Gotta go. Talk again from Italia

Everyone who called me today has asked if I’m finished packing. Are there people out there who are finished packing 30 hours before their plane leaves? If there are, please don’t reveal yourselves to me unless you’re the person who packs a change of underwear, a toothbrush and a good book.
I’m at the “Do you really need that?” stage. Do I really need to bring those adorable shoes with the puffy “thingamabobs attached to the fronts? I don’t think I could walk more than a block in them, but doesn’t a girl have to do cute once in a while? (And no smart remarks about being a girl at my age. I’ve got the right equipment, no matter how long I’ve had it, so I’ll call myself a girl if I feel like it.)
I know I’ll get it done on time and won’t pack too much and will regret not bringing that sexy thingy even though I’d probably only wear it once and will bring the pants that never get taken out of the closet and be absolutely sick of wearing that black skirt no matter how great it looks now or how comfortable it is. I know I’m going to lament the shoes with the thingamabobs. Don’t ya think?
Well, anyway, say good-bye. Good-bye house, see you soon. Good-bye New Jersey and the good old USA. Good-bye friends, we’ll talk soon.

Look at this, I tackled one of my gurus when she was at a low point (the best time), was distracted and looking in the other direction. So now I can go to Italy in peace. That's all I have to say about that. If you're bored it's one of the hazards of being my friend. BTW, all misspellings will not be brought to my attention.

Getting started

I've been thinking about starting a blog since I decided to spend the autumn in Rome.
With exactly a week to go before I leave I figured it was time to check it out. So far, not that good.
I want to put pictures in my blog so you can share some of my daily activities.
My friend spent an hour helping me learn how to make my photos web friendly and it's not working. Usually by this point I get a glass of wine and open a book. I have limited tech patience and all my techno gurus are otherwise engaged. Where is the wine?
I'm will have all this cleared up before I leave. I'm also going to copy all the
yoga shows I've been saving on my dvr - as soon as I figure out how my dvd player does that. I have the dvd +rw, not the dvd -r or +r but the dvd +rw. It's makes my teeth hurt just thinking about it.