credit rating is very low - actually I don't know how it got to be SO low but it is still something that I have to work on. I do know that I have a very high credit card balance and there is another balance that is under $1,000 from a clothing store where I used to shop all the time.

On the positive side, I have been able to pay off a few of the other balances that I owed. For instance I owed a balance on my own bank account and I found out to my dismay that you couldn't open a new bank account at another bank until you paid off the balance that you owed to your previous bank. But like I said I was able to pay that one off. I also had a student loan that I paid off and it took me a loooooooooooooong time to pay off my student loan but I managed to do that too. I also had some medical bills that I had to pay off. In my case I found out that when you go to the emergency room at the hospital - unless you have medical insurance - which I didn't have at the time - you get 2 bills mailed to you! One bill was for the emergency room service and I guess the other bill was for "sevices rendered" - which I really don't know what it was specifically for but it looked legitimate enough!

So I still have a ways to go to get my credit rating back into the "good" numbers!