"one liners"

Lot of appreciation to everyone who commented on my last post. The answers were exactly the sort of information I was looking for!

We have had a busy few days. I really only have the energy to re-cap it all using short sentences.

1. I drove to Vernal, UT and BACK- in one day. In the little "mouse-motor" Toyota that has no cruise control. It was to support my BFF Jeanne (the occasion was the blessing of her baby daughter). Worth it, in the end. Randomness: for all of you that grew up in Magna with me... Jacob Romney is in Jeanne's ward. I said a quick "hello" to him after the worship service concluded. Small World.

2. I have had three different Fireplace companies come out to give me a quote on updating our fireplace. It has been exhausting trying to keep the house in a clean state for the visits of the Fireplace technicians. Literally, I spend most of my time following two steps behind Reagan, undoing all of the messes she makes.

3. 5 months after I submitted the amendment for our 2008 Tax return to the IRS, for the New Home Buyer Credit- I received... NOT THE CREDIT. But instead, a letter stating that I needed to send in more ridiculous paperwork to prove that we bought a house. They say they will send the credit 6-8 weeks after they receive the completed packet. That is what they told me when I sent in the original amendment. Since this is a short post I'll refrain from going in to a long and bitter diatribe about the awful state of affairs our nation is in.

4. Reagan got a new toy. She put her baby in the stroller all by herself. Impressive, don't you think?

*Click on the photo to enlarge, if you cannot tell from this small pic that the baby was unceremoniously dumped in to the stroller seat headfirst.

5. Nick bought a car off of eBay. The Mini Cooper Convertible is being sold at a dealership in Plano, TX. We are going to have the car shipped to UT. Here is a picture.