My Five Things

It's been hectic so here's a brief look at the five things that have shaped my day.

1- I took Erin to the airport at 6 am for her departure to Italy. Even that early it was a little nuts at the airport. I watched in amazement as a family repacked their suitcases, underwear and all, at the front of the ticket line to get it under weight. That was at 6 am. Just a few minutes ago Erin called and said she was delayed in Atlanta due to bad weather. She's already had her connector flight from Roma to Napoli rescheduled.

2- I cleaned out three dozen wine bottles and am in the process of sterilizing and bottling the Zinfandel/Shiraz wine kit. I'm just making sure that the mix has stopped fizzing and fermenting. For anyone who hasn't cleaned off the labels of wine bottles than you cannot understand that it took nearly two hours to finish the job.

3- I went over to Walmart to pick up some school supplies. All I wanted to get were some 5 cent spiral notebooks. Incredibly, a lady was there and she was filling her shopping cart up with these bargains... I mean like 300-400 notebooks. Really. What does one person do with that many notebooks? Can she have that many children that they'll use that many in one school year? Also on the shopping list was a set of college sheets for Erin. We are also the proud owners of a brand new, black , rubbermaid trash can.

4- Cats. Ten things that torque me off about our cats:
a. they cough up gross hairballs
b. they miss the litter box
c. they fight with each other all night
d. Rocky chews (and eats) white plastic bags
e. Einstein lays too close to my feet at night
f. They don't really "do" anything
g. They cry out in the middle of the night for no reason
h. Whenever you have dark clothing their hair is all over it
i. Einstein sleeps on the top step of the staircase... makes walking at night an adventure
j. Getting woken up at night and having a cat staring you in the face trying to steal your soul

5- I have two weeks in a quiet house- BMO is in Arkansas and Erin in Europe.

Sad notes: Bobby Murcer (Yankee baseball announcer) and Tony Snow (President's press secretary) died this weekend.