Saturday

Stayed up until 1 am putting together a new IKEA dresser.

I think IKEA is Swedish for "bastard piece of shit motherfucker."

Awoke with the dog at 5 am.

Power outage at 8 and Lance had to leave for the airport at 8:30, which involved getting my car out of the garage. Which won't open, because of said power outage.

Yay for figuring out how to open it manually!

Power back on by the time I got back from airport.

Lance enroute to Vegas.

I'm currently eating a grilled ham and co-jack sandwich (on white bread...ick...which is all we had in the house).

Too much to do...not enough time.

Brother and family land at SeaTac in 24 hours.

Must go shopping for last minute items. Must scramble to finish cleaning house. Must clean out car and give it a wash. Must pick up the back yard and mow the lawn.

Reece is being so good for mommy today. She's currently working on a little rawhide bone that came with her goodie bag that she got at the doggie birthday party yesterday at day camp (complete with bone-shaped doggie cake, some of which was matted in her fur when we picked her up).

New discovery: Reece loves having her teeth brushed. I don't know if it's the flavor of the toothpaste (peanut) or the feel of the bristles on her teeth. But she didn't want me to stop doing it. She lost another tooth today. I found it on the carpet.

Sore and tired.

Might have to go back to the airport today to pick up co-worker who is trying to get back from Rochester, was stranded in Chicago overnight, and is now in Denver standing by for a Seattle flight.

Did I mention I'm busy?

It's chilly outside. It's chilly inside.

Sun is coming out though...finally!

Ah, forget it...

I'm not going to get everything done that I had set in my mind to do before my brother gets here.

If the house is clean and comfortable, my car is dog slobber free, and the backyard has a minimum amount of weeds (and a clean place to sit), I'll call it good. Who cares if the guest room walls are mostly bare. I'm probably the only one who gives a damn.

I couldn't resist the allure of an afternoon nap, which Reece indulged in with me. But at 3:45 my cellphone rang.

It was Sigga, stranded at the airport.

So I put the seatbelt harness on Reece (who probably thought we were going to Petsmart) and headed back to SeaTac for the 2nd time today. I picked Sigga up at arrivals, dropped her off at her condo in Renton, and came back here.

I stopped at KFC to grab dinner - one of those mashed potato bowls. Didn't remember them being so spicy before. Reece is much more interested in my food than she is in her own.

So this evening...clean bathrooms, vacuum and steam clean couch...wipe down inside of car windows and car seats.

Tomorrow...yard work.

I'll never be happy with the house. But my visitors are coming to see me. They aren't going to care as much.

Crap...

crap...crap...crap...

I steam cleaned the sofa. Not that it did any good. The stains are still there.

GAH!!!

That was one of the main reasons we bought it!

All that time and effort for nothing.

Anyway, I'm done with my work for today. I just finished watching Dirty Dancing, which I haven't seen in eons.

Lance sent me a photo of the water fountain show at the Bellagio.

Yeah...guess who has it better right now?