We are almost fully moved in, making a big trip last night. The Castle is mostly cleaned out, with only a few odds and ends in some of the closests, and some tools and miscellaneous stuff in the side storeroom. The maids are swarming the Castle today, and the carpet cleaners will steam it tomorrow. We plan to schedule haulers to take away the large mound of junk we piled behind the house of stuff we decided not to take to the Villa or donate.

We still haven't cooked a meal in the Villa's kitchen. We haven't gone food shopping or even house shopping for the odds and ends, such as bathroom mats and necessary kitchen supplies. We leave for NYC on Thursday, so we'll probably wait until we return for the shopping. This week we're concentrating on preparing the Castle for showing. We will eventually list it. We have to. Either that or they'll foreclose on both of our houses.