Stepping in for the week, since PeterT still has been too swamped to do the week day ones.

Our youngest daughter, Rue, and Rog and I have been sorting through our 4 bedroom, 2 level house in preparation for our moving in with her into a wee home she just bought. Most of our stuff will be put in storage for a few months.

Each day has been an assault on our own Mount Everest. We set up base camps around the basement, piles of supplies here and there, debris left over piled high, cast-offs in another pile, all of which will have to be hauled up the first ascent...the 18 stairs to the door leading out into the garage.

On Sunday, she and I sorted and moved piles, clearing a large space of the basement floor to be steamed cleaned. Several of the cats who are denizens of the "deep" skedaddled upstairs, finding a roost here, a safe hole there, most hiding their heads, pretending to be modicums of calm, while I know they are secretly all aquiver with anticipation and apprehension.

Tomorrow, Ms. Kelpie will speak as a veteran of many moves; she of the black streaked with gold, little Egyptian "Bastet" of mine.

If you all would like or do not mind, she will be followed by those of varying degrees of experience, giving you just a little daily glimpse into what this week holds for us all.

Thanks,

kat