Getting a house ready for people to look at and want to buy it is a big task. The main floor and the upstairs have been pretty much sterilized. The basement is now the big task — and I do mean a big task. We’ve got some forty years of stuff down there! Every move we throw a little bit away and in between we accumulate twice as much as was thrown away. We’ll be giving the trash collectors a sizeable tip tomorrow — and next week again.

Stuff is hard to part with. Most of it has no tangible value, just memories and "just in case". I’ve got my car full of stuff to go to Goodwill and hopefully we’ll get another load to them early next week. Our realtor will be over on Sunday to finalize getting the house priced and hopefully we’ll then figure out what else we need to do before listing the property. We’ve had one inquiry so far, a hopeful sign.

Travel plans are finally in place. Nina and I will drive over to Heather’s place in Orem on Friday, May 7th. I’ll drive the RV pulling the Tracker and Nina will bring Bradica in the Toyota. We’ll stay in Orem until Sunday morning so we can go to the play that Stephanie is in on Saturday night. Monday, May 10th I’ll report for work at AMIS and do all the inprocessing and paperwork. I’ve made reservations for us at a campground in Pocatello starting on Sunday, May 9th for a month.

Meanwhile, I’ll make my last trip to Milpitas (as an LSI Logic employee) this coming week. I’ll fly out Tuesday afternoon and back Wednesday evening. There’s a farewell dinner on Tuesday evening and I’ll have a farewell luncheon with all my employees in Milpitas on Wednesday. After that I’ll attend my last staff meeting and return to Colorado Springs.

The next trip will be to Belgium to spend some time with my new boss over there. Travel arrangements are set up for me to fly out on Saturday, May 15th (arriving on Sunday). I’ll be flying back the following Thursday. It’s a short trip, but should be very interesting. Now we just have to figure out what to do with all that Stuff in the basement!