eXciting!

It's been an exciting few days here.

SO cold around here lately that we have had to turn on the fireplace to heat the house. Rain&cold weather. Brrrrrrr. Is it truly summer?

Our yard light & the neighbor's yard light were both shot out on Tuesday night. We had to call the cops to report it, and the elec co-op finally rolled in this morning at 7am to fix them. It was an anxious couple nights as it was pitch black.

Thieves had broken into the home across the street about a week ago and stolen all their appliances. When hubby-bub was in A-town, there was talk of several robberies of a similar MO happening...so we thought for sure that when the lights had been shot out that we were going to be next on the list.

Isabelle has discovered a new fascination with moles - specifically mole holes. I will try to capture her on film when she starts to dig. It is SO comical. The dirt that she throws lands up to 10 feet away sometimes. She is a maniac when it comes to digging. We have never had a mole problem in the past, but this year they must have found a welcome mat out in our yard. Mole infestation runs rampant.

Greg has been working diligently on cleaning up his shop; and burnt the slash from the yard in the pit on Tuesday. The flames from the fire were higher than 35 feet! Amazing. Grey smoke clouded the entire area.

Got an Ebates check in the mail yesterday! I'm rich, be-itch~!

After his graduation party, Joe's 21-y.o. kid decided to borrow his mom's car with her permission (even tho Joe has said NO repeatedly...) and went to pick up his girlfriend. Showing off the powerful engine, the kid decides he's going to show how much of a macho idiot he actually is as he goes faster, and faster. Counting up as he speeds -80- 90- 95- 100- 115-! They left the road and didn't land until 80 feet later. It's a miracle the both of them are alive. The car looks like a peeled sardine can! Narrowly missing a fence & utility light pole - they emerge unscathed. Instead of contacting the authorities to advise of the accident, Joe's kid calls his dad to come get him and the girlfriend walks home! Joe talks to the homeowner and advises that he will be back in the A.M. to clean it all up (the accident happened 2am on a back county road). The cops arrive later after the girlfriend talks to her dad when she gets home. There is a pile of tickets that are issued. Speeding - Leaving The Scene of An Accident - Reckless Endangerment - Etc. Which are all pretty ser-i-ous. The kid is probably looking at some jail time here and a serious outlay of cash on the fines! And I really don't think that it was a case of drunk driving - but just plain S.T.U.P.I.D.I.T.Y. Be warned folks - Don't Drive Dumb.

Appointments for cleaning the carpet, washing windows & getting my hair done are all for next week so everything should be done by the time the demon spawn arrive.

The sprogs come in on Monday, 2 June at night. Countdown begins!