was it a party?

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Carl Sagan here. Billions and billions of boxes floating in space! Or on the floor, it's really all the same. We definitely have too much (beep)! The universe is constantly expanding. But not our apartment. 

It reminds me of the time my parents retired, sold their Carmel Valley home, and packed up to move to Idaho (of all places)! My mother offered us some furniture and miscellaneous kitchen items including a Cuisinart, we'd never owned one before. We received it in a box and didn't bother taking it out until a year later when I was about to make the cranberry relish for Thanksgiving. I pulled it down from a dusty top shelf and pulled it out of the box. The interior of the Cuasinart had some kind of black and mildewed concoction. We finally determined that it was guacamole. Dina and I started laughing because we could just imagine my mother about to wash it and my father shouting as he's packing up his bar, "Just put it in the BOX!"

We still use the same circa 1980 Cuisinart. Or we will when we unpack it.

Wait! Is that wine in the foreground?! I think it's time for a break. DINA!

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5 responses to “was it a party?”

  1. clay Avatar

    Wow, I hope you have a good shoehorn. Time for a garage sale.
    Have fun.
    What kind of wine is it?
    clay

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  2. Jim Madril Avatar

    You need a crawl space like ours! Just built the last pallet and we are shoving a bucket load of (beep) down there LOL. We have the a few carpets down now and the place will look nice when you guys stop to visit again. Also, you will have a place to sit down this time when you enjoy your pizza and wine LOL.

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  3. MamaLana Avatar
    MamaLana

    Isn’t moving every two years F U N ???? It does serve to keep down the (beep), which accumulates much faster when you don’t have to pack it up constantly. How nice that you’ll be all settled in for the Winter.

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  4. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Have fun with Tamara and the girls Fri. night trick or treating.
    Her mom

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  5. Theresa McGallicher Avatar
    Theresa McGallicher

    Peter – if you ever retire from medicine, I think you could support the family writing a humor column! Happy Halloween – we missed you guys for Trick-or-Treating in the embassy courtyard this morning!

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