Now that I've worked my way through the weekend posts, here's our update.
FIL is now released from the hospital. They are still guarded about his condition, so prayers and pixie dust would be appreciated. He has a dr. appointment Friday morning, and they said they wanted to "discuss" something. So we're going to make the decision Friday afternoon about their trip. DH is worried that his mom is stressing out over making a decision about the trip. So I explained to her that we do have
trip insurance, so if they can't go, we aren't out any money. I told her that if the doctors say that it's likely that he'll be able to go, we should go ahead and pay the trip off, then use the insurance if thing change at the last minute.
We had our home inspection and it went pretty well. Met the buyer, who's a retiring Navy commander with grown kids (not sure if he's divorced or widowed, but no wife). He'll have lots and lots of room in this house! Anyway, he asked for us to fix all the nitnoids on the inspection. We've responded back with mostly no's. So we'll see, but I think it's a pretty fair guess that he'll accept since he does want the house.
They break ground on our new house this week
so we're supposed to decide on interior layouts within the month! And I have to travel to Texas the end of October. Okay, memory lapse here. Who's the person who's in Fort Worth/Dallas area? I'll be there from the 24th through the evening of the 26th. Then I go to Amarillo for 2 days, leaving late at night to be home for closing on the 29th.
Next weekend, I'm going to start packing up the out of season things, which includes bringing in all the winter stuff. That should get me about 85 to 90% of the way packed for the cruise. I promised DH that I'm going to get rid of all the extra stuff that we never use (like the 10 or 15 sets of twin sheets, when we only have the kids top bunk beds in that size, and no one sleeps on those. I think 4 sets is plenty!)
Other miscellaneous thoughts! Vicki, you can order really small waist sizes hemmed to your specification at lands end. I know I've seen 28 inch waists available. They are often in the clearance section.
And Angela, I swear by Chadwicks for lower cost formal wear. I've bought a couple of them for $29 apiece! Depending on the season, JC Penneys also has some good deals, but it's usually after prom season or New Years.
And welcome Mary Ann! Glad you are joining us. My kids will both be in the Oceaneer's Lab, but in the older group (DS is 11 1/2, DD will be almost 13 at cruise time).
That's about it from here for today. Lisa
Stacey - Hope your day has brightened since this a.m. Some Mondays need to be do-over days!
