It's been a while here, too, Steph, but I looked at the weather and it's supposed to be utterly gorgeous for the next week, too; I ain't sad.

And you had a cat on the chair.

Who was just on her goddamned porch roof in a goddamned heavy rainstorm at 10 pm, yanking out leaves from the downspout because the roof was leaking due to it being plugged up? Yeah. And I JUST cleaned the roof off last weekend, this is new leaf debris. I should add making sure that roof is sealed to the list. Except it is fine when it isn't you know, full of several gallons of water?

At least it is an outside roof? But has to be remedied before I replace the beadboard, Someday.

(but I still love MY HOUSE. Just glad it is something I can fix. The gurgle and whoosh of water when I cleared the drain was satisfying. As was peering over the edge to see the gush of water come out the spout.)

This morning as I was leaving, I thought ought to check the porch gutter, haven't looked in a bit, and the rain surely brought down more leaves. But I was dressed and pretty and in a morning rush, and I didn't. Sigh. It'll dry.

Tv catchup, Parenthood: Joel looked totally hot when he was building that desk. IJS.

And you had a cat on the chair.

I know, but it would have been funnier right in the middle of shit.

Ugh, that reminds me, our gutters are CLOGGED. Another thing on the fall to-do list. Do we even HAVE a ladder?

Ian Anthony Dale: call me. SRSLY.

CLEAR THOSE GUTTERS! I don't really have real gutter, just bathtub roofs with exit points. Single points of failure. Usually good but for leaves on the porch or ice dams.

I need to make a second check. I got most of the leaves, but there were still more floating in the soup.

Second foray to the roof, all is clear. I wore my raincoat this time. Still soaked.

I think...I think I need to read electronically. I'm in the flush of new purchase and there's no good fic in my current niche right now (I'm a bit behind in Inception), sure, but I'm almost done my first book on my Nook.