what's up?

I have been doing the same thing day in-day out since September: working my a*s off trying to get this place to resemble something like a functional home.  Nothing shows yet although I work on it every waking minute.  I know I will never vacation again.

Just when I think they are finally getting it, my dumb-bunny kids get poor scores on their arithmetic tests.  Frakk!  We are back tracking and trying to figure out what went wrong. Their writing program has turned to the dreaded "poetry" section.  My ridiculous children are kickin' butt in that.  Who knew?

My best friend/sister is supposedly coming to visit me again soon!  I am trying not to be excited about it because there may be a small flaw in the plan.  Her emanate arrival is motivating me to get a lot more stuff done than I usually would.  I have always worked better under last minute pressure...that's just me.  I told her not to tell me if she's not coming until the day before.  Maybe I'll get a ton finished.  

thrilled yet?  read on!