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Why don\u2019t sheep shrink when it rains?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rain bringith the flowers and fruits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Looking out the back yard window answered my question, “Wonder if it is raining?”. Mornings like this make me very happy we do not live in a quonset hut or any other tin roofed abode. This morning it would have sounded like a ear-splitting roar. The swimming pool was pummeled with rain drops racing to see who cold make the biggest splash!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stayed indoors and worked on little projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Watching the world go by from my office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

About 11:00 AM we got ready to meet the mailman as we were expecting our tax returns…Johnny-on-the-spot, he arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n

Did You Know? Johnny-on-the-spot describes a person who is close at hand and readily available at all times. Interestingly, the term Johnny-on-the-spot can be traced to a newspaper article published by the New York Sun in 1896, extolling the phrase as a new idiom. This article maintains that the term Johnny-on-the-spot is derived from the phrase \u201cJohnny is always on the spot when wanted.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

In<\/span> this case, Johnny is a generic term for a person. Note that the Oxford English Dictionary prefers the hyphenated form, Johnny-on-the-spot, while other dictionaries render the phrase without hyphens as in Johnny on the spot. Further note that in all cases the noun Johnny is capitalized as it is a proper name.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

We shook uncontrollably as we opened the envelope, which by the way cost $2.96 to mail from Long Beach! The news was good… we get money back! OMG! Money back! Yeah for the good side! We still owe a pile of estimated taxes but we do not have to worry about that until June!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you hear the words “Let’s celebrate!” reverberating from Los Alamitos? Indeed you do! It is time to  paint the town red, whoop it up, make whoopee, live it up, have a ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decisions made… we are going to have lunch at the Yucatan Grille in Seal Beach… great grub and really nice staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We donned our rain gear lest we get a drop of healthy H2O on ourselves and braved the traffic for a four mile transit to dining heaven!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We sat down at a tabel as the place was full and waited for about ten minutes until a booth became available…much easier on Sue’s back. First things first, wine and a margarita!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that we are getting money back, I became frugal. While I normally order the shrimp diablo, I noticed it was $23! So I said to myself “Self, why not go business class?”. I did and went for the $12 burrito and a $3 taco. I am $8 ahead. All was well until the food arrived and I realized that I did myself in! Take a gander!<\/p>\n\n\n\n