Hello,

Spring is here and it's been a good week. We had our home painted by 2 Hungarian immigrants. We paid more than if we had had illegal aliens painting our house, but this is one area where we citizens can make a difference. Americans......DON'T hire illegal immigrants to clean your house, paint your house, build your house etc. We can send a message to companies that hire the illegals...we won't do business with you.

In any case, our home looks like a new house. I am VERY pleased with the colors chosen (Paperwhite house ...looks cream with a yellow tint) with hunter green (courtyard) colored shutters and white trim. Frank and Joe did a good job (found one small spot we need to touch up) and, get this......showed up every day when they said they would. They were good communicators, too. Imagine that. In any case, it was a good experience and now our 2 sons painted our shed the same color. I also planted 51 plants today including one African daisy, 6 dahlia, 6 orange marigolds, 6 red and 6 pink impatiens, 6 red begonias, 6 purple and 6 dark pink petunias, 6 snapdragons, 1 blueberry sachet and 1 blue plant that is a perennial that I lost the tag to so I don't remember the name. I hope they all do well. I bought smaller plants (paid less that way), and since it's so early in the year hopefully in 60 days it will be the same as if I planted larger plants and paid twice as much.

Dan fertilized the grass last week and it looks really green. Spring is truly the prettiest season around here. I am so grateful for life and my family and our paid-for house. Guess what....I don't think I'll do to much kvetching tonight. Imagine that. LOL

TIll later....