Down...

All you Carpenters fans out there will understand when I say, "rainy days and mondays always get me down". Well, today is Monday and it's most definitely a rainy one which has put me in a funk. There are probably several reasons for my bum mood, my car on the verge of dying, knowing that this week is going to be nuts-o, the fact that my house is an utter disaster and I have no time to clean it, or that I stayed up way too late last night and now I'm having a hard time staying awake at my desk. But, honestly, none of that seems to be bothering me right now. I'm just down and that's all there is to it.

Yesterday, however, was extremely productive. My mom and I drove to Spokane to get flowers for Junior Miss this weekend and got a screamin' deal. The guy there loved us and we walked out of there with 25 free roses. Afterwards, we ate lunch at Schlotzsky's and got free cookies! Man, we make a good team. We are convinced that it must be our radiating beauty.

Grant and I finally planted our garden yesterday afternoon. Hopefully, this fall, we should have some strawberries, basil, green onions, and enough garlic to make the entire state of Idaho un-dateable. I also planted some very colorful flowers so as to convince Mother Nature to keep the sun out but apparently she did not get that message. She always hated me.

I went in a cleaning frenzy last night right around the time that I really, really should have crawled up in bed and fell fast asleep. So I stayed up entirely too late cleaning but still feel like the house is in desperate need of a makeover. But it is at least a little bit better, enough that I don't want to pull my hair out when I open the door.

This week is guaranteed to be stressful, crazy, and full of caffeine and I can't wait. Saturday night is Junior Miss and for anyone who knows me, knows that I love doing this. Over four months of hard work will wrap up on Saturday and I can't wait to see the result. Plus, I get to wear my cute red dress that I bought forever ago and haven't had an occasion to wear. Man, I love being a girl.