The Hammers are Hammering

WOW!!  Lots of work going on in the house.  The whole porch was full of stuff from Home Depot, and is almost empty now.  New doors are up, new sinks are in, new countertops are finished.  The carpets are being cleaned today because the walls are all painted.  Just the cleaning up needs to be finished.  Mostly everything is packed - I still need to pack part of my house but it is coming together.


My friend bought a place a little further out in New Jersey, and that's where we are going to put all of my things.  It's a good temporary stopping place until, and if, we decide to move to Florida full time.  I don't think either of us really wants to do that.  We want to be able to be in New York part-time and this gives us the chance to do it.  It's just a one-bedroom, but I think everything will fit.  Both it, and my house, will close on the 17th of August.  I won't be moving until the middle of September, so it is close.


But - better news - we are going to Italy starting August 25, coming back September 6.  That will be the trip of a lifetime for me.  I've never been there and it's on my Bucket List (the list of things you want to do before you die).  Rome, Florence, and Venice.  I am so very excited.  I will leave a post of pictures after I get back and you will be able to see what I saw.


Meanwhile, I have a few boxes still to pack.....


Love and smoochy kisses,


Grandma Nici

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAYLOR

I was there when you were born my darling boy.  I watched you take your first breath and spent the next four years watching you grow up.  I have so many pictures, I will give them to you.

I love you my beautiful child


Grandma Nici