We have not ventured on a road trip for the last two weekends. With only about 18 weekends left before we leave Washington, we're on planning, purging and packing mode. we watched a couple episodes of Marie Kondo's Tidying Up to get inspired. We poured good Washington wine. We spent last Sat/Sun going though every file/saved bill/ work-related paper in the office and shredded about 3/4 of the paper and filed neatly what we think we'll need. "I'll never use THAT lesson plan again:" Recycle! "I don't know why I saved that VA quality report:" SHRED!! This weekend we're going over every photo, film, CD, and album : the goal is downsizing. We have SO MANY duplicates and SO many shots of treetops or rocks or blurs. We're still not digitalized, debating whether we should scan them ourselves, or splurge on some mail-away company to do so. I think we've agreed to just kick the can further down the road and get what we've archived to Maine to do later. At least now we know where things are by year.
One of Judd's missions this week was to prank his two work wives/co-science teachers at the middle school. We left them each a personal Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Judd no longer has school keys so we went in early in the a.m. and found the housekeeping staff. They were into the secret.
For Superbowl Sunday we indulged in some awesome new-to-us recipes: BBQ chicken cheese dip and "world's best bloody Mary's, heavy on the garnishes." Frozen tomatoes make really good ice cubes. The best part of the whole game was watching the puppy bowl at half time (and Judd's crab-stuffed mushrooms.) The neighboring ducks enjoy frolicking in our creek every day.
And Winter Storm Advisory! It actually snowed in Walla Walla. About 4 inches slows the whole town right down. We're holding out though, we still haven't bought a shovel.
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