tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post6085787483046760402..comments2023-10-08T22:15:45.041+11:00Comments on Life & Other Crises: Giving Bills The FingerKerri Sackvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08404421856986720832noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-34413597948238230912011-04-21T12:01:51.072+10:002011-04-21T12:01:51.072+10:00thanks for the reminder - where did that last fin ...thanks for the reminder - where did that last fin year go ?Daniele from Lace and Barkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04107847083136614922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-19303232200546754592011-04-21T12:01:50.760+10:002011-04-21T12:01:50.760+10:00I think I have a phobia of paperwork. I'm sur...I think I have a phobia of paperwork. I'm sure forms send me into a cold sweat. I can't bring myself to even read the school newsletter. Worst thing about this is I work in admin and have lots of paperwork to deal with every day.E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04660326954591560370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-29122093854115395522011-04-21T12:01:50.570+10:002011-04-21T12:01:50.570+10:00I know someone else has already said this, but &qu...I know someone else has already said this, but "Amen to that". God! I've now got three schools to keep up with, plus business stuff and household stuff, and it's a total nightmare. I wish my husband would just say "Give it to me", but no matter how much I beg, he never says that and somehow he manages to sleep at night. While I hope I haven't forgotten something important. My son was refused a drum lesson on Wed because I hadn't paid the semesters fees. Bugger bugger buggerAnna Bartletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17140909637865426746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-75274361765208555072011-02-25T01:45:08.896+11:002011-02-25T01:45:08.896+11:00I know someone else has already said this, but &qu...I know someone else has already said this, but "Amen to that". God! I've now got three schools to keep up with, plus business stuff and household stuff, and it's a total nightmare. I wish my husband would just say "Give it to me", but no matter how much I beg, he never says that and somehow he manages to sleep at night. While I hope I haven't forgotten something important. My son was refused a drum lesson on Wed because I hadn't paid the semesters fees. Bugger bugger buggerAnna Bartletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140909637865426746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-78635287613407334792011-02-24T22:46:05.762+11:002011-02-24T22:46:05.762+11:00my idea of filing is to leave everything in a pile...my idea of filing is to leave everything in a pile covered in coffee cups until it is too late to do anything with the bits of paper so i can throw them all out … bugger, BAS is due. now where are those credit card statements?traceyb65https://www.blogger.com/profile/08109018150566511128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-45167518796076893742011-02-23T23:25:56.279+11:002011-02-23T23:25:56.279+11:00This just confirms it, we must never let our husba...This just confirms it, we must never let our husband meet.<br /><br />Speeding fines - yes<br />unpaid phone - took 2 days to get it back but I blamed the phone company <br />unregistered car - yes, snap with the police charge<br />unbanked cheques - yup<br />passports - no one would ever leave that in my hands<br />forgotten to invoice, forgotten to transfer - oh yes<br /><br /><br />So glad its not just me.<br /><br />Kx4 kids, 20 suitcases and a beaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026987107815016616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-52692944023697597832011-02-23T22:34:16.879+11:002011-02-23T22:34:16.879+11:00What I enjoy most about paperwork is the End of Fi...What I enjoy most about paperwork is the End of Financial Year slash Christmas - New Year sorting binge I go through. A huge overhaul and effort is made, by me, to organise everything and then I lose total interest... for 6 months. The one I love is forever confused as to whether we are just pinning it to the fridge and hoping it will find it's own way, or filing it neatly away. Honestly, I drive myself - and him - mental.Alexhttp://www.twitter.com/alexricianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-69950578159034634872011-02-23T15:39:37.430+11:002011-02-23T15:39:37.430+11:00Kerri, didn't you also forget to check for lur...Kerri, didn't you also forget to check for lurking constables, when answering your mobile recently ?.....;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-61881803485669568652011-02-23T14:11:18.476+11:002011-02-23T14:11:18.476+11:00I'm like macsnorky and Kylie - super organised...I'm like macsnorky and Kylie - super organised. Our accountant congratulates me every year on my record keeping and I feel quietly proud of myself each time. I alphabetise most things and have a spreadsheet for everything else.<br /><br />What's that you say? I need a life? Well, maybe... ;)Megan Blandfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12932508388869573748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-35630447555223514882011-02-23T13:52:08.568+11:002011-02-23T13:52:08.568+11:00Hey, I'll come and be your live in bookkeeper....Hey, I'll come and be your live in bookkeeper. I do that for a living. I'm tidy, fast and accurate. Not in my own life mind you, I am fucking hopeless when it comes to me personally. Or for my husband as is evidenced by letting his drivers licence & public liability insurance lapse. Last time I looked he had two perfectly good hands, but he's probably using them for something else I'm a bit shit at. xxSo Now What?https://www.blogger.com/profile/13009715674974259128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-73660160284979413642011-02-23T13:46:29.353+11:002011-02-23T13:46:29.353+11:00Amen sister.
