We are heading up North for a week visiting family next week and of course we’ve been thinking about what we should bring back that we have trouble finding down here.  So this week I am afraid I am creating an avalanche at my son’s house of packages arriving UPS.

Here’s a few things I’m having sent or going to buy when I get there:

• Three yards of Sunbrella fabric to make cushions for our outdoor furniture. (outdoorfabrics.com with thanks to Jonna)
• Semolina for pasta making, bulgur wheat, and fennel seeds
• two more picaportes for the new doors in the sala fresca
• Dog tags with our new phone number

I was looking on line for a slipcover for the couch in our tv room.  We let the dogs on it so I am washing the sheet we cover it with several times a week.  Look at what I found, below!  I am probably going to have a few more made or make them myself when I get back.  (Surefit.com)

Merida Mikey planted the seed for a moisture proof salt shaker, and I bought a set of two on Ebay.  The picture is at the top of this post.

Our schnauzer-poodle mix Henry loves to walk but I still haven’t broken him from pulling, so I am splurging on an Illusion Collar from the Dog Whisperer website. (cesarmillan.com)

While we’re there we also plan on buying a memory foam pad for our bed (and paying an extra bag fee to bring it home), and possibly an XBox and a Kindle.  Oh, and Red tea and Market Spice tea, too!  And if I can find them, vegetarian sausage casings so I can make my own vegie sausages.

That’s a lot!  I am scaring myself a little!