it's going to be a long month . . .

and when i get stressed, i clean.  actually it is the only time i deep clean.  started today by doing all the hand wash, the regular laundry and ironing.  all is done except for the hand wash that has not yet dried.  note:  you know the warning labels on clothes that say dry clean only but come back from the dry cleaner slightly less than white?  i have a rayon top that was now decidedly gray.  it was do or die.  i soaked it in ivory and bleach and it came out white.  take that you erroneous label!!!

of course pip has not helped.  she ate her breakfast, jumped up on the high window sill above my bedside table, looked around and lost her cookies . . . all over my notebooks, ipad mini box, files and a paint box.  yeah, there is a jumble of goodies by me at night.  everything survived except one note pad.  sorry, but there was no way to wipe off enough cat yak.

the other night, the alarm system decided to wail at 12:08, long after i had gone to bed.  by the time i came to my senses, slithered down the stairs to turn off the system and trudged back up to get the phone, my alarm company had hung up.  i called back and let them send out the cops.  a really nice female officer came.  not sure who startled whom more, she because she thought the house was empty or me because i was thinking she was the burglar.  all was good, except for the mud she tracked all over that house.  that will be wednesday's project.

and so with today's chores managed, i played with photoshop.  my favorite toy of all time:

good night Junie Moon.