1 post tagged “midwest”

This Saturday (a 6:00am flight - ug) we leave for 17 days in the Midwest:

• Madison, WI (we are showing up as a surprise for my aunt's 90th birthday party),
• then rural west-central Illinois (to visit Drake's family)
• then north of Chicago (to visit my family where we will be on Thanksgiving).

We do this trip every year - but minus the Madison segment. It's a challenge to pack for because we need warm outdoor-type clothes for doing stuff around the farm but also dressy stuff for doing things with my family. The wardrobe requirements are almost mutually exclusive. It's what happens when a farm boy marries a city gal.

By the time we return, the holidays will be in full swing. I finished the final online ordering and local purchasing of Christmas gifts last night - so we are good to go there. But it seems like we've got a million little things to get done before we go...