I did most of my grocery shopping for the week this morning and walked the cat. This afternoon I'll probably head downtown to catch some of a local music festival.

Congrats, aurelia! Yay Jesse and Theo!

The yard sale was a huge success, and there was no drama. My flock of babygoths (aged 14 - 18) were there, looking adorable and being very sweet. They brought me a t-shirt that says OLD SCHOOL GOTH CHICK, which amuses me no end.

I am incredibly tired and achy, and am trying to decide if I want to walk to and from the spa. On the one hand, I don't quite feel up to walking the three blocks there and back. On the other hand, OMG SPA. Soaking in heated pools and saunas sounds really fucking attractive.

Clearance is the best. I ordered an unnecessary amount of stuff from Lands' End yesterday, almost none on clearance, but all 30% off, so that seemed worthwhile.

I should really do laundry, but ugh.

Jilli, I love that you have a flock.

My floors are taking forever to dry. And Loki is sitting on my head.

yay walkers! Also yay for old school goths, and youthful adorers!

We biked to brunch, now we are home doing homework, by which I mean Franny (math) and I (grading) are doing homework, and Cody is trying to help Franny understand hers. One big challenge for her? It's so much harder to learn the lesson when you write down NONE of the answer when the teacher works it out on the board in class. Oy vey! Middle school is going to kill me.

I'm catching up on last week's Daily Show and finally have seen the bit where they talk about a new terrorist "supergroup" that includes members from ISIS, Al Qaeda, etc. and One Direction. Which One Directions fans FLIPPED THEIR SHIT OVER. I really appreciate their shit-flipping, but would take it more seriously if I thought anyone who worked for TDS has any idea that 1D has a member who is a Muslim.

Babygoths: [link]

(Please don't let FB's ridiculous coding break the board.)

I wish I had the oomph to keep perfect eyebrows like theirs (and yours). So so pretty.

I've had a productive couple of days going through ALL THE PAPERS. I have two shopping bags full of stuff to shred, and all the papers are ready to go into their spiffy new file box. Spiffy old file box will get repurposed, as it only holds letter-sized files.

In other news, I've had Finn the cat for nearly a year, and he looks more like a James Bond villain cat than ever before now that he's full grown and his winter coat is coming in. I am considering re-naming him Renfield given his fondness for catching and eating bugs. He is chasing a fly even as I type.