Well, Momma had a busy Monday. She got a letter from the Dept. of Revenue that she had not paid her BO Exercise tax for 2007 and it was now overdue. She called to find out why she hadn’t gotten anything in the mail but they did not have her on a reminder schedule. So she went to pay it online as it would be overdue if she paid it by mail.
Anyway her credit card had a problem processing so she had to call one number. Then they had trouble and had to call her credit card and then they said to call this other number so that she could try and pay again and that should be okay except that it wasn’t so she ended up having to pay three times. She hopes she does not get charged for three times on that because it did not go all the way through.
She paid on a different card. Anyway she was not pleased.
I napped through this. I thought that was a good idea. After all, one should nap when one can and there was a lot of waiting on the phone. After all, if she didn’t have BO when she exercised she would not have to pay this would she?
It’s always good to stay away from cranky mommies.
Hoping your mommy’s problem will be solved soon !!
Lovely photo, Gemini! It sounds like your mom had a rough day! We hope that everything worked out in the end.
I am very happy that we cats never have to think about money.
The only thing I know about money is I’z good at spending it for Mummy! 😉 I hope your Mom has a better day today though…
Gemini, we think that you did the only sensible thing in the circumstances, and remember that napping is always constructive, no matter what humans say. Governments are never easy to deal with, unless your sister happens to be the President, of course.
Hope things work out for your Mom,
Purrs
Gypsy & Tasha
Beans could learn a very important lesson from us, when the going gets tough…take a nap!
You’re so right; napping is always a good idea.
Yep napping is by far the best option. You don’t want to get involved wiv paying out money. Now if you can spend money, that’s a different matter altogevver.
*thud*
::::fanning Ping:::::
Miss Gemini
Every time Ping sees a picture of you he goes out like a light.
*huh, where am I?*
Oooooo look at Miss Gemini….sigh.
I am sorry your Momma had such a bad day..and anything having to do with the dreadful IRS is definitely a bad day.
Purrssss
Sometimes I think it not worth having a credit card when you must go through all of these problems.
oh dear, we hopes that your mommy only gets charged once- you know how the government is about gifing money back. why does she haf to pay a tax to exercise?
You get taxed for exercising? whoa. That is funny because my post today is also about exercising, but maybe not in the same way.
(what is a BO exercise tax?)
Gemini, it is always good to nap when your mommy is getting grumpy. I hope everything works out ok for her . . . I’m keeping my paws crossed.
That sounds F.R.U.S.T.R.A.T.I.N.G. I’m pretty sure Meowmy would have strangled someone through the phone. I’d try to be nice to her for a bit because that tax stuff makes all beans super cranky.
I never heard of that tax before! This seems like a good excuse to avoid any Exercise.
Hi Gemini! You look very purrty today.
That is another good example of why it’s better to Be The Cat! Mom’s alwayts saying she wants to come back as a cat, but when she comes home, she’s still the Mom.
Oh. That doesn’t sound like fun at all. Maw gets very frustrated when things like that go wrong. Arghhhh. We sure hope that the charge cards only charged one time.
Luf, Us
Hope your mummy’s problem will solve very soon.
I would nap though that too! Tell your mom to wear something called deodorant and then she won’t have to pay taxes anymore. 🙂
I think there is something called an exercise tax, so tell her to watch out! Our Momma has really avoided that BO tax for many years, I hope she isn’t in truble.
Patches
It is not good to be around beans when they have gotten the “run around” (that is what Meowm calls it) on the phone. I would have napped too!
We run away real fast whenever someone in our house sez infernal revenue service…maybe yoor mom needs to put on more deoderant so she won’t hafta pay a BO exercize tax.
BO when she exercises! Heehee, you’re so funny Gemini.
Napping when Mom is having a trying day is a smart thing!!!
I put my arms over my ears!
Purrs Mickey
Oh that’s mean! NASTY credit card Beins!
Your mum has to pay taxes on her body oder? Man, what a terrible tax to have to pay. Who decides how stinky you are?
Uh, have you been imprisoned by your human after that last comment?
We’re glad you’re not intending to lead Pakistan. You have enough on your busy schedule with Italy and the US.
ahh…I wish I could nap through those irritating episodes. Love your blog.
I just started a cat blog…stop by for a visit.
http://www.nineliveskathygillen.com
They tax Body Odor now?
Holy cripes, my people really will be broke!
Yikes! I hope it’s all taken care of now!
We are all very excited about your party in Italy.
And we hope that your pet human manifests ALL the money she needs and requires!
xoxoxoxo
Congratulations to you for having received the prestigious aCATemy Award, you are so deserving of it and it was a pleasure working with you on the show. Looking forward to the next time we get a chance to work on another project.
Ginger, humans sure have it tough. I’m glad we’re cats and don’t have to worry about paying taxes.
Oh, you’re so cute and fluffy! But we’re worried about this tax on BO. Does it apply to teenagers too? ‘Cause one or two of them might be kinda owing a lotta money maybe sometimes…
well we really can’t fault yer reasoning, but we haf to admit that we did not know that the ‘bean got taxed on BO. Our Dad must owe A LOT!!!
Mieeew, puurr puurr. You are beautiful,
miews Rosa and Felicia:
http://toraa.blogspot.com/2008/02/end-of-winter-vacation-for-cats.html