Huge crazy thunderstorm! That's one way to suck some oppressive heat out. We've got sheeting rain, thunder and lightening.

Electricity has gone down once but I am not plugged in so it just kills wireless and not actually my computer. Well and terrifies the cats which is unfortunate.

And I am sitting outside now and just ... being amazed by nature.

I have no A/C. I'm tempted to go hang out in the stairwell of my building for a while, since it's always cool there...I have the fan blowing on me, but since my living room gets soooo much afternoon sun, even with the shades drawn, it's just not gonna cool down much in here.

But I just looked at my weather widget, and it says it's only supposed to get to 79 here tomorrow. Thank god.

My widget tells lies and I cannot trust it. Which is annoying. But ooooooooh, thunderstorms are a good way to break this heat. Sticky but significantly cooler.

The stairwell sounds like a good idea, meara.

Ooo, I'm so jealous. I miss thunderstorms like whoa.

My weather widget is always off by at least 5 degrees. Always.

Holy crap, that was amazing ice cream.

Two pints of strawberries, and because it was an eggless ice cream, nothing was cooked, so it was just fresh and delicious.

We fed 10 people ice cream and still had some left over.

Timelies-morning, Buffistas.

Sue, I'm in awe and almost tearing with your (grammar?) stalwart (not sure it's the right word either) and love to Pico. You are lucky to have each other, and I'm sending a lot of love.

ION, am I the only Buffista almost without interesting dreams? Seriously, I'm not excited about going to bed to see what my dreams (if I'll remember them) will be like. They're flat, or putting me in uncomfortable position (I don't like conformations, and in my dreams I'm often in one, or need to juggling between people's wants and needs).

For some reason one of my hot weather foods is chili - bean chili flavored with just a little meat.Tonight's was black bean bison chili: black beans (dry beans soaked overnight, not canned) bargain bison, onions, chili powder, garlic, salt, pepper, and a little jack cheese crumbled in. Not traditional in any tradition I know but good.

I rarely remember my dreams, Shir, so I have not idea if they are interesting or not.

WOOT! I finished the zabuton for the baby. This is the sides up picture. It fits into his play pen relatively well (the bumpers aren't fab, but they don't suck either). So cool! It's a little messy and there are some mistakes, but given that I made it without measuring and without a muslin and without a pattern, I did okay.