will we ever get organized????

ran some errands this morning and got a call from our friend james. we had stopped at polly's for lunch and as i was talking to him on the phone he came up from behind me! he likes to do that, we were just glad to see him.

next two days will be tying up loose ends, finish packing and last minute laundry. sunday we will see if all this stuff will fit in the car and still leave room for us.

we might not be able to update this every day as just as i wouldn't pay for a wireless card, the thing they sold us so we could use the cell phone won't work on vista yet. those who know me will understand that i was not very happy and they did refund the cost and apologize. i will go back to unplugging motel phone and using dial-up or paying for time if they have faster connections. one way or another we will get it done!

well, once again it's late and we're going to get some beauty sleep. 1 day closer to heading out of long beach!!!!!

one day closer!

well, we went to target, verizon, staples, walgreens and hopefully don't need to do anymore shopping. going away for 2 weeks is easier than planning for 4-5 weeks! the car goes in for service on friday for 1st oil change and stuff.
didn't get a wireless card, not paying $60. a month for 6 months minimum. going to try the hook up to the cell phone thing. obviously we won't be doing much web surfing on the road. a quick check of emails, look at weather up ahead and update the blog will suffice. this means no jigzone, no checking the orca site or any of our other favorite sites. will check in when we are visiting friends tho.
big news! out of the blue, we have sold our travel trailer! bigger news is that it will pay for the trip!!!! needless to say we are very happy and relieved.
will check in here in a day or two, have lots of stuff to do, need to get busy.
our love to all, the girls

one more week to get it together!

well, one more week, the living room looks like a luggage warehouse! stacks of clothing here there and everywhere. it's not so much what do we need to take but what do we not need to take! we're guessing warm (hot) weather until we leave boston then maybe some cooler days? probably will backfire and will be hot everywhere we go. we'll get it worked out and in the car and everything will be ok.
right now the plan is, pack the car sunday and leave early monday morning. we will head out
I-I0 heading to phoenix then on to tucson. hopefully we will get that far for our first night of sleeping in strange beds. from tucson it will be on to alamagordo, nm. we hope to get there early enough to see the sand dunes in the late afternoon. we hope to go to the space museum the next morning. next day will be a short day heading to carlsbad to the cave. we will also see the bat flight in the evening.
i'm going to stop here, seems like a good place to stop. we will try to update this at least every two days. right now we are still busy tying up loose ends like planning refills on meds, making sure we know when to order caroles insulin pump supplies so it gets delivered to proper address.
this is the trip of our lifetime and we are truly looking forward to it. yes, mom is going along and will make many stops along the way. we will mark on a map where we leave her. this is what she wanted. this is what we will do to honor her.
right now, i'm going to head to bed, it's late and tomorrow is another busy day. stay posted!