What I am Thankful For.
I am sitting in our rental house in Denver this morning writing this post and just wanted to let everyone know what I am thankful for (this is not an inclusive list):
- A wife that lets me travel as much as I do (today is my 113th day in a rental car this year with at least another 15 days to go). She is thankful for ranch that we bought two years ago and about everyday she sends me a text saying how much she loves the ranch. Every once in a while I send a text back saying she does not send a text to me saving “I love you” and about two minutes later I get a text saying “I love you……For buying this ranch”.
- For my four sons and my daughter-in-law who is about ready to give us our first grandchild – a daughter. Since this was an all boys family, I am not sure if my wife is ready for a girl (I know I am not ready).
- My new granddaughter – Madison Grace. My wife always wanted to be full of Grace and now she gets it by proxy. I am certain I will be immune from granting every wish to her (NOT).
- My colleagues at CLA. They make it very rewarding to help farmers and other across the country.
- Beating my oldest son in golf at least once a year (this happened about three weeks ago) and today we can see if it will happen again (I would not bet on it).
- And Finally, I am thankful for all of our readers of this blog. I can’t believe that we started this blog almost 10 years ago and you, the readers, make it extremely worthwhile each day to try to come up with something that will help your farm operation grow.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL
Paul Neiffer is a certified public accountant and business advisor specializing in income taxation, accounting services, and succession planning for farmers and agribusiness processors. Paul is a principal with CliftonLarsonAllen in Walla Walla, Washington, as well as a regular speaker at national conferences and contributor at agweb.com. Raised on a farm in central Washington, he has been immersed in the ag industry his entire life, including the last 30 years professionally. Paul and his wife purchase an 180 acre ranch in 2016 and enjoy keeping it full of animals.
Paul,
Each of us has much to be thankful for. As we enter into the Christmas season, I feel an enhanced thankfulness for Grace.
Your list was excellent and enjoyable to read.
I personally wish to thank YOU for this blog, your willingness to travel / present this confounded tax law that our (expletive deleted) congress has yoked upon us and the immense amount of time to research, study and analyze said law.
A belated Happy Thanksgiving.