Yeah I think that's a pretty clever solution!! Just go get some cheap flats of whatever flowers they have everywhere and scatter them through the yard. That way you're in compliance because the new flowers are new landscaping. It would be a shame if your hose had some holes in it. You know the kind of holes that a screwdriver.. I mean lawnmower makes when you run over them.

Thank you Mitzi, I understood you, truly I do. Fighting crying yet again. Always, every time I read these posts. LoL It is so difficult to come back here, knowing I am going to discuss this. Cancer is such a miserable disease. While in California, so many of my Aunts told me they were "proud" of how strong I was being, while I was there. I had to be. I had to be for my siblings, for everyone there. I felt I had to be, because I was the eldest child, it was my job. To be there, to be strong, for everyone. Now that I am home, I am able to not be the "strong" one. To cry at the drop of a hat. LOL Which I have done. I won't lie about that. I am grateful that I can come here, to write out my feelings, to share them with you people here. Even though many of you do not truly know me, you DO know me. If you know what I mean? Losing my mother has been terribly painful, but I've been down the road of loss before. I've lost a child, I've lost a grandfather and a grandmother. And now a Mother. In that order. Life is harsh, but we learn to cope. We are creatures that can adjust to these kinds of hurts with time and friends to help us. So, to you, my friends I thank you for the help. =) Some days I will need you to drag my butt through the rotten days kicking and crying. LoL Much love to you all. ~Tina

Yes, I cut off all my hair after not having a hair cut for over 12 years. I can't remember the last haircut I had. My hair hasn't been this short since nursing school, 29 years ago!! The extension is real hair, there were 2 but 1 fell out after 2 weeks, they should stay in about 3 months, the money went to support breast cancer. The same room after the floor was finished. It now has windows, doors, door knobs and furniture. No trim around the windows, everything else trimmed out and the crown molding is up. This was the room where the fire started. Right where my head would have been on the bed. The fire burned through the floor, Shores pulled up the burned wood and replaced it with 100 year old wood we got at a salvage store. The floor joists and ceiling in the lr had to be replaced also. We still can't believe our floors look this good. Ya'll'll be sick of me and pics before you know it! Tally HO!

You got until April 18th this year for the federal return - so that means two more weekends to get it done. Though States are still due April 15th and most of the time you need the federal done before doing the state, so it's kind of silly when you think about it. I've got mine to do too - mine is so easy though as since moving to SD we cut our property taxes and mortgage interest down about 2/3 rds and have no state income taxes, so we no longer have enough deductions to itemize. The bad part - even though we pay no state tax to SD, DH works out of town a lot so I still have two state income tax returns to do this year.