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Excited about T coming out. Trying to get the backyard looking better so we can lounge out there and have tea or something. Don't want to spend the time gazing about me in horror, now do I?

Today I sprayed the Foul Corrupt Weed (Bermuda Grass) in the backyard with the Vile Evil Spray. "Sometimes you have to fight evil with another kind of evil" (thank you Judi Dench) The guy at the Vile Evil Spray company said that Ornamec was like roundup but they didn't want to pay to have it tested so it came with all these warnings. It smells very petrol-chemical-ish though, and I treated it like it was just as noxious as the instructions say. I sprayed out by the mailbox in front, the ornamental garden in back and I even went so far as to spray the place that is supposed to house the blackberries (they died this year) but not the place near the house in the front; that's staying organic.

Zoe went to the State Fair with her friends--Scotty, Mary, Liz and Hai Tu. She didn't have as good of a time as she would have liked. They wandered around the animals too long for her taste and then the rides made her sick. Mary spent all her money on food and then sulked till they gave her tickets. Towards the end though, Zoe gave Mary all of her left over tickets because she was turning green and no longer wanted to use them.

Zoe is making costumes for all of her friends and herself. Wand making is on hold while I contemplate how I always get myself caught up in a perfectionistic tizzy that ends up in me not getting anything done. Zoe's costumes may not be perfect, but they are getting done.

I got David's Enterprise model. Looking into getting it lit and trying not to be perfectionistic about it.

We had ribs tonight YUM!!! Rob is such a thoughtful guy, I said I was jonesing for some the other night and he stopped at the store and bought some!