On Vacation

2tiredmom · 12-27-2011, 08:18 AM

Hi Girls. I'm on vacation till next year. WoooHooo. So I am in Janesville Wisconsin
Visiting my honey. He is working and I am sitting in the Apartment. I have cleaned.
Now I am going to get some serious knitting done. That is if Ican stay off of here. lol
Will be back home late Thursday night Friday morning. Gary has to go to Ft Wayne for another shot in his back. Hope this one works this time. Last one helped some.
Hope everyone has a great week.

Janet · 12-27-2011, 10:06 AM

That's great that you can be off and with Gary at his Wis. place. Are you going to go out and check out the stores and scenery while he's at work? Be sure to get yourself some fresh air and enjoy!

Blueyes · 12-27-2011, 10:50 AM

That sounds nice! I have been knitting a scarf for a year, lol!!

2tiredmom · 12-27-2011, 11:19 AM

yes I plan on hitting the stores. sales tax it 5.5 here not 7 like in Indiana. Hope to find some sales. The apartment is just 2 blocks from the Mall.

Janet · 12-27-2011, 01:41 PM

Wow...that would be fun. Nice to have a lower sales tax too. Enjoy yourself....work always comes too soon.

JJJ · 12-27-2011, 09:31 PM

Wish we had seven % in Houston.

Enjoy your vacation and hubby.

2tiredmom · 12-29-2011, 09:47 AM

Didn't find anything great at the mall. Have started looking for a dress for my son Dustins wedding in May. SO i have Plenty of time hope to find one onsale. would like for my future daughter in law to go with me. She is a sweetie. Back on the road tonight 5 hour drive home after gary gets off work. Hope to be home by midnight.

gja1000 · 12-29-2011, 06:15 PM

Gotta get my atlas out, didn't realize WI was so close to IN! I think I must have been asleep during geography class.

Janet · 12-29-2011, 06:43 PM

You're funny Gayle....

We're close to Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky too!...lol.

Jessica.....if you're wishing you could only pay 7% sales tax, what is it you pay? I've learned the Wisconsin pays 5%, here in Indiana we pay 7%. I thought all the states were the same....duh me!!!

So what to the other states pay?

gja1000 · 12-29-2011, 07:33 PM

Janet, it also depends on what city you live in too (at least in Texas) because there is a state sales tax and then a city sales tax on top of that. In Austin we pay 8.25%. BUT, there is NO sales tax on groceries or medications. Also, TX has no state income tax, so at the end of the year, we only pay federal income tax.

In oregon there is no state or city sales tax (at least there didn't used to be).

Janet · 12-30-2011, 12:36 AM

I really had no idea....where the heck have I been??? Where in live we have state and federal income taxes and a county tax. Then of course the 7% sales tax. No wonder I never have any money!

judy · 12-30-2011, 08:23 AM

We pay 8.25% on some things. It was drastically changed a few years ago, and then reversed for some things. I never bothered to keep up with it after the first change. It's not like I have a choice om whether to pay it or not!

It is great that you got to visit with your hubby Linda!

Janet · 12-30-2011, 08:41 AM

Ya got that right Judy....we sure don't seem to have a choice. We also don't pay taxes on food or prescriptions.

2tiredmom · 12-30-2011, 05:45 PM

Yeah you would think we would all have the same rates. Ha. Thanks Judy,
WI is a nice drive back to IN....Went though Chicago at night. So pretty then to see all the planes coming in too. I'm just a simple country girl who likes to see the sights I OOOO and AAAAAHHHHHH alot. Oh the simple things in life that make me happy.

JJJ · 12-30-2011, 07:41 PM

8.25 sales tax here in Houston too. I know some states don't even have sales tax here. Can't remember which ones maybe New Hampshire and 4 others I think.

I really don't mind paying taxes if it went to places that really required it and not stupid things like campaigns. I would like to think of it as donations.

