Gearing Up to Go Home

Our guests had a good time on their whirlwind bus tour. Susan, who was sure that Stonehenge had not changed in 10 years, was proven wrong. It has changed. Now you have to stand even further back from the rock formations! So she way if from a whole new perspective. On Tuesday, they hit Westminster Abbey and Tower of London. When Ken came back to meet Skip for a cricket game, Susan and Hayley ventured out on their own, armed only with a tube pass and a credit card. They even found their way back. Next time, they can bring friends and become the tour guides.

Tuesday was a great day for me as the kitchen sink that has been dripping for two weeks finally got repaired. Ahhhhhhhh.

Got the Allen's off on Wednesday and have been churning out laundry ever since. Not that their visit generated a lot of laundry, I just didn't do much while they were here, so it had really piled up!

Our packers come four weeks from today. And the week before they come, we are going to Majorca (or Mallorca, depending on which country you're in), so I have three weeks to get ready. Yikes. So much to get rid of and have had no bites from the school web site on selling stuff. We also still have our car. It's a good car, but dealers have so much stock that people can get a used car from one of them that comes with a full vehicle inspection and a warranty. So there's not a lot of incentive to buy from an individual. Skip is going to take it in to the dealer to see what we can get for it. Not sure about the legalities of abandoning it on the side of the road.

Britain's Got Talent is continuing to dominate our home life. Even the Allen's got hooked on it. The semi-finals run every night this week (except for last night when the ManU/Barcelona champions league final was on). The finals will be on Saturday. For all the Americans who have been following the Cinderella story of Susan Boyle, she's not a shoe-in. She's got some serious competition. Maddie doesn't know it yet, but we've booked tickets to go see all the finalists live in June. It has been really funny how excited she has gotten about this.

Speaking of the champions league, it will be a sad day in England today as Barcelona beat them 2-0.