Now What?

My house is empty. Everything is either on it's way to our new local or it is being put in a warehouse for the next three years.

So, now what?  Well now we are finishing up some odds and ends around town before we begin the vacation leg of this big move.  As I write this (from our hotel room) my husband is showing his car to a potential buyer....fingers crossed.  Our dog, Toddy, will be going into a kennel for he next 20 days.  My daughter has a birthday party to attend.  The boys are going to spend the afternoon with some friends.  We have to drop our old 1977 International Scout off to a friend who is going to keep it for us for the next three years.  And we have to drive up to Dulles to pick up our rental car.

Tomorrow we are heading up to Baltimore for the day.  A friend of our is going to take us sailing. That is when the relaxing can begin.  I am looking forward to the relaxing bit.  Can't wait to open a good book and just let my mind wander. 

Speaking of good books.......

Love this new mystery series featuring a scrappy scrapbooker, Kiki Lowenstein.


The following is from Joanna Campbell Slan's blog.

The Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series

Paper, Scissors, Death - Book #1 in the Kiki Lowensten Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Series

Now available from all major booksellers--Paper, Scissors, Death: A Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft Mystery Kiki Lowenstein is a woman who's only ever been good at two things: scrapbooking and getting pregnant. She thinks of others first--with her family being paramount. She is clever and courageous, but she'd never attribute those qualities to herself. She's a bit insecure, a little overweight, and she is always comparing herself with others unfavorably. Because others sense her insecurity, they run right over her--but she never gives up on life, on love, and on the people who are dear to her.

She's a great mother, a terrific friend, and a good decent person with creativity and talent to spare. But her attributes are not those that society typically values or rewards. At least not financially.
When Kiki's husband George is found dead, Kiki's comfortable soccer-mom world turns upside down. Now she must fend for herself and her 11-year-old daughter, Anya.
"You can do this," says Mert, Kiki's best friend and former cleaning lady. "I'm enrolling you in the School of Hard Knocks."
Another friend steps forward to help. Dodie owns Time in a Bottle, Kiki's favorite scrapbook store. She offers Kiki a job, and a shoulder to lean on.
But the "new normal" doesn't last for long: George's college girlfriend turns up dead. Kiki finds herself the prime suspect in a murder-and if she can't solve the "who-dunnit," she may be next on the killer's hit list.