>It’s hot enough and muggy enough to make me want to hang out in a recliner, under the ceiling fan, in air-conditioned comfort, with a frivolous novel and a glass of iced tea by my side. Well, I did some of that. But I was proud; my day was still riddled with minor accomplishments.

• Make coffee.
• Feed bunnies, already looking like they’re feeling the heat.
• Get breakfast for teenaged children and self.
• Read with El Grande. (We’re enjoying A Long Way from Chicago by Richard Peck; check it out! It’s definitely not just for kids.)
• Sympathize with La Petite when she complains that we have no white bread in the house. “But mom, I’m just not into flaxseed or multi-grain!”
• Throw together the ingredients for a loaf of white bread in the bread machine.
• Wave good bye to La Petite and minivan, heading to the beach with friends. Hope she remembered sunscreen. (Yeah, yeah, mom, like I’d forget? Give me some credit.)
• Bring big, awkward rabbit cage upstairs (with help of sturdy metal dolly).
• Install hot, hot rabbits in cage in La Petite’s room (see picture below).
• Collect all the towels in the house.
• Wash and dry all the towels in the house.
• Bring garbage cans in from curb and soak them with a little detergent to rid them of incredible odors made worse by hot weather.
• Put lunch together for El Grande and self.
• Fold and put away all the towels in the house.
• Remove bread from bread machine. MMM!
• After cooling (and spreading aroma throughout house), slice bread.
• Read more with El Grande. Gosh, this Grandma’s escapades are amazing!
• Rinse garbage cans and leave them out to dry.
• Return garbage cans to home base outside back door.
• Give children money for pizza delivery supper. (Hey, I can rationalize it once in a while, especially since I baked bread, cleaned, and did laundry much of the day.)
• Pack books and files for study group. Head out the door to enjoy professional and grown-up conversation!

Beast and Tiny in cage in La Petite’s room, chillin’ in the air conditioned house