Round the Bend
Yea me! I finished the gathering of data for our taxes this morning while the California Legislature finally voted to pass a Budget. It was only 106 days late. Sigh! Now the voters will have to decide which of the many measures on the ballot May 19 will pass or fail. Some of them are good ideas (no pay for elected officials until there is a Budget passed) and some of them are pretty bad (removing the guaranteed funding for the schools).
The whole Budget process is complicated because a two-third approval is needed for it and raising taxes. All the Publicans took a vow to never raise taxes or fees for services, but three of them negotiated something extra that they wanted and the impasse was finally broken this morning.
We are now at 72% of normal rainfall after a very wet week. We have two days of sunny weather before the rains return Saturday. The important measure of snow moisture content won't be taken until March 1. We may have three storms between now and then if the computer models are correct.
The daffodils are blooming, the tulips have buds, and the ranunculus seem to be bigger than usual. Tomorrow is Hoodie Hoo Day in the Northern Hemisphere. Time to go out and yell for winter to go away.
My excellent beta sibtrelawney and pre-beta bookish_327 switched order this time and the fifth chapter of Ginny's Sixth Year was gone over first by Gerry, and then Bethany. They both found mistakes and had questions, so I am indebted to them both. Another chapter should be up at Phoenix Song this weekend. Since there are no quotes from JKR in Ginny's Seventh Year, I may start posting chapters here if anyone would be interested in reading the rough draft.
The whole Budget process is complicated because a two-third approval is needed for it and raising taxes. All the Publicans took a vow to never raise taxes or fees for services, but three of them negotiated something extra that they wanted and the impasse was finally broken this morning.
We are now at 72% of normal rainfall after a very wet week. We have two days of sunny weather before the rains return Saturday. The important measure of snow moisture content won't be taken until March 1. We may have three storms between now and then if the computer models are correct.
The daffodils are blooming, the tulips have buds, and the ranunculus seem to be bigger than usual. Tomorrow is Hoodie Hoo Day in the Northern Hemisphere. Time to go out and yell for winter to go away.
My excellent beta sibtrelawney and pre-beta bookish_327 switched order this time and the fifth chapter of Ginny's Sixth Year was gone over first by Gerry, and then Bethany. They both found mistakes and had questions, so I am indebted to them both. Another chapter should be up at Phoenix Song this weekend. Since there are no quotes from JKR in Ginny's Seventh Year, I may start posting chapters here if anyone would be interested in reading the rough draft.