Phew

Yesterday was great. I was at the house clearing brush, raking, chopping down trees (well, ok, my dad was chopping them down.) and generally busting my ass. It felt good though, and with the ipod I barely noticed the time. (I don't think we will have to replace the septic, fingers crossed...jury is still out on that one.)

Let me tell you, there is a whole lotta shiz in that yard. It was not noticeable at first, but when we started raking, it was like a redneck archaeological jackpot. I think these folks literally just threw their trash in the yard.

A PARTIAL list of what has been uncovered:

1. The remains of a deck that was torn down.
2. Toys, toys, toys... a dinosaur, turtle, Stone Cold Steve Austin action figure, half of Spiderman, to name a few
3. Random boots and shoes
3. Ore Ida Potato Puffs bags, soda bottles, half full bottles of Arrow Blackberry Brandy
4. Rakes, shovels
5. Hoses
6. Dog collar
7. Broken glass
8. Beads and little bits of plastic everywhere, probably from broken toys
9. Pooper scooper and cat box
10. About 15 basketballs, baseballs, wiffle balls, bats, and soccer balls

And this is just the beginning of the treasures we have found. When we first looked at the house, which was last summer, the foreclosure/mortgage people had come in with two huge dumpsters and cleaned the house OUT. I'm glad they did cause when I saw the dumpster full of trash/furniture/wall to wall carpet soaked in cat pee last year, I was not sorry I didn't get to help with that project. Yuck!

Also, there are several tree houses, dog houses, and makeshift animal pens in the back yard, or rather the back woods. Lots of trash everywhere there, too. They kept chickens and goats so that must have been where they lived. They did a great job with the animal pens, sinking concrete and metal poles into the ground so that should be fun to dig out. ha.

True Story- this was in the newspaper last year, I'm not making it up!
I guess the folks who owned the house before us, (after being foreclosed on,) found a bag of money on the side of the road. (WHO finds a bag of money on the side of the road???) Anyway, apparently it feel off an armored car. Since loose lips sink ships, the people who found the money were caught- and it was discovered that they had invested the $10,000 from the bag into: XBoxes, Playstations, Wii, 4 wheelers, junk, etc.
Dude. If I found 10k, firstly I wouldn't tell anyone. Secondly, I might go on a mild shopping spree. But I would definitely not squander my good fortune on freakin' game systems and a buncha shiz that devalued as soon as it left the store.