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Countdown to trip: 30 hours, or thereabouts.

I did mountains of laundry yesterday, to facilitate packing later today.

By is cleaning out and vacuuming the car (which we havent done in an embarassingly long time).

All of my potted plants outside have been moved to under the shade, so they'll hold between waterings a little longer, and all be in one place.

The kids drained their pool a couple days ago. Not intentionally, one of them was playing with the drain plug, but the timing was convenient.

I got a bunch of mowing done Friday, when it wasn't *quite* so hot.

Sometime soon, we need to make a list for the store and get road munchies, last-minute kid-stuff, and one of those bottle-fed pet water dishes.

Left to do:
1) pack kids--clothes, toys, books, favorite pillows and blankies
2) pack adults--clothes, meds, toiletries
3) be sure that gifts for the folks get packed!
4) gather up electronics so they're in one place when it's time to pack them tomorrow
5) pick vids for kids to watch on trip
6) get audiobooks for us loaded on ipod
7) clean out my sewing box and pack with only the projects I'm taking with me
8) make list of emergency phone numbers to leave in kitchen for the neighbor
9) tonight--water pots, plus new stuff in garden
10) tomorrow--clean cat boxes, and set up a couple extra to tide them over
11) tomorrow--move cat food and water to hallway so it's easy for the neighbor to find
12) just before we leave--make sure there are no cats locked in rooms!!!
13) dig a couple daylilies for Brenda, and some of the daffs from the farm for Mom.

But right now, I need to go push the swing again.