Endings and Beginnings

I've been showering with the graduation gown every day for the last two weeks and still there's wrinkles. I never had problems with Becky's gown two years ago, the wrinkles steamed right out. Maybe because there was a mess-up with Katie's gown. When she went to pick up hers, they said they had no record of it, so they gave her a leftover gown from last year (complete with a 2011 tassle) that's been folded and packaged away forerver, go figure. Well they were generous enough to hand her the right tassle from this year's 2012 graduating class.

See the big wrinkle in the sleeve?

We packed Becky up yesterday for ROME, or rather Jim did. Being a pilot he is a whirlwind at packing. "Leveling" he says. Level all the clothes off layer by layer, don't just put the skirts in one pile, the capris in another, put it one by one. Well it worked, we were able to get all those clothes into the mountain of a suitcase, a large camping backpack and a smaller Northface backpack.

The suitcase is HUGE, you probably can't tell by the picture!

And see how stylish the Northface gray backpack is--neon strings and clips--so hip right now!

GRADUATION and DEPARTURE to to Rome, all in one day--just slay me right now--HAHA!

Well I did make muffins yesterday after all the packing--banana chocolate chip. MUFFINS and me, but that's another post.

It's going to be a GREAT day and I will savor the moments!!