waiting... again

Well, the tax credit/refund we've been expecting for weeks has yet again not been sent by the IRS. We have been waiting for this for months and months, it was supposed to be in our account three weeks ago, we got more docs sent in, today was the day... except it's not. We are so broke right now and have such a need for that money that I think I will go crazy waiting for the IRS to get its shit together while we charge even more on our credit card. Waiting for money is crappy.

Oh yes, and the girls and I have to travel south again to help get my parents ready to move in with my brother! Hooray! More after we return.

Neighbors with Problems

Just in time for the full moon tomorrow, the neighbors with problems are moving out. I wish I could say "All right! Hot damn!" but the circumstances are not pleasant. However, no one is injured, the baby is born, and I wish the very best for the woman and her children. That man, however, could feast on the dung of eels forever and I would not feel badly in the least....

And now, off the the rainy Dallas/Viking Brewery Oktoberfest! Wish us dry weather and a fun time!

Truly Fall

It's truly Fall now, and I am just so happy to be part of it. The air turned chilly and the nights cold two days ago; the sky is cloudy and the gusty, prevalent wind has blown many leaves, small twigs and dead branches off the trees. I developed the urge to make bread (it's delicious, btw), and we are contemplating house projects that we can do from inside the house. We made a fire in the firepit to burn old branches and entice the girls to play outside a while longer. The changing weather feels like the best kind of magic: inevitable, gradual, the bridge that links us all to the rest of the world.