Back in hurricane mode here, too. With house on market, really don't want to move patio furniture inside for next two weeks.

Just what Tony said Marc - should I move the patio furniture into the garage?

Joanna/Marc - keeping our fingers crossed it won't be an issue for you. We are worried, needless to say about Frank's sister and BIL who are in Biloxi and didn't leave last year, they just got all the repairs done on their house a few weeks ago.

Good luck all of you in FL.

Thanks JoAnn keeping our fingers crossed for your SIL too! I expect Tony's packing will slow down as he monitors this storm constantly -

Joanna, no new update until about 11am; you can put him to work for the next couple of hours. ;)

Delta plane down - Lexington KY

Marc and Joanna,
I just woke up to hear about Ernesto. At least if it hits we already be gone. I too am going to bring in my furniture and am debating about putting up "some" of my shutters. I would hate for my neighbors to have to put them up if I'm not here.

Commuter plane with 47 passengers and crew of three, last I heard.

GO AWAY ERNESTO!!! We'll deal with it - piece of cake compared to the plane crash - tragic

This would just too tragic if Ernesto is a fierce, fierce storm. Not on the anniversary of Karina. Still, you do what you can & then enjoy your cruise, which should be FANTASTIC! Let the festivities begin you lucky MUSHERs.

Mush Packing, South Florida Style



I'm not taking any chances. If Ernesto doesn't hit us, Some other :b: storm might.

John -

I have never seen hurricane shutters. Interesting. Sorry you have to put them up. Here to hoping Ernesto fizzles before it hit's the US.

In my head, I wrote some lyrics to I've Been Working on the Railroad...

I've been workin' on my packing all the live long day
I've been workin' on my packing to sail on the Mariner one day
I've been workin' on my packing just to MUSH my life away.
Can't you hear the whistle blowing? Rise up so early in the morn.
We'll be sailing on the Mariner, Capitan, Blow your Horn! Captain won't you blow, Captain won't you Blow, Captain wont you blow your horn?

Doug and I have finally finished packing and we've also packed Maggie's suitcase. She's leaving tomorrow evening to spend the week at the beach on Fire Island with her big sister, Leigh.

Very cute Kathy.

Andi - yep Shelby is not so lucky, she's going to the spa tomorrow afternoon. :mecry:

John: Good idea - it will give you peace of mind - our large pieces of wood, to cover windows in front, still in garage - I remember using them which hurricane??? and the house was soooo dark - creepy but necessary -

Joanna, hope tht the anxiety of this weather passes.

Andi and JoAnn - Daisy and Gizmo are working while we are gone. Someone has to do guard dog duty! The housesitter will be tending to their every whim. They love when we go away.

Joanne and Kathy, we should have a special pet camp for MUSHERS...I think many of us are leaving our babies..

What is everyone else doing with their babies? We know one is going to the beach, another to a spa, and two are working. Speaking of babies, who is watching Amanda and Masaki's two legged one?

Amanda's parents. Whew. (one more thing crossed off the check-list)

Masaki

My babies (people) left long time ago - they all take care of themselves, today, thank GOD..the cats are with housesitter - feed them, change litter, water - no need to talk to them - they don't respond -

I must tell you how excited we are to see all of you very soon. So many folks like Amanda/Masaki, Joanna, Joann, Lauri., etc. I've never met, but feel I know you already..

:mad: :mad: Rats! My new camera/computer backpack won't close. They gave me the wrong size and my computer won't fit! Back to the camera store today! :mad: :mad:

Kathy-
You might want to look for one of the rolling computer cases with collapsable handles-much easier on your shoulders and back-mine holds the computer with all the cables, etc. and my Ipod, too.
Mitch

Well it won't be long now Andi - we too are excited to meet so many of the people I have never met but feel like I do!! I'm finishing the packing today, enjoying the day with Laura and little Lucy and just finishing up all the little details.

I finished all my pressing responsibilities at the office already and have left the building! Just need to pack a few more things and then weigh the suitcase. Hopefully I will be within the weight limit and not have to take an extra bag.

We had to add an exta bag; our big suitcase came in over the weigh limit.

I have meetings 4:30 - 5:15 and 5:15 - 6:30 this afternoon; no way to start a vacation. :(

GRRRRRRRRRRRR - Tony's bag ten lbs over (for a 7 night cruise!!) so now he is "messing" with my bag - plus he keeps asking me questions and I just want to take a nap - remember he had a year plus to ask questions!!

All these overweight bags - sounds like you better take an extra bag just to be on the safe side! ;)

DONE!!! All three suitcases are under the weight limit, all packed and ready to close! Don't know how that happened, but I'll take it. We are out the door at 5:30am tomorrow.

Hopefully I am out of the office in the next three hours and back on packing duty. I got a new camera backpack (yes, on wheels) that ought to be way better and will have room for everything. Hopefully so will the suitcases fit all those laid out clothes!

Finally finished. Decided not to risk an overweight bag and packed a duffle too. Off to bed for a few hours sleep. See you all soon!

Good night Princess -

oh, I'll be so lonely tomorrow.

Have fun!!!

Finished packing...start to finish in 45 minutes! A new record for us considering we just flew in from the East Coast yesterday with a 9 1/2 hour delay! Grrrrrrr!! I hope I NEVER see JFK again! We had flown 1 hr. west from JFK and had to turn around and go back to JFK again due to a faulty circuit breaker, wait for another flight many hours later! Finally made it home after a very long day.

If in doubt we threw it in, so much for packing light! Look at it this way Lauri, more time to decide what to bring!