My daughter plans to become a world traveler; she’s moving to New Zealand next week. She is a neonatal intensive care nurse, so finding a job anywhere is not a problem for her, given the worldwide shortage of nurses. It should be quite an adventure, once she gets packed and ready. She gave up her rental house on Saturday, brought her stuff here, and piled much of it in our family room.

After several days of going through it all, giving some things to friends and donating others, she has her suitcases packed for the trip and a bit of extra stuff (mostly clothes) that will stay in her bedroom here. The family room is back to normal, except for the occasional dog bone or chew toy. Here’s a link to a post I wrote about her dog fully 11 years ago on this blog, as a little puppy. Wow, time flies.