More ramblings

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 It’s a full moon … on the anniversary of the first moon landing.    Cool. I’ve got the perfect song to honor the occasion.


  

The house is starting to come together.  Of course it took a whole week to locate the box with my coffee mugs … I haven’t gone up or down the stairs empty-handed all week, since I’m constantly bringing things to their proper place.

Amazon got quite a bit of my money this week as I purchased stuff for the house … we seem to have an abundance of bathroom scales — Drew has one, I have two (I bought one Omada sent one when I enrolled in their program) and one of the previous residents left a scale in the bedroom closet.  

The goal is to have the house all set up before Labor Day — we always host a barbecue for our friends that weekend — and I think we’ll be set up and settled in by the middle of August.

I think I’ve done all the “change of address” things, and the mail is starting to show up at the new house. Drew is still having trouble with his NY Daily News subscription (he likes to read an actual paper; I read the news on line), delivery has been spotty. 

We’ve been witnessing feline politics as each cat is exploring the house and setting up her own territory. Shadow found all the good windows.  Duchess has swatted Shadow a few times; Her Grace the Duchess must be in charge,  or, at least, feel like she’s in charge,

So now the focus shifts to the wedding.  Instead of a formal rehearsal dinner we are having an informal meet-and-greet Thursday night.  The wedding is Friday night (pray for good weather, the ceremony is supposed to be outdoors).  There’s a breakfast Saturday morning for anyone who is staying at the hotel after the wedding.  I’m getting excited!

 Now,  if you’ll excuse me, I have to make another trip downstairs…

Comments

  1. Liz A.July 21, 2024 at 7:42 PM

    They planned their wedding for the opening day of the Olympics? Fun juxtaposition. You want your house ready in a month? Yeah, you can do it. That's plenty of time.

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    1. songbird's crazy worldJuly 22, 2024 at 8:53 AM

      Funn6 you should mention the Olympics. One of the guests who’ll be with us Friday works for NBC. She thought she’d be in Paris this week. They sent her on a different international trip earlier this month instead.

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