So things are moving along here with respect to our move out. Not sure how many Expedition loads we had transported last time I checked in here, but by now we've moved at least five trips to storage but still only one to the thrift store.
What we did do that was really monumental was get everything down from our attic. I had told you all that it was about 50-100 boxes. I could not have been more wrong! No, there were more than 60 boxes labeled DIS alone! Then there were 15-20 boxes of old tax papers. Some dating back to 2003 or 4. At least we can shred everything older than 2009 and that frees up another dozen boxes or so. Then there was all the rest of the stuff. We counted approximately six rows of boxes across the room and each row was like 4 maybe 5 boxes tall. So let's just say that one "wall" of boxes is made up of 28 boxes. The spare bedroom where we stashed those boxes (not counting Disney which is in the living room, or taxes in the dining room) has probably 7 walls deep of all those boxes. When we were done stacking, the entire room was filled with walls of boxes. You could not even set foot more than a yard past the threshold! So figure 7 walls of 28 boxes and you've got almost 200 boxes in that room alone! Don't ask me what is in them all. There are many boxes of books on the Civil War, lots of boxes of clothes from 2005 & 2006 that Fran wasn't willing to part with. She put them away until she lost the weight. I know I had no less than 12 boxes of Christmas ornaments. That doesn't include the boxes for garland, lights, Pooh's Christmas Village, and other such things. Plus Fran had equally as many Halloween decorations that I've never even put up in our 19 years together. In addition to boxes, there were cauldrons, skeletons, giant spider webs and plastic electric pumpkins. I’m not sure where all this stuff is going to go, but it needs to get out of the house somewhat pronto!
Also I did some math with respect to this trip report. There are 8 days left in the report (including finishing up the day I’m in the middle of). If I am going to wrap this up before my Mississippi River cruise, I need to post a complete day every 6.571 days. So that means some pretty rapid fire updating. So hang on to your hats folks, it may get pretty crazy around here!
Speaking of the Mississippi river trip, thank goodness the rest of the world isn’t Disney World or I would be sunk. I still can’t get Fran to talk with me about restaurants to make reservations at. Every time I try to talk to her, she say something like, “let’s sit down with a map and figure it out, but not right now.” So I’ve been researching on my own. I did get her to say that we are definitely eating at Antoine’s (known for inventing Oysters Rockefeller). We talked about going to Willie May’s Scotch House (famous soul food, most notably Fried Chicken) but it’s way outside the French Quarter/Central Business District where we are staying. Others on the list include:
Commander’s Palace – It’s a long time NOLA favorite, Emeril Lagasse got his start there, and 25 cent Martinis
Café du Monde – because beignets!
Brennan’s – Among other things tableside Banana’s Foster
Mother’s – Known for comfort food, po-boys and one of the first restaurants to come back after Katrina.
Lüke – Because I have always wanted to try Chef John Besh’s cooking, and their bread pudding looks amazing.
We have three full days there or about 75 hours, I think we might be a little ambitious trying to get all that food in!
Anyone have any thoughts, experiences, suggestions? Inbetween feedings we plan on sightseeing at various locations, fancy mansion yards in the Garden district, Audobon park, maybe the Voodoo museum. I’m still working on what there is to do there besides eat! So that’s it, back to the Trip Report!