[chottsy]

i make a list of the stuff we wish we would have brought or needed more of on the way home.

then i gather this stuff up gradually all along(mostly meds., toiletries or coins for pressing, etc.).

i pull the suitcase (1 very large) out to the office about 2 weeks before and start filling it gradually. still keeping it zipped close between adding things.

1 week before we leave i move the suitcase out to the front room and it stays open as every last thing gets added & double checked.

i am always done packing the suitcase 1 day before we leave. then i work on packing the snacks and stuff for the car ride.(dvd, video game, music, books,...stuff for DD)

the night before we leave we pack the car!! :C)

then i can relax...it's kinda like since the suitcase is in the car, i know we have everything and if we don't, well then we will just get it while we are there.

(never again will i pay $2 for 4 tylenol.........never, ever again! LOL )