Onward ho!

Planning for that long awaited vacation now. So many factors were potential 'cancellors', but this trip is actually going to happen. I plan on getting pictures and actually keeping up with the blog. God knows, I will need to have something else happening to keep me sane - have not had so much time to ourselves as a family in a long time.

The kids don't know and I don't plan on letting them know until we are on the plane. With Amma leaving, it will be easy to pass off the packing as hers. I hope. A day's worth of Hong Kong seeing and then off to Auckland for almost a month with Ami (my sister). She has a 6 month old black Lab puppy....I think we will both be very happy to exchange...quickly....two kids for a puppy, going once....! :-D

Went curtain shopping today for her. I had not realized what a blessing it is to not own a house. I did not know the niceties of mounting curtains onto their fixtures....really not such a huge gap in my education! Today, that was taken care of with detailed info on the various ways that curtains can hang. Yes, there are several. And of course, the simple option would not be the way to go for me. Luckily, I have found a nice shop that will take the info and take care of it.....thanks to Ami, I have pictures of the hooks that are the culprits of this level of complexity. Anyone out there pondering the benefits of window fixtures, I have one word for you - TAB! Go figure that one out!

G'night!