[Janet]

I really love the cushions you've picked out...the design is so pretty. I'm glad you're feeling better. You were so use to having your time be YOUR time that when it was gone...things kind of piled up on you. It's good that maybe the younger girls can make some extra money and good for you too. Don't forget to take care of yourself.

You do know that if you need to get away....you can always come here...especially after school is out (May 23rd) ...we could have a great time.


This morning I headed to town right after the bus route to pay the property taxes. My appointment for the attorney was at 10 so I had some time to kill. I went to a second hand shop to look around. They have the neatest finds there.

I finally made it to the attorney to write all the checks and sign the final closing statement. It was really hard and I cried most the way through it all. She called my brothers to tell them their checks were ready to be picked up, but they needed to sign for them first. Jerry was up there in a matter of minutes, Brad is out of town fishing, so he'll get his next week.

I went back to town after the afternoon route to deposit the money (some of the money) to pay off the five thousand I borrowed to buy Mom's house and paid my medical for my neck. I kept almost six thousand out to keep for myself. That may sound selfish, but if Rick knew how much, he'd be wanting to spend it on things for him, but using words to make me think it would be for us....not going to happen. Mom would get so mad at me when she gave me birthday money and I used it to pay bills, so I'm not going to use it for that....I'm using it for me. I'm going to hang on to it for awhile and not make any rash decisions on what to do with it. I think I'm just going to save it for quite some time.

So everything is done.......