I got CPR certified this morning. I have a LOT to do before mom and her "friend" arrive. Clean car, clean bathroom, clean kitchen, vacuum. The good news is, I just got word I was approved for the 80-10-10 mortgage. No PMI. Yippee!

That is, if mom arrives, thanks to hurricane Lily.

The weather channel put it best with:

Lili could be a category 3 powerhouse by tomorrow morning and driving on a beeline toward the upper Texas Gulf Coast. Trouble is, most of the forecast models suggest Lili's beeline might not be that much of a line as it nears the coast on Thursday. (Nothing is ever easy when forecasting hurricanes.) The majority of models suggest a last-minute swerve into the southwest Louisiana coast. So the challenge becomes, does Lili indeed zig in time to spare the Houston-Galveston area? Or does it roar straight on in? Or, heaven forbid, does it give a shake of the hips sooner than anticipated and peel off towards New Orleans threatening the Crescent City with a major disaster? Wish we knew. But we really don't. Not yet. Stay tuned and get ready for anything.