and the big day is…..that Paul is going to give three months notice at work!

That’s a huge milestone for us – and almost perfectly coincides with the 95 days remaining on our Countdown clock! Amazing that it is already here.

We are also excited for our next trip to Mazatlan, and we are going to be looking at houses.

The work here at home is moving along very well. The painting got done, and looks wonderful. We are having new carpet put in the basement next week, and then we will be able to move our office downstairs and move most of the rest of our furniture into the current office so they can refinish the wood floors while we are away.

It’s a sunny day today – we are working on moving the last of the bark. I did all the outdoor projects that had been on my list this week, so we are in good shape for putting the house on the market when we get back from Mazatlan.

Now the only question is – how hard will it be for Paul to get up and go in to work every day once he’s given his notice?

It’s funny how I am fully experiencing every day lately. Not like sometimes, where only looking back do you realize how great a day was, or how much you liked something.

For example, today is a day to remember. The painters are here, and plastic is draped all over everything. The kitchen was totally taped and plasticized before I realized I was hungry so while they were out in their cars eating I untaped a couple of places and grabbed the bread and peanut butter. I then went back in the office, where both birds and their cages are sitting on a big blue tarp…and putting a silice of bread on my knee, smeared on peanut butter and folded it over. Just like when I was a kid.

The painters are listening to Olivia Newton John singing Grease, and a couple of the painters are talking to each other in Spanish.

It’s been raining off and on so I have gone outside a few times to work on the photinia hedge and then get driven back inside when it starts up again.

I have a lot of outdoor work that I’ve been saving for this week, so I’m disappointed by the rain…but it is a happy day today, and we’re still making good progress. ¡Somos casi listos!