Although our disease carrying rats children, left us with colds, we got a lot done this weekend. We're almost moved out of our friends' house and we have a lot more things unpacked around our house.

Our main focus this weekend was the kitchen. It's coming along nicely. We've unpacked a lot of boxes of pots, pans, dishes and whatnot. We have a working stove, sink, and refrigerator. The dishwasher isn't quite hooked up and neither is the oven, but these things take time. Every step forward is a welcome one.

Diane asked how all the moving in plans coincide with the traveling to England plans. The answer is not all that well. The England trip really couldn't come at a worse time for us, and yet it is coming and we'll take advantage of the opportunity, because these things don't come along very often. We'll have the house as cleaned up, unpacked and all that as possible and we'll hope our house-sitter can take these things in stride. We'll just pick up with the renovations and finishing when we get back.