Sappy-R Than A Romance Novel

Woot! Per verification with the IRS (internal revenue service) website our tax refund will be mailed on May 23; and we should be receiving it by the end of the month. WHY does that make me so excited? The government uses our money for a whole year without having to pay us interest and we are grateful to get a refund. That sounds so wrong.

This is a free design sample from Dover Design Publications; to me - it seems sappier than any cover of a romance novel that I have ever seen. Women will do anything for a man in uniform?

Joe is here working on the driveway and picking up downed tree branches. They will be put into the large pit and burnt tonight. The large boulders on one side of the driveway have already been placed, but since last year when the Avista natural gas crew were here we have lost about 10 of our larger boulders. I plan to submit a bill to both Avista & the crew that worked on planting the line through our driveway as they did not rebuild our driveway to what it was before they decimated it.

I am sincerely glad that the boulders have been put back where they belong as the ATVs & motorcycles have been ripping through here at about 50mph - all weekend long. Obviously the gas shortage is not bothering these people and they have money to waste on ruining other people's property. Our driveway that Joe had built back up the previous weekend was again damaged by these imbeciles racing over it. How they don't think that it is not illegal to drive on the state highway right-of-way is beyond my comprehension. IT IS ILLEGAL to drive a motorized vehicle on the state right-of-way.

The large & obnoxious signs at the edge of Clagstone & Hwy 54 were finally removed and I didn't even have to submit my pictures or complain again. Someone else besides me must have finally seen that the signs obliberated the oncoming traffic and were placed illegally on the state right-of-way.

And the signs that are placed at the sides of the road for voting were removed. Again, these were illegal as they were placed in the state right-of-way. Does anybody know that it is ILLEGAL to place any type of sign on a utility pole? This does fall under the terrorist act - and if they wanted, the utility companies could have a person arrested if they were caught doing this. Furthermore, it is ILLEGAL to place any type of sign on a Stop sign, a Yield sign, or any sign placed by a road department. Please remember this when placing your "Yard Sale" signs. People! Don't be Stupid.

There are large black thunder clouds to the north, threatening to dump rain on us. Hopefully, the guys will get some work done today before the clouds open up.

All is going well with the remodel - Chad (not Chad-is-Bad, but the OTHER Chad) is going to help Greg work on it. Chad is a construction worker by trade and said that he can get the necessary improvements done in ONE day. We'll see...

Isabelle's ear seems to be all healed up; the doctor's office called the other day. I really appreciate the special service that they offer. No other office will call to verify that the diagnosis was accurate and to find out how the medicine is working. What is puzzling to us is why Isabelle will alternate resting on her bed as opposed to being on the floor. Usually she will NOT sleep on the floor, but in the last week she has been getting off her bed and sleeping down on the carpet in her room more often. Maybe her hips are bothering her? I surely hope not.

Hubby got his "special award" in the mail the other day - his air-freshener clock he had sent away for - isn't this just the dorkiest? He ripped into the package as if it were the best present he had ever gotten in his whole life. Needless to say, it will be hung up in his shop.