I have been running around like crazy with my head in a deep fog, thinking about all the details involved in getting a family of six ready to go on a road trip.  But the fog is lifting -- these girls are the best helpers!   This is now one less thing on my to-do-before-we-go list.   The bags are packed and I have a whole day (Thursday) to... shop for fabric, fix supper, and go to church.  Oh yes, and clean the house, since the house will be having company while we are gone.  Honestly, I thank the Lord for easy last-minute meals like Red Baron pizza plus a green salad, and this week I am especially thanking the Lord for Amy (Booklover), who has been an extra big help to me. Emily needed a couple of dresses, so Amy and I whipped them up assembly line style, with me pinning and Amy doing most of the sewing.  I'll show off her work later, in my end of the month post.   In the meantime, if you live anywhere between here and Missouri, we'll wave as we pass you on the highway.  So sorry we can't stop. We girls would LOVE to. The driver, however, is a time-Nazi, and on this trip I can't really blame him.  We have a lot of country to cover and not much time to do it.  I think that while we are tooling along all that endless New Mexico or West Texas or Oklahoma or Kansas terrain (there's not much to see between here and there) I will write a rough draft for an entry on the secrets of hassle-free road traveling... if I discover any.    See you when we get home!