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Archive for January, 2009

19 Jan

New Laying Hens

On Saturday, we brought home six new laying hens — pullets, really, that will hopefully start laying in a few weeks. These particular birds are Rhode Islands Whites, like the Rhode Island Reds, I was told, just white. While they aren’t as cute as my sisters’ brown speckled Barred Rock mix hens, they will hopefully [...]

07 Jan

How Did People Survive the Great Depression?

My husband, a construction contractor, has no more work after he finishes the addition he’s working on. After several years in the business, he is looking for a new job. Several friends and family members who live in our same town are unemployed as of the past few weeks. And then today Survival Blog predicts [...]

04 Jan

Self Employment Taxes

Self-employment taxes are only slightly more complicated than filing ordinary income reported on W-2s. I was expecting tax time to be really complicated, but with a little work and some free tax software, it was a breeze.
I filed a schedule C for my 2008 freelance writing income, simply adding up my freelance income and [...]

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