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| Caldarola in the winter sunshine |
It's been a glorious weekend. The weather has changed dramatically and today has been so warm that we breakfasted and lunched on the patio under a clear azure-blue sky. I love days like this, especially when we have the backdrop of the Sibillini mountains covered in snow.
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| The view from over our garden hedge |
I've spent the day tidying up figures on the computer - bank accounts, foreign exchange, payments and transfers - but the big job was birthdays. In February there's the birthday of one grandson, then in March there are birthdays for one sister, two daughters, three sons-in-law, one grand-daughter and one grandson. Add to that one "Congratulations" and one "Good luck in your New Home," and you can see that if I didn't have everything programmed into Outlook I'd be lost.
Fortunately we have a house-guest, and I still have stocks of UK postage stamps so everything will be mailed from Uk in the next few weeks. That means some offspring will receive their birthday cards very early - but at least I won't have missed the day.
The rest of the day has been minimalist packing. I just kept on discarding stuff from the massive pile I had put ready to pack.Eventually it's only about 15kg - and since Emirates allow even ordinary passengers 30kg, I'll have plenty of room for shopping.
Yes, I'm ready. Yes, I'm excited. Time to enjoy a drink and try not to think about a month of alcohol abstinence.
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