Heat, oh the heat!

Well, you can't win them all. I'd forgotten how frustrating midwest weather can be. Up through this past weekend it had been raining constantly and 65 degrees outside. Then over the weekend, summer decided to rear the uglier of its heads and make the temperature and humidity combination nearly unbearable. Daughter and I spent the morning at a local park with our play group. A children's performer, Thaddeus Rex, was the main attraction though I spent most of the hour we were there chasing Daughter all around and in and out of the crowd. We did have a good time though, for what it was worth. After the concert we headed to our local Target (which is basically my favorite one-stop-shop) so I could find some shorts and tees. I had some luck and while not the most stylish items of clothing I've owned, certainly will serve the main purpose of keeping me cooler. I wore jeans today and roasted. Daughter was in a dreadful mood for most of the day. She is just now learning the concept of time-out, which has been a great tool and if not for her, for us in the way that we get a moment to simmer down before telling her why she was in time-out in the first place. She really got me in the face today with her little claws. She pours it on for DaDa though. Anyway, so basically the time we spent in Target was the only respite from the attitude problem. We met a really nice lady who stopped to tell us about her 5 grandsons. She apologized after awhile for stopping us but I really enjoy meeting people. I think it was actually the highlight of my day. Hope she made it home safely to those grandkids of hers. When we got home, Daughter refused to nap even though she was clearly exhausted. I eventually got her to go down and then built a photobook on shutterfly.com because of a free promotion they are having. I got to make an entire photobook and only pay shipping on it. I'm putting together a beach album, I've got hundreds of pictures, it will be a nice keepsake for the summer of '09. Once Husband got home and we had dinner, Daughter watched Milo & Otis for the hundredth time and then we hung out together while Husband finished some electrical work in our closet/office. We have a large closet on our main living floor that we've converted into a mini-office. He's wiring it for an outlet and putting a built in desk in. Still debating on whether or not to paint it...I think ultimately we will have to. So anyway, been a normal couple of days around here which is always nice and looking forward to the rest of my week and weekendu.