- figure out where I went wrong with my Betty Crocker Bake N' Fill, when even though I followed the instructions I ended up with a cake-plosion in my oven.

- get Darrett started on and eventually addicted to FFXI.

- survive a saturday morning & early afternoon with just my niece, nephew, and me. Since my nephew came out fine after two seperate baby-sitting days with me, my brother is pressing his luck with both his kids in my care.

- somehow convince my niece, Sarah, to draw more pictures of me or at least even out the 5 to 1 ratio that Matt has on me as Sarah's drawing subject. I went through her pile of pictures one afternoon and said "Wow, you draw Uncle Matt a lot." She said, "yes." I asked why and she was quiet for a bit and then said, "Because he's special." You can tell which ones are of Uncle Matt because she draws his short spikey hair and him smiling an enormous smile. Huge. Reminds me of a whale about to suck up krill, except toothy. He won't admit to it, but Uncle Matt is quite pleased.