I made pancakes for the crew last night for dinner. Big hit. Giant pita for me but as long as they're happy. Had to alter the recipe since it turned out like dough instead of batter. Live and learn.

The husband received a copy of his grandma's Last Will and Testament yesterday in the mail. Ouch. His grandma's shrine to his half-sister and complete absense of any pictures of him and Alex, her only greatgrandchild, should have been a clue... still...ouch. Oh, the irony.

And speaking of enabling...the Jerry Springer show has relocated to my parents' property. They are just a few rolls of barbed wire away from being on Dateline. I think my 59 year old brother is getting ready to run away from home. He lasted much longer than I thought he would. I'd give myself a week. Tops.

The husband has the day off tomorrow so he's going to play golf with his mom. I think I'll be laying tile in the bathroom. And doing laundry. Today I have to go get a wax ring for the toilet, some fencing for the garden, and return the tile that the husband nixed. I also have to get prescriptions refilled, pick up something for dinner tonight since it's a soccer night, and do the grocery shopping. Dd has to be picked up at the school this afternoon since she went to Jamestown today and won't be back in time to catch the bus. Oh...and do the taxes.

We went around the block picking up trash for Earth Day. Apparently someone else had the same idea earlier in the day but only picked up the big chunks. We were still able to fill two plastic grocery bags. What adds character to your home? Mowing over the trash in your front yard, shredding it into millions of bits and belching it out into the ditch. Good times. Eh, could be worse. My parents get all the little bits but also old appliances, furniture, deer carcasses, tires, bottles, cans, and the occasional live animal dumped at their place. Nice.

I hear my neighbour mowing his lawn. Again. Ah, life in suburbia...

Wow. Since when did my blog start airing commercials? What a bite. It may be time to move it elsewhere. Or delete it.
Too much going on to write about in one sitting. Isn't that always the way with journals? We write when nothing is going on because we have nothing but time and when something finally does happen we don't have time to write about it.

A few things in a nutshell:
Picked up the tile and backerboard for my bathroom floor today. Will probably throw it down next week.
Got four new chickens from Mom and Dad. They love it here and have destroyed the mulch pile already.
Took a trek down to Danville for a few days to visit the fam. Wow.
Have had a headache for 3 days now.
Went hiking out on the James River rocks yesterday. Was like hiking in a landfill. Had planned on going to the observation deck at the Richmond city hall but it was shut for Good Friday.
Garden moving right along.
Novel writing has completely ceased.
Visited Marcella's grave.
Took Blondie to the vet. She's negative on heartworms!
Lilac is blooming. It smells wonderful!
Still haven't finished my painting.

That's enough for now. Have been struggling with some personal issues lately but that will require a different post and some thought. Giving serious thought to leaving the net for awhile.
Will post again soon.