today i

cleaned the entire house from top to bottom and vacuumed under/behind every piece of furniture even going so far as to drag out the entire 20 foot long sofa and meticulously sweep behind it. by the last room, the vacuum cleaner (human operated) decided it was done being overworked and underpaid and refused to work anymore. it's like a week old :| is our house THAT dirty....?

ran to the hellish grocery store "stater bros" - hell is a kind word for that place. stood in line soooo long i had read the entire martha stewart living magazine just waiting for ONE customer to figure out how to write a check. seriously, paying by check at the grocery store should really carry the death sentence. the next woman had $40.71 worth of awful party fare like macaroni salad and unflavored potato chips. she used 4 - FOUR, COUNT EM - credit cards to pay for $40 worth of not even remotely nutritious food. in my mind, i fantasized about being part of the firing squad at her execution :) who does that??? two credit cards... maybe, occasionally if you really have no shame... but 4??? i have to admit... i wished very very very bad things for her as she left, after asking the cashier to write down how much she spent on each card (because i guess a receipt is too hard to read??!)

next i drew and cut out 24 black spiders of varying sizes to hang in the windows and spook passers-by. only to realize that it's so hot here our windows are open 24/7 and no-one will really be able to see the damn spiders :|

the good news of the days is we have ice cream and it's the really goooooood kind with thick dark ribbons of blackberry and little chunks of cheesecake throughout. it's sooo HOT here that technically having a bowl of ice cream is a financially smart choice that even Suze Orman would be proud of, since it saves on air conditioning... right? right.

going to pick apples tomorrow and spend a day in the countryside - back with pics xo