Tax Refund and Computer Woes

I checked irs.gov where is my refund. The IRS on line reported our refund status results:

"We cannot provide information about your refund."

Our accountant will look into it on Monday. We filed jointly and the accountant did it electronically this year for the first time. Every day this last month it seems I have gone to the mailbox to get that check that will help us through the summer when I do not substitute teach. Our church tithe and mortgage give us a substantial refund. I have started charging things I shouldn't change because no refund, trying to "save" somewhere. I maintain a strict budge and it will need to be more strict. The gardening projects and the grocery budget will suffer. We save on gas because I will be home, but will suffer in other areas. Really, government, I am conservative, but not in the Tea Party whom reportedly are persecuting with tax audits, etc.

Computer Woes. I am typing this post on my notebook computer because this morning a computer problem reared its ugly head. I cannot type on our main computer. I had hoped to post two posts--one on my husband and one on The House That Cleans Itself--garden areas including pictures which are on the other computer.. I am not sure if it is Microsoft 8 rearing its insertion into that computer or some other problem.

Do you ever feel like swearing? These two problems make me feel like it, but I hate the cheap dialogue of swearing! It's enough to deal with Alzheimer's in the home, but computer woes and tax refund woes are weighing heavily on me today. I hear swearing when I am driving and at home from my husband. With the frustrations of dementia at times hubby swears--what he never did before Alzheimer's when married to me. Swearing is common in these patients, however. Then they forget they swore. I just let his swearing roll of my back, but in public school, I have to deal with it, teach students to have more precise and careful words when they are angry.

Yesterday I wrote a rap about the limited vocabulary of swearing, calling it Much More Pizzazz. It needs revision and if it works with students, it will maybe in a 2014 YouTube at the same site as the 2013 videos to be released this month.
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Got the hebe jibes about your swearing
Name callin’ makes you think you’re daring
Don’t give me lip and think you’re hip
And “OMG” has so been had

Your words need much more pizzazz.
No more A-B-D-F-MF-N-or SH words
These are all you use
And you have no clue
Helps the script writers on movies or TV
But your words need much more pizzazz.
Let’s ban obscenity
Let’s ban profanity
Impaired thinking
Vocabulary stinking
Your words need much more pizzazz.
If you’re not happy
Don’t say something crappy
Or suck your teeth
Roll you eyes instead of speech
When you speak
It’s rude to be crude
Speak with modesty not obscenity
Be truthful but not offensive
Your words need much more pizzazz.

Say “Jiminy Cricket” when someone’s wicked
Say “plug nickel” when someone’s fickle
Say “dumbfounded” when you’re grounded
And "holy cow" and “bejesus” are sort of iffy
“Good gracious gravy” might be more nifty
Your words need much more pizzazz.
There’s a lot to do for your anger
And it’s not to use your finger
Say “cripes” for your gripes
Say “bummer” if it’s hot this summer
Say "fudge" when you made a smudge
Get you some chutzpa
Get you some respect
Deal with the issue
As precisely as you can get
Your words need much more pizzazz.

Got the hebe jibes about your swearing
Name callin’ makes you think you’re daring
Don’t give me lip and think you’re hip
And “OMG” has so been had
Your words need much more pizzazz.
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They say all that is certain is death and taxes. Both will resolve themselves. Maybe that other computer problem will be resolved. Today I just need prayer and maybe coffee, or a phone call.

Added June 4, 2013. I put color on this post and added the above photo I took in a classroom. Rap keeps getting revised. Tax refund will come by the end of June. The accountant checked and made an electronic correction.  The computer keyboard works by unplugging and plugging it back in thanks to a Facebook suggestion. There is so much patience needed to be a caregiver/lovegiver, but apparently I didn't have patience for my computer and my tax refund. Thank you for your prayers and concerns, folks.