October happenings

After returning from Houston on September 30th, Bud began investigating how we could get our grand piano moved to TX, as Alia now had room for it and could really use it with her students (Nick's students too)... It would cost quite a bit to have professionals move it, and the timeline was uncertain (it could take several months to get it there). So, we decided to take it down ourselves (have professionals help load & unload it), but we would drive it down. We didn't tell Nick & Alia what we were planning to do, so it was a big surprise on Saturday morning, October 18th when a Penske moving truck pulled into the driveway and Alia got a call (from me) that their piano had arrived. We had a fun time unloading everything and spending another week there (we had also packed up Alia's books, bookshelf, desk, etc); Bud found many home-improvement projects to keep him busy, so the week went fast. A few pictures are posted on my picasa web album.