*stares at pile of paperwork/bills/...Amen sister. <br /><br />*stares at pile of paperwork/bills/fines and only barely holds back the sobs*<br /><br />That is all.Dovichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980202430020255025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-68581291308774445942011-02-23T13:41:55.652+11:002011-02-23T13:41:55.652+11:00I am afraid I am like Macsnorky. Actually, I don&#...I am afraid I am like Macsnorky. Actually, I don't love paperwork, but I do love every surface of my house to be so clean at all times that it would shame the Spray and Wipe Lady. Hence, I file/sort/respond to eveything the minute it comes in, and I keep all my receipts nicely organised. In my Filofax. ;)Kylie Lhttp://www.kylieladd.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-41933747089931211162011-02-23T13:32:38.885+11:002011-02-23T13:32:38.885+11:00I have also been in trouble in similar scenarios. ...I have also been in trouble in similar scenarios. I particularly despise the feeling that hours of my life are being lost in fruitless bureaucratic nit-pickery. Chip me now!Gerald Fiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393575300198045367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-90880750037235300532011-02-23T13:03:29.729+11:002011-02-23T13:03:29.729+11:00Funny. I alternate between being super organised a...Funny. I alternate between being super organised and super forgetful, very odd.<br />But just wait until a parent has to move into an aged care complex; you will BEG to be committed to the dementia ward ahead of them to avoid filling out all the forms. You ain't seen nothin yet lady....<br />What was I saying again?CATE https://www.blogger.com/profile/05302489120654085490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-61701386748092462002011-02-23T12:10:47.307+11:002011-02-23T12:10:47.307+11:00I am a freak. I like paperwork. I like having my b...I am a freak. I like paperwork. I like having my bills in date order, ready to be paid. I like managing the bank accounts.<br /><br />I have just registered for an ABN and can't wait to start sending invoices, and getting payments just so that I input the details in a shiny, brand new, specially created spreadsheet.<br /><br />But I do have a year's worth of filing to be sorted and put awaymacsnorkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873376096076955646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-5393223886770586062011-02-23T12:04:28.929+11:002011-02-23T12:04:28.929+11:00The trick ladies was to marry an accountant - yay ...The trick ladies was to marry an accountant - yay me. This has prevented me serving significant jail time because I would have never lodged a tax return, had the required documentation to generally bank etc or pay the parking, speeding, illegal right turn fines.<br /><br />However, when it comes to those school permission slips I am mother of the year because it's those small people that really strike fear in my heart. LxLauren @AlwaysLaurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679735404837158816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-30107206634824591412011-02-23T10:41:37.695+11:002011-02-23T10:41:37.695+11:00I have done all of these things. Including sending...I have done all of these things. Including sending off my shoebox full of receipts to my poor, overworked accountant just yesterday. I have been considering getting a bookkeeper, but I can't find a live-in one who will work for, basically, free. Sad.Life In A Pink Fibrohttp://lifeinapinkfibro.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-27177080761753549012011-02-22T22:07:48.911+11:002011-02-22T22:07:48.911+11:00I think I have a phobia of paperwork. I'm sur...I think I have a phobia of paperwork. I'm sure forms send me into a cold sweat. I can't bring myself to even read the school newsletter. Worst thing about this is I work in admin and have lots of paperwork to deal with every day.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04660326954591560370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-86261305346971839312011-02-22T20:57:23.802+11:002011-02-22T20:57:23.802+11:00Urgh! I hate paperwork. I recently sent off our ta...Urgh! I hate paperwork. I recently sent off our tax to our accountant too. I was impressed that it was only January and not March like last year. My accountant wasn't. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651116248452404269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-56705366396274193322011-02-22T18:49:33.493+11:002011-02-22T18:49:33.493+11:00For a moment there I thought I had written that po...For a moment there I thought I had written that post, but realised it wasn't on my blog. I fear we share the same disdain of mundane paperwork. I like to bring things in from the mailbox and leave them in the envelope on a table for as long as possible - sometimes up to a month. Sigh. Can I share your bookkeeper?Annieb25https://www.blogger.com/profile/09574721273010056362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-6856802222868882002011-02-22T18:47:23.794+11:002011-02-22T18:47:23.794+11:00I have lovely kikki K files on my desk winking at ...I have lovely kikki K files on my desk winking at me and bulging with forms that need filing and filling. I need a PA who can cook, clean and answer emails so I have more time to tweet.Nikki @ Styling Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02190695242707409677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-86038216145830062772011-02-22T17:58:29.870+11:002011-02-22T17:58:29.870+11:00thanks for the reminder - where did that last fin ...thanks for the reminder - where did that last fin year go ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-78629795544225807622011-02-22T17:31:16.427+11:002011-02-22T17:31:16.427+11:00My secret shame: I hate leaving Ebay feedback. I p...My secret shame: I hate leaving Ebay feedback. I paid you. Isn't that enough? I never do it. It's mean, right? Normally I'm nice. Ish. <br /><br />I have a scientist husband. He is a form-loving, graph-happy spreadsheeter. So we have a mortgage that is going downwards and the car rego is paid. But I have handed over all responsibility for any kind of bill or administration and should he die suddenly (dog forbid) I can't think how I could possibly manage any of it again...Rachael @Mogantoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284324325966835237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8774807226689612975.post-51351566936509068812011-02-22T17:20:22.993+11:002011-02-22T17:20:22.993+11:00You are certainly not alone there ... I just sent ...You are certainly not alone there ... I just sent my tax to my accountant this week ... admin not one of my strong points let's just say.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13676588852454355948noreply@blogger.com