Packing, life, and travel prep...
Posted by:
Tricia Goyer on
July 22, 2008 at
9:37AM EST
Right now our suitcases are 90% packed for the Czech Republic, our
curriculum is close to being finished for the English camp, and my
to-do list of things I need to finish before we head out is getting
smaller.
I
just had to tell you about one of the cool things we did before our
trip ... we actually installed a new lock on our front door! Exciting,
I know!
Actually, we are very excited about it, and we've been
showing it off to friends. Is a combination lock, and it was VERY
important to install it for my grandma. You see, my 78-year-old
grandmother lives with us, and even though we have many people checking
up on her, she'll be spending more time alone during our trip than
she's used to. She'll also be letting herself in and out of her house
when we're gone.
For as long as she'd lived with us, grandma has
had trouble with the deadbolt lock. You had to get the key in just
right for it to work. Bothersome even for me!
Grandma's also one
of those people who changes her purse with her outfit, so there's been
time she's left the house and as forgotten her key in "the other
purse." This hasn't been too much of a problem when we're around to let
her in ... but we'll be in Europe! So ... we found this awesome Schlage
lock that has a keypad. You just punch in the right code and the lock
opens with a simple twist of the knob.
We were able to give
Grandma a code (one she'll remember) and with a push of a few buttons
she's inside. It's also awesome because we can give separate codes to
all those people that we've asked to check in on Grandma. In fact, we
can program 19 different codes if we want to. (And my husband thinks
it's great. He's a gizmo person so this was right up his alley. And it
was easy to install, too!)
The kids love the new lock, too ...
and we've been showing it off to all our friends who've been over. You
can find out more information here.
Okay,
so that's taken care of. It's marked off my to-do list ... and I have a
whole lot more piece of mind for the trip! Now ... if I can just figure
out a code to water all my plants ...
