i felt like a mormon housewife

ahaha. okay let me clarify. i did not turn mormon, nor did i become a housewife. but being home during the day sure makes you feel like one.

my photoshop skills are quite poor. but it still made me laugh

 my days have gone from surveying in the field and writing reports in the office to random domestic activities.

i was drinking my coffee yesterday and flipped on the tv. i was just looking for some mindless entertainment (keeping up with the kardashians is my usual poison, but sadly it wasnt on), i settled for "i didnt know i was pregnant". HOLY HELL! its a train wreck that sucked me in for three episodes and i didnt even realize it. i think i was horripnitized (horrified and hypnotized). 

it was when i was yelling at the tv that i paused for a moment of reflection and realized how ridiculous i was being. the dogs were looking at me like i was insane, and i decided that maybe daytime tv isnt for me lol. it also had this amazing ability to instill a fear in me that maybe i was secretly pregnant too (let me clarify that i am NOT). but my irrational mind has well, a mind of its own and i made a mental note to put pregnancy tests on my grocery list haha. 

• related side note: i am very gullible/easily convinced. as a result, i am not allowed to watch any infomercials of any kind. they sell me within the first two minutes and im convinced that i cant live without a magic shark steamer or the wonder salsa maker. id lose all my money and have a house full of useless crap. i am also not allowed to visit webmd.com EVER. i'll look up something like a headache and then magically diagnose myself with incurable tuberculosis of the cornea or something ridiculous and go into spiral panic that im dying. aaand after today, i think i am going to add this tv show to my list of banned things. 

we are remodeling the house and its a bit of a mess. so, being the good domestic gf that i am, i decided to tidy up. i pulled out the old yellow vacuum to suck up some junk. after running it over the same spot 20x, i paused for reevaluation of my methods. turns out that old yeller was not sucking (which is paradoxical since i would say that it did indeed suck. but thats neither here nor there) and was in fact, shooting random debris out its behind and spraying me in the legs. please dont read any innuendo into that last sentence. that was what was really happening lol. i decided that maybe it was time for a new vacuum. my dad helped me pick out a new one and even bought it for us as a housewarming present! score! thanks pop!

turns out that assembling a vacuum is a pain in the ass. the directions are worse than ikea ones (for all you who have assembled anything ikea, you feel my pain). after 20 min of swearing, and jamming at things with a screwdriver, i got it all set up. and ive just got to come out with it......i had SO much fun vacuuming! the new parts and gadgets were intoxicating. i mightve vacuumed everything in sight. hopefully its a one time thing. i mean, who actually likes vacuuming? (besides the lady below haha)

• related site note: the vacuum came with a warning not to use any of the attachments on your pets. i didnt know if i should be horrified that people were out there shop-vac-ing their dogs, or bummed out that i didnt think if it first. 

shane and i have also been getting our walls ready to paint. man its a process. furniture moving, mudding, sanding, baseboard washing, wall washing, taping, priming etc... its going to look amazing when we're done. even indy is helping. sort of :)

and i dont wanna jinx it, but it looks like our mutts are FRIENDS!!! i bribed them with cheese to hold still for a picture.

 and this morning i was getting my brekky when i smelled fun. sure enough, i peered around the corner and spied these dirty little fun-havers. it warmed my icy heart :)