Preparing to head north

My blogging has been a little scarcer than usual this week because the week has been full of getting everything in order before we leave for a week in NY to visit family...it has long felt like the trip was so far away, but all of a sudden it's here and I need to get ready to go! The car is ready -- oil changed, tires rotated and balanced, every square inch is vacuumed, and new organizers added in my never-ending quest to have the car as clean when we arrive at our destination as it was when we left home!!! As we describe it to David (who does not yet know about the trip!), only four more big sleeps until we leave...the countdown has begun! (Grandma, I can already hear you prancing...!)