Monday, September 03, 2012

The List

Not like a Boat's list...more like a grocery list, packing up for another journey back to California for a while.  Baked bread for some local folks to thank them for their service and friendship over these last 4 months and then delivered it in person.  Closing shutters and pulling down the metal window and door covers.  Putting the car to sleep for the next bit.  Closing and locking doors.  Draining water lines, pouring antifreeze in drains to deal with winter's cold.  Emptying the refrigerators and cleaning them, throwing out old food stuffs, stashing loose items away.  Vacuuming floors.  It's a busy-work kind of day with little let up except to have a quick lunch at Le Forge in St. Hillaire en Lignieres (up the hill) with Dave and Sue and daughter Sarah.  Nice lunch! Good food and nice setting and good company!  Tomorrow will come too soon.  Forgot anything?  I don't think so...by the time all the things we are taking back were packed all the empty space was gone and those 6 bottles of wine we were going to bring with us will not be making the trip this time.  No room and the big bag too heavy already at 52 lbs made us shift a few things around to lighten that one...50 lb max these days!  PC's have been backed up as best I can, especially photos and music files.  It's a chore...a boring, worrying chore but has to be done.  See you in a few days in California after the jet lag dissipates enough that I can write again.  Take care dear friends!  Wish us luck of the Irish!