Things are Happening

Ok, enough cute baby pictures. And where are all the cute kitty pictures these days, anyway? Sheesh.

We have News.

Yes, it's finally happening. The Kosina family is officially moving to Nevada City. No, really. And no, we did not find a house to buy. We are renting Auntie Kristina's house. The one we have been staying in all this time, rent-free. We are making the old grande dame an honest woman. I'm referring to the house, not Kristina. We are going to restore her charm while we enjoy a summer (or longer, much MUCH longer) in Nevada City. Still referring to the house, in case you were wondering. Kristina's charm is *fully* intact. It will feel good to bring the house back to her former glory, and it's a great chance for us to try on the Nevada City lifestyle. I'll be in charge of keeping the spiders in check.

Not everyone in the family is thrilled about this move. I hate any kind of move, especially when a car ride is involved. Martin, Erika, and Peter have made very good friends in San Francisco, and are very sad to leave them behind. Well, Martin won't be leaving them behind because he'll be working in San Francisco three days a week. But Peter's little buddies -- they are going to miss him like crazy.

We move at the end of June, a going away party is in the works. It will be combined with Tech-free Day because, frankly, we are out of time and Erika can only plan so many events. She's gotten pretty busy lately. She received her first acceptance letter from a magazine query, she's got two freelance writing clients who are busy busy busy right now, and she's even got an interview for a full-time job tomorrow. Stay tuned, she hasn't worked out all the details of how this will all actually work.

But this will all have to wait, because Mamie Willett arrives in town in less than an hour, and Erika doesn't want her mother to realize that she never did inherit the Good Housekeeper gene...