Rainy Day List

It is June 2nd. Please tell me why it is so cold in my house that I am on the couch wrapped in a blanket. I am not kidding. It has been rainy all day. The temp outside is 62 and in my house it is always 15 or more degrees cooler than outside. I have never experienced a June that required long sleeves and a blanket. Which reminds me of my sunburn. I have very fair skin. I burn easily even if I use a 4,000,000 SPF sunblock. It is more than a sunburn achieved in one day. I was slightly pink Wednesday. I was red Thursday. I slightly burned Friday. I was roasted Saturday. I cooked a little more Sunday while pressure washing at the townhouse. I wore a long sleeved flannel shirt to cut grass Monday. I got burned anyway. So there you have it. 6 days of scalding sun did me in. But the work got done and I get to have today while it is raiing to do much of nothing. I am currently sipping a hot mocca java, freshly brewed in my kitchen. I probably won't sleep later but at least it might warm my bones. In honor of a cold rainy day in June I give you this list of things to do. 1. Finish reading last 2 chapters of The Lovely Bones. It was ok. Not great, but ok. 2. Finish The Mermaid Chair in one sitting. Much better book than the one I finished before it. Note: I read Gods in Alabama last week. I did not buy it. I got it as a free selection in a book club bonus. Had I bought it I would have considered asking for my money back. 3. Finish Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents in 2 sittings. 4. Nap on the couch wrapped in a blanket because the cabinet guy called and needed to change to tomorrow for our meeting. 5. Listen to Gracie whine about homework: "Why do I have to do homework? We only have 1 week and 1 day of school left." 6. Eat tacos. 7. Eat chocolate cake. 8. Drink coffee. 9. Read every journal on my list. 10. Comment on most of them. 11. Spend one hour soaking in a hot bath and reading. 12. Make up the bed then lay on it and mess it up again. 13. Look at the clock at 7:05pm and wonder when my husband will be home. 14. Look for cabinet hardware online. 15. Look for tin ceiling tiles online. 16. Listen to children fuss. 17. Demand everything not belonging to me be picked up from the living room. 18. Listen to the sound of rain when children go off upstairs in a huff after collecting their things. 19. Be thankful for a day of rest. P.S. I will not be selling a kidney to pay for my kitchen. I am frugal and cheap. No way in hell would I pay a designer to spend my money. I am in total control. I know what I am willing to spend and will find a way to get what I want for what I think it is worth. As I always seem to manage to do. Ask Steven. It is one of the things he loves best about me. :-) P.S.S. Flat - This area is just eat up with the varmits. The fact that they are fat and waddle shows how well they go around eating things. It is also illegal in Va to take an animal from one natural habitat and remove him to another, even if the new habitat is a neighbors field. They will be shot on sight from now on. They can clean a garden of all vegetation in a day.