Federal money

Ok, so we just got our federal money yesterday. And now I get to stretch it as far as I can: 2 new tires on the car (badly needed), new dryer (badly needed), new couch, new clothes, cabling to move the cable modem to a Isaac-inaccessible place (he's already unplugged them once for us), Mother's Day present. Oh, and I had to use part of it to help pay for the property tax, so we can't do all of this at once. I just paid for the tires - $250 with alignment, and then ~$450 for the dryer, and then we have to wait for a few paychecks to 'pay back' for the property tax so that we can get the couch and the other stuff. We were hoping to get a new desk, but I don't think we'll be able to do that this year - I'll have to just reinforce her current desk. Why can't I have a magic dollar tree in my patio? I would happily water it daily.