Hoping to finish office rebuild soon

Those who have been following the exploits of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as she settles into her new role of McCain's running mate will probably have heard by now that we Alaskan's get a dividend for living in the State of Alaska - the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend. I know there is at least one other State that gives it's residents a dividend, but I am not sure which one it is... seems like it's up toward Main somewhere in that area? -- anyway, that's off the subject. Today is the day that we got that money if it was being deposited into a bank account, and while I have a lot of bills I have to pay (including one for my emergency room visit regarding my bad teeth last summer), I am hopeful that there will be enough left over that I can buy the lumber I need to finish building my office shelves. I'm sitting here in a half finished office and going insane because things I want to reach for, that should be "right there" are not yet there. The shelf / cubby / hook they go on is not yet in place. So, I am waiting, patiently, for the chance to find out if I can buy building stuff for the office. Should be able to afford at least enough lumber to put in a few shelves for putting my printer and the paper and ink that goes with it on.

The great yarn hunters

I'm sitting here working away this morning and I look up to see the puppies out in the hallway. They have a skein of yarn and are enjoying a wonderful game of tug-of-war. ::sigh:: I ask for and receive the poor abused yarn. It's only hope now is to be untangled and wound into a ball. I'll take care of that later.

Back to work for now... until the blue skein of yarn shows up out in the hall between two happy puppies. No wonder they were so willing to part with their toy, they knew where the whole stash of wonderful yarn was at and had promptly gone to get a new skein that had not yet been hopelessly mangled.

I now have two matted skeins sitting on the end of the desk awaiting transformation into balls of yarn whenever I get some spare time. The puppies are off looking for their next victim.