can i park under your shade?

so this weekend is the hottest yet! sticky. sweaty. hot!

this weekend is also hoopfest...no way i was going to take the girls downtown to watch daddy. of course, he totally understood. miley would have become a little boiled egg. his court was on like an acre of pavement - no place for shade. in a way, you want to feel bad for people playing. but you know they love the intensity of the game with the heat of the sun. crazy athletes!

'us girls' spent the later part of the morning (after dropping daddy off in the middle of the street downtown) in the neighbors front lawn. myah and jess played so well together in her little "tub", as jessa calls it. yeah, it's just one of those $15 pools. genius who molded plastic together in a big circle. fill it with water, you're good to go! when we pulled up to the house after dropping our basketball player off, i slowed in front of the neighbors house, as she was sitting out front, and asked if i could park in their shade. they have a lovely huge tree that provides paradise in ridiculously hot temperatures like today. and out of two driveways, we don't have any! so there our car sat...on the street under the shade of our neighbor's tree.

now, as little ones sleep, i am anxiously waiting for a phone call to find out how well jacob's team is doing. on the way back home from downtown, i just had to stop at the thrift store in that direction to look through books again. found 5 for $3 bucks. i guess i could go scrub those up real quick. get something done that is somewhat productive. when it's freezing outside, you want to stay inside and be all cozy by the fire. when it blazin' hot outside, you want to stand in front of the a.c. all day and be lethargic. kind of a lose-lose.

oh, f.y.i. - still so in love with craigslist. it's actually one of those addicting relationships to something that probably isn't the healthiest. i have to get on in the morning to see if i had any hits and to see who else is crazy enough to get up early and post new things. i have to check consistently through the day and then say goodnight to it before my head hits the pillow. :) yeah...crazy love!