With Amitai at Fairyland...

Rikki and her friend Noa at art camp

The Day I Stopped Saying 'Hurry Up'

My lesson of the day....

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Today

She is a girl named Verenda. She lives near the Oakland zoo, but she came to my house with her dog Percy and her daughter Meimei and her key and they are going to have a sleepover.

A small sample of Rikki's rich pretend life.

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Onward!!

The demolition crew comes tomorrow. Rikki's closet will come down. That room will be a den, and the door to the hallway will move to the other end of the wall.

Half of my bedroom will be a breakfast nook for the kitchen. The other half will be steps to the upstairs.

Most of the existing kitchen walls will be gone, except for the wall behind the dining room built-ins.

Getting ready for demolition!!

42 inches of fun!!

Just getting to the Santa Cruz boardwalk.

Contemplating the emptiness ...

Hide and go seek!!

Here she is in our new abode while I work on unpacking ... A new adventure beginning a year to the day from when our "return to Berkeley" chapter began. Hopefully just six months or so before we are back in our new improved home.

Clutch

Sometimes when I check on Rikki at night, I take pictures to show her how peacefully she was sleeping. Here she is holding on to Percy, who lives in a purse.