Mon Feb 24 07:56 EST 1997
Weekend Update: February 21-23

Moving day is fast approaching but I think I've got everything timed
and planned, but like most weddings, I am prepared for some things to
go not as planned.

On Friday, Miranda and Jessica participated in (began) the 30-Hour Famine,
which is a program that raised money for starving children through
the World Vision non-profit chartable organization.  I am told that
the entire teen group raised over $2000 for these children.  Joy
helped to chaparone through the night leaving me and the younguns
home.

Me and the younguns (Emily and Andrew) went to Rich and Wendy Gonzalez'
home on Saturday morning to try and complete the spackling of their
kitchen.  Since I'm no pro, I didn't get it all done.  :-(  Part of
the problem was a 2-hour lunch where I bought a stove and refrigerator
for the new house (which didn't have them).  They're the scratch and
dent kind.  The refrigerator has some dents that would make some
people uncomfortable with buying, but as long as it runs, it is getting
shoved into an alcove where no one will see the dents (the front and
inside are in great shape.  The other thing that happened shortened
the work day at the kitchen was the weather.  It was nice and warm much
of the day, but in the winter that is a prescription for unsettled weather.
And as evening approached, the wind gusts picked up severely enough to
drop tree limbs and shut off the power to the home.  We spackled and
sanded until it got too dim to work.

The kids are finished with Nashua School and meet their new schools
and teachers today.  Then it's back to packing, packing, packing.
(I think we're to a place where I need to organize the packed material
so that the move will progress more smoothly on Thursday.  I need to
schedule a time for the pizza place to have dinner ready for my movers,
too.  I am hopeful for clear, dry weather.  Temperature is secondary
as long as snow or rain stays away from moving day.

I'll be very excited when I get the keys in my hand.  ;-/

Mark
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