Wow I can't believe summer is nearly over! I haven't blogged once! So to play a little catch-up...
Zeniff left the last week of May for a 5 week vacation to Europe. I was left, (with all of this earthly belongings, minus the turtle) while he ran off to "travel the world." I thought about going with him, but felt I it would be to "irresponsible" to just head off on vacation during the last month of the fiscal year! But the longer he was gone, and more I thought about it. And with some convincing from my sister and co-workers, I purchased a ticked the beginning of June and headed off on a spontaneous, 2 week vacation in Europe. I'll post more about all the exciting places we saw but the trip was soooo worth it!! And here's just a couple pictures to keep you satisfied:
View from the Acropolis. Athens, Greece
De-boarding the ferry at Santorini, Greece
(we carried these backpacks around with us for 10 days)
Sunset on the Mediterranean Sea
The Vatican. Vatican City, Italy
I returned from Europe the the first week of July and was met by an inbox overflowing with bills to pay, reimbursement checks to cut, bank statements to reconcile, budgets to update, and invoices to prepare and get submitted ASAP so we could get paid, and then begin preparing for my annual audit. (It's technically a Foundation audit, but since I maintain all the financial records it feels more like a really invasive intense review of all my work for the last twelve months). And if that wasn't enough to keep me busy, the Foundation was also working on a huge consultation project for Milwaukee County to help them improve their foster care system. I'm not totally sure how I got to be involved but I ended up being the final proofreader/editor for the 100+ page report. So it was some late nights for awhile.
Things finally started to calm down a little bit after July and the audit was the first week of August. It actually went really well this year. It was only my second audit and the first year that it was only my work, nothing from previous accountants. By now I had the hang of how the audit would work and what kinds of questions they would be asking and information they would be gathering. And I'm happy to report that we did not get any "significant deficiencies" (it sounds worse that it really is), but I believe that this is the first year ever that the foundation has not had any. So that was pretty exciting for me.
And last but definitely not least in the midst of all the business I was able to make a few trips down to Moab to meet these two kiddos: My third nephew Kadyn was born April 20.
and my first niece, Kaydance, was born August 11.
I Love these kids!!
De-boarding the ferry at Santorini, Greece
Sunset on the Mediterranean Sea
The Vatican. Vatican City, Italy
I returned from Europe the the first week of July and was met by an inbox overflowing with bills to pay, reimbursement checks to cut, bank statements to reconcile, budgets to update, and invoices to prepare and get submitted ASAP so we could get paid, and then begin preparing for my annual audit. (It's technically a Foundation audit, but since I maintain all the financial records it feels more like a really invasive intense review of all my work for the last twelve months). And if that wasn't enough to keep me busy, the Foundation was also working on a huge consultation project for Milwaukee County to help them improve their foster care system. I'm not totally sure how I got to be involved but I ended up being the final proofreader/editor for the 100+ page report. So it was some late nights for awhile.
and my first niece, Kaydance, was born August 11.
I Love these kids!!
