tick tock

today is an excruciatingly slow day. i have a billion things to do today and tomorrow to get ready for the party, and sitting here at work isn't helping me accomplish any of them. it wouldn't be so bad if i wasn't just 1 of about 5 people in the office today. it's hard to be super productive on fridays around here. half the office is generally out on fridays (lots of people work flex hours here), and half of whoever is left is out on vacation this week and next. so it's pretty quiet and slow. the list of things i need to do is just running through my mind.

i am excited for the weekend though. we're pretty well prepared for the baby shower/birthday party tomorrow. shannon and i have our schedules planned out and it won't be too difficult to get ourselves set up. the list of things i want to complete tonight is daunting but i'll find a way, i am sure. the tables and chairs are being delivered today, and i think we have most of the supplies covered. just a few last minute items like balloons and flowers to pick up in the morning. i'm just hoping the storms they are predicting for tomorrow either don't show up (as has been the case lately), or stick to the morning like they promise. if that works out for us it should be a beautiful afternoon/evening to have a bbq.

speaking of bbq, we have something like 50 lbs of meat to cook. mom got a good deal on ribs, so picked up 30 lbs, and another 10 lbs of chicken, and 10 lbs of pork butt. it's a good thing i made something like 8 cups of bbq sauce, plus an additional 3 cups of vinegar sauce. we are picking up a new barrel smoker, so hopefully between that and bryan's current smoker we can cook everything. it's not really something you can do in shifts since everything takes hours. should be interesting... and delicious!!

now everyone who rsvp'd just better show up! :)