congrats! maybe he should come over and be a daft butt more often. ha. when you were talking about your family's imminent arrival...actually you just hit upon my secret to tidiness: inviting someone over once a week or so for coffee or whatnot who i feel i should have the house "nice" for. how's that for lack of intrinsic motivation? whatever works!

i'm glad you're going to get to have a nice visit with your family. your children will enjoy that and so will you.

you've gotten a lot done this week. hike with client, cleaning, probably a few souffles you are hiding in the oven. things are looking up!