Sorry this has taken forever

Well, the last time I wrote on my blog was 3 months ago, so my apologizes. It has been hard to keep up with it, mainly because our first round project was on Catalina Island, CA and we did not have Internet access. Catalina was great and if you want to hear all about it give me a call. Describing it would take too long to type, plus I am supposed to be working on my advanced tax practices. Let's just say my attention span is not what it used to be. Here is a picture of Catalina. It should be enough to explain how much fun I had...


Now for a picture of where I am for my next round...

It is a little different :) We are working with Rural Dynamics Inc. and Tax Help Montana. It is a non-profit organization that works with low income and Native American populations prepare and file their taxes. So far it has been a lot of fun. I am learning things I never thought I would ever get the grasp of, or for that matter ever want to get the grasp of, but I really enjoy it. We are staying in a place called the Ursaline Center which is a one-hundred year old boarding school. It is really, really neat and decked out with religious paraphernalia, creaky floors, and lots and lots of Bibles. It feels like home :) We will be in Montana until early March, then head back to Sacramento, then off to the unknown.
I will try to post more often.
Love,
Mary Claire Paradise, Advanced VITA Tax Preparer