The Season...it is a-changing!

I LOVE Spring and Fall in Indiana. The foliage is just beautiful. Maybe if I was one of those allergy sufferers, I probably wouldn't be so happy about it. Thankfully, I'm not (knock on wood). I can always tell the season is changing because...
- my dogs eating pattern changes
- my dogs start shedding their winter coat and my lint/hair roller gets a serious workout...and I usually have to buy more of them!
- the flowering trees turn into different shades of white, pink and yellow.
(Sidebar: At my former home, the previous owner had planted 2 dogwood trees (1 pink and 1 white) together and the trunks had twisted around each other. That tree is so beautiful in the spring, I may have to go and stalk my old house, just to take a look at it and the huge lilac bush that is in the front yard.)
- the sun comes up earlier...and I LOVE IT!
- and in about a month the doggone school buses will cease to run for the summer.

The weather has been a bit "freaky" this week. Tuesday the high was 40 and we had snow flurries...today, it's going to hit 80! I'm so glad I work from the comfort of my own home office. I haven't had one cold or sinus infection since last year! One of the many perks of working from home.

On another note...I live in a development that's still developing and when the weather gets better, more construction seems to happen. Note to self: NEVER move into a housing development that is not any more than 80% complete. Here are the top 10 things that make me NEVER want to move into an undeveloped neighborhood.
1. No trees means, no birds, no squirrels, no wildlife. I personally like a little wildlife around me.
2. The wooded areas where you use to take walks with the dog are torn down.
3. The construction worker's "chatter"...in English AND Spanish.
4. The construction worker's trash left behind from their lunch, snacks and drinks.
5. The mini-earthquakes from the HUGE construction vehicles that make your house rumble.
6. The disruption of your cable lines.
7. The disruption of electricity and the many times you have to reset your clocks!
8. The damage done to your yard from the many delivery trucks.
9. Mysterious spray painted lines and dots that appear in the yard from someone determining how the water, sewer and electrical lines run.
10. You can't keep you're car clean because of all the dirt and dust that's constantly kicked up during construction!

Let the buyer (of a house) beware! New developments suck you in with the model homes and the beautiful videos of what the neighborhood should eventually look like but they NEVER talk about the construction mess that goes along with developing the other homes and how it affects you. I guess in this recession, you just grin and bear it because you definitely can't sell your home for a profit. Ha!