James...you make a mother proud (and I'll ignore exactly what your goals are for this trip!). Personally, I'm a lot more interested in shopping -- and sampling some of those great Italian wines.

We're now down to six weeks + and counting...We've made sure Henry, the pug, is going to that overly fancy doggy hotel (hey, he deserves a vacationtoo!), and all the other reservations are made.

Meanwhile, James' graduation draws closer. His announcements came today -- so official looking, and we made all the final plans for graduation weekend...

Don't worry, Jeremy isn't left out -- two nights of a house full of14/15 year old boys is really plenty. He's counting on keeping in touch with everyone while we are away via IM, and he's going to be our official "tech" (sorry James!). Hopefully he'll make a post of his own soon.

Now back to doing work so I can somehow figure out how to pay for all the loot I want to bring back!