Well…I got some surprising news on the house front today with the possibility that I can close on Friday instead of next week…had to run over to the mortgage broker’s office to sign a paper that should be the last one…and I got the gas and electric put in my name starting Friday along with getting the cable internet turned on then, too….now I just need to transfer the water and sewer into my name after close Friday and then the hard work starts of digging out the sidewalks so I can get into the house…that will start Sat…and that means I can clean the place up some before I move my stuff in and that will be cool…would like to wash and wax the wood floors…oh, damn…almost forgot I need to buy a washer…but that won’t happen until after I move in so I can be there for them to deliver it…will need to get my mail address changed and then have it forwarded to me for a year…all of that and my day started with shoveling another 6 inches of snow off the walks and driveway…so there has been progress on the house today and that makes me smile a little….oh, and I got the whole kitchen packed up in totes but I used more of them than I thought I would so I may have to go to Menard’s tomorrow and get a couple more since I only have two left and the rest of the house to pack….right now, though, I am going to take a break and watch a little soccer…