i am so exhausted. between steam cleaning the carpets, scrubbing the shower (i hate tile and grout!!), painting (our family room is beee-u-tiful!) and raking up the bazillion leaves in our front, side and back yards, i think i've done my lifetime's worth of house chores. and we still have to paint our master bedroom. ugh...will it ever end??

this morning i was raking the leaves to prepare for our lawn aeration and winterization, and a cat decided to play in our yard. it was cute at first, but then he started climbing up the trees and shaking the limbs so the leaves would fall! grr...more leaves for me to rake! he walked over to our front door, pawed at the doormat, and peered inside the house (we have a long window next to the door), like he was looking for something. strange kitty. i was just glad he didn't charge thru the huge pile of leaves i had made!

i am so exhausted. i'm gonna go veg out now.