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Evening everyone :~D We're home from my meeting and from a visit at the beach house this afternoon :~D

First off, welcome to Washington Ruthy and Becky and Aly!

second... with all the business of new threads and dying squirrels and leaving for meetings this morning I forgot to tell you all I was a pain in the a$$ neighbor last night. About 10:45 I got tired of the neighbor across the pasture who was firing off big fireworks that late on a work night and getting the horses running. I don't like them running at night, if I'd known he was going to have a big fireworks event I'd have drugged them and put them in. And drugged the dogs so Homer wasn't leaping onto our lap with his eyes bugging out. I walked out to the fenceline with our spotlight and lit up his yard. His kids scattered at first, and eventually dad came out and talked to us. He was cool, said they were celebrating the 4th early because the son was going to be at camp on the 4th, but that they were done. I just said sorry to be a pain in the ass but I need warning for stuff like that. If I can predict fireworks I can give the horses and the dogs sedatives, but they need two hours to work. I can't start them after the noise starts. Anyway, he apologized and we left good neighbors.

Next... Rosie, I met your new landlord, and he seems like a real nice fellow. He took possession today. Been a busy day for him, he says he's going to remodel the store and change the gas brand and all kinds of stuff. Said he's been in the grocery business a long time, has two grown kids, tried to retire and got bored. They live in Federal Way, so I can't imagine he'll commute every day to work the store, the gals' jobs might be safe after all. I said you were a real good tenant and that we had really cleaned up your place when you moved in. He said he'll introduce himself soon, that he was busy busy and trying to figure everything out today.

That all sounds good...doesn't sound like he'd be thinking to do anything else with this land, then, no? Whew...

Hopefully I'll meet him this weekend - I have rent to pay on the first, so the timing isn't bad.

Now...you *did* get pictures, no??

Hardly a PITA neighbor, hair, sounded reasonable to us. Of course, counter battery fire would also be a reasonable response imho.