Road Trip 2, Day -1 (negative one)

It's been a glorious "going away." I'm sure at times it has felt like the Judd's Farewell tour (which went on for 4 years), but the last few weeks leading up to us actually leaving has been bittersweet... Thank you to all who have called or sent lovely email farewells. And our thanks to those of you who we managed to see for an evening or an hour or a moment before we left town. Our apologies to all of you who tried to see... we just couldn't break free of the chaos that is moving. We'll see you when we come back to town and regale you with stories of our new life and digs.

While our last fortnight in Burbank was chock full of sorting and packing, stresses and confusions, heavy lifting and headaches, dentist/doctor/hair/tax appointments, (and thankfully Tums, bourbon and valium)... these weeks were also full of BBQs, brunches, gourmet ninja grilling, statue painting...

Before...


During...


After...

Our new Mardi Gras Jockey!!!

Also on the pre-moving menu was...
Tap dancing...




polo playing...

fancy grown-up steak dinners, life-saving take-out, whatcha got? with Chef Will



colorful box labeling...


singing with the band...


friends from faraway places and from right down the hall...


Santa Anita winners...


and losers...



beautiful track days...


goats...

(Well, just this one. This is Peas&Carrots who lives at the Silver Spur barn near us on Riverside. He used to be one of an identical pair: Peas and Carrots. One died. They didn't know which one. Thus... Peas&Carrots. Maeve and Nancylee rescued Peas&Carrots from Riverside Drive. He went AWOL.)

Shirtless men...



Shirtless women...
[PHOTO WITHHELD FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE SHIRTLESS]

Awesome parties... (Thank you, Miss Mary)


(too many pictures to post all at once)

last minute pleas in cake form...


Wii rock stars...


pizza!, great champagne, great wine, great cocktails, mani-pedis, good timing, bad hair (both dog and human), cool looking desert clouds,




crying/laughing/singing jags and love and love and LOVE!

BTW, we have the best looking packers EVER! Can we get an amen?




This was her only break in six hours and she's STILL doing something.


we just wanted to show this one again.. hee

Here's a tired, sweaty, mismatched grateful toast to our troops!



This entry is long but so were the days and nights, the sighs and goodbyes...
And it's gonna be a long time before Matt & Mandy get over the humiliation of the knobby hat.



And we're off...