6 Days to Go

We have six days to finish getting ready. Today we learned that the water in our basement was not from a hard rain a few days ago--it was the leaking hot water heater. Thank goodness we discovered this before we left. A plumber should be here Monday.

Pearl and I have nearly finished painting the front porch. We've been trying to pretty up those front steps and porch all summer. I'd like it to be at its prettiest when Ruby gets here, not that she'll care all that much about appearances. I let Pearl choose between two blues, and wow, did she ever pick a blue! It's even brighter than when we were in the store, but it is pretty.  Sort of cobalt blue.

Now I need to go see what sort of copies I need to make of our dossier.