12-27-2011, 08:18 AM	#1
2tiredmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,367	On Vacation Hi Girls. I'm on vacation till next year. WoooHooo. So I am in Janesville Wisconsin Visiting my honey. He is working and I am sitting in the Apartment. I have cleaned. Now I am going to get some serious knitting done. That is if Ican stay off of here. lol Will be back home late Thursday night Friday morning. Gary has to go to Ft Wayne for another shot in his back. Hope this one works this time. Last one helped some. Hope everyone has a great week. __________________ The real measure of a woman's wealth is what she has invested in eternity. Linda aka 2tiredmom

12-27-2011, 10:06 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	That's great that you can be off and with Gary at his Wis. place. Are you going to go out and check out the stores and scenery while he's at work? Be sure to get yourself some fresh air and enjoy! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-27-2011, 10:50 AM	#3
Blueyes Donating 4WT Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,119	That sounds nice! I have been knitting a scarf for a year, lol!! __________________ Betsi

12-27-2011, 11:19 AM	#4
2tiredmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,367	yes I plan on hitting the stores. sales tax it 5.5 here not 7 like in Indiana. Hope to find some sales. The apartment is just 2 blocks from the Mall. __________________ The real measure of a woman's wealth is what she has invested in eternity. Linda aka 2tiredmom

12-27-2011, 01:41 PM	#5
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Wow...that would be fun. Nice to have a lower sales tax too. Enjoy yourself....work always comes too soon. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-27-2011, 09:31 PM	#6
JJJ Donating 4WT Addict Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,073	Wish we had seven % in Houston. Enjoy your vacation and hubby.

12-29-2011, 09:47 AM	#7
2tiredmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,367	Didn't find anything great at the mall. Have started looking for a dress for my son Dustins wedding in May. SO i have Plenty of time hope to find one onsale. would like for my future daughter in law to go with me. She is a sweetie. Back on the road tonight 5 hour drive home after gary gets off work. Hope to be home by midnight. __________________ The real measure of a woman's wealth is what she has invested in eternity. Linda aka 2tiredmom

12-29-2011, 06:15 PM	#8
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	Gotta get my atlas out, didn't realize WI was so close to IN! I think I must have been asleep during geography class. __________________ Gayle

12-29-2011, 06:43 PM	#9
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	You're funny Gayle.... We're close to Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky too!...lol. Jessica.....if you're wishing you could only pay 7% sales tax, what is it you pay? I've learned the Wisconsin pays 5%, here in Indiana we pay 7%. I thought all the states were the same....duh me!!! So what to the other states pay? __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-29-2011, 07:33 PM	#10
gja1000 Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 5,717	Janet, it also depends on what city you live in too (at least in Texas) because there is a state sales tax and then a city sales tax on top of that. In Austin we pay 8.25%. BUT, there is NO sales tax on groceries or medications. Also, TX has no state income tax, so at the end of the year, we only pay federal income tax. In oregon there is no state or city sales tax (at least there didn't used to be). __________________ Gayle

12-30-2011, 12:36 AM	#11
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	I really had no idea....where the heck have I been??? Where in live we have state and federal income taxes and a county tax. Then of course the 7% sales tax. No wonder I never have any money! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-30-2011, 08:23 AM	#12
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	We pay 8.25% on some things. It was drastically changed a few years ago, and then reversed for some things. I never bothered to keep up with it after the first change. It's not like I have a choice om whether to pay it or not! It is great that you got to visit with your hubby Linda! __________________ *Judy*

12-30-2011, 08:41 AM	#13
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Ya got that right Judy....we sure don't seem to have a choice. We also don't pay taxes on food or prescriptions. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

12-30-2011, 05:45 PM	#14
2tiredmom Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,367	Yeah you would think we would all have the same rates. Ha. Thanks Judy, WI is a nice drive back to IN....Went though Chicago at night. So pretty then to see all the planes coming in too. I'm just a simple country girl who likes to see the sights I OOOO and AAAAAHHHHHH alot. Oh the simple things in life that make me happy. __________________ The real measure of a woman's wealth is what she has invested in eternity. Linda aka 2tiredmom

12-30-2011, 07:41 PM	#15
JJJ Donating 4WT Addict Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,073	8.25 sales tax here in Houston too. I know some states don't even have sales tax here. Can't remember which ones maybe New Hampshire and 4 others I think. I really don't mind paying taxes if it went to places that really required it and not stupid things like campaigns. I would like to think of it as donations.

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