gah!! the stupid picture editor type program i have right now is giving me fits. i can't get the stupid thing to do text like i want. luckily, i will very soon have my beloved desktop computer here with me with my beloved photoshop & i can make mastheads for my blog til the cows come home. how is my computer getting to me? by the most wonderfullest way! mama is coming to visit me! i'm so excited. brother MAY be coming with her but, knowing him, he'll either fink out at the last minute or show up at mom's house to tag along at the last minute. he's like that... but we're used to it. i tried to entice him with an email filled with promises of bbq ribs, so hopefully his taste buds will get the better of him & he'll come too. the bbq is really our only solid plan so far. i don't know what else the weekend will have in store. i'm just REALLY glad it is the weekend finally. my weekend consists of friday & saturday now & i'm looking forward to 2 days of eatin', sleepin' and visitin' with the fam. so tonight/this morning, i am cleaning like a maniac. our office/second bedroom finally looks like a room that people actually use. all the boxes are put away & we have furniture in there. it is just awaiting my computer & we might actually use it for something other than a huge closet and the cats' bedroom. the kitchen is on it's way to clean but i don't want to go too hog wild until i'm done baking (nanner bread & corn bread) and cooking (chili... cuz mom loves my chili). that leaves vacuuming, dusting, sweeping & mopping, cleaning bathrooms & straightening up the miscelaneous stuff that seems to congregate to the living room. i want to finish laundry & then clean my own stinky body also. this will all probably happen during the wee hours of this (friday) morning. a friend of J's & her fiance are traveling by train & will be stopping in KC so we are going to go downtown and see them at 7am. so i get to stay up all night! which is an easy feat for me. then i'll come home & sleep a good chunk of the day. i just wish i had some curtains for the bedroom... the sun shines RIGHT into that window & seems to purposely seek out my eyes. damn it's bright! oh the hardships of working til 2